Newton's Third Law of Motion

The Big Six

When first reading this article the idea of a student writing a research paper came to mind. But as I got further into the piece I realized that these six steps are steps in preparation for a teacher's lesson. It is true that a student can also use these same steps and they should, but if a teacher wants to make the difference it is vital that they follow these steps. For the first step a teacher needs to know what needs to be accomplished followed by what is going to be used. Is a video sufficient or is some other form of motivation required to catch the attention of the students. Although the internet is a very good source, just like the article said, it can be irrelevant from case to case. Some things on line would definitely teach the main idea, but sometimes it doesn't help with a certain age of student or certain culture or whatever. From there a teacher needs to put all the information together that was found and the hard part is figuring out if this information will do the job. If a teacher keeps on top of things this won't be a difficult step at all.
In conclusion, if you are to teach the students to be able to solve problems that you give them, it is important that you know how these steps work so you can teach them how to follow them.

Televison goes to School #2

How video can be used to promote student achievement is explained very well in this article. First of all, I agree totally with the article when it mentions that video is not intended to teach the students, rather it is to elaborate on difficult content. In 9th grade I had an English teacher that put on a movie and went behind this wall of shelves that went up to the ceiling. This wasn't just on occasion, but for the majority of the year. Now as a student I didn't mind, but I don't remember of learning anything in that class. For students to actually learn the teacher holds a lot of the responsibility.
If video is used as a review of a lesson or even a tool to get the students interest on a particular subject. But having said this, just like in the article, it is very important to add other things rather than video alone. The teacher remains to be the teacher; small discussions should follow a video.
One other point it mentions that I think is important in a lot of cases is to stop the video to clear up any misunderstandings, especially on difficult topics.
Just like it said, "there is no one 'right' way to use educational television in school." This goes along with any and all teaching tools, it all depends on the teachers style, the students ability of learning, and the difficulty level of topic etc.

Electricity - 5th grade science - Standard 4 - Objective 1

Pretty Funny!