The name of this vidcast is: An Introduction to Eighth Grade U.S. History 1. The core curriculum that this particular vidcast addresses is: Social Studies - U.S. History 1.
The reason I chose this particular topic is because I think that it would be a great way to bring technology into the classroom. This would also be a great way to capture the student's attention. All too often students complain about history being boring, well this is a way that students can use more than just one of their senses. They will not only be listening but watching. The students will be able to also put pictures with the facts that they are learning. Using a vidcast as an introduction will also give the students a sort of "head's up" as to what is to come. I believe that students will listen more to something that they can relate to no matter how "cheesy" it is presented to them. T.V. and movies are a great way to do that. When you are combining pictures with words and music the students are more likely to pay attention and get something out of it.
Some potential drawback are that there is just so much information to cover it is very hard to squeeze hundreds of years of history into a short couple minute movie overview. The students may miss a lot. Another drawback is that often times when a teacher turns on a movie, not matter how short it is, the students will zone out and sometimes simple fall asleep. So when that happens, the student is getting noting out of it because they are not actively participating. Another drawback is the amount of time and preparation that goes into creating this. I'm not sure I would have to time to do this for all my section because there is other things that will benefit the students more that I, as the teacher should be spending my time on.
Future for a vidcast series would include section introductions. Like I discussed earlier, it is very important to capture the student's attention in the beginning. Using technology like this would do just that. In a series I would, time allowing, make a vidcast story to appropriately introduce each section that will be discussed and learned about in class. The vidcast that I made for this project is an introduction to the core for the entire term. I would like to further discuss each section, breaking it down and pulling out the important themes. I think that for the most part the students would love this. I do feel it would capture attention and they would want to know more about parts that sparked their interest. I think bringing technology into the classroom is an important part in reaching the kids of today, for technology is something they know and can relate to.
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