https://padlet.com/natashaclemons1/6rgbr3ybuh480dyr Made with the strength to succeed! en-us 2020-11-15 15:54:08 UTC 2026-02-11 23:43:17 UTC hello@padlet.com natashaclemons1 https://padlet.com/natashaclemons1/6rgbr3ybuh480dyr/wish/924669222 One important thing I learned was just how much production goes into a podcast and a good audio file.  I learned this from the reading "6 Steps to Planning and Creating Engaging Instructional Videos" reading.  I am a teacher and know that you should plan things, I just never thought so much planning went into creating the content that I consume on a regular. I think about all of the teacher who create videos and say kudos to them because creating instructional videos is a lot of work.

I learned how to use, and I say use very loosely, the Garage Band program.  This was my first experience with it.  It will be a task to master it, but it may very well be something that I embark on because the skills that teachers need in the digital age are evolving rapidly.

The last thing I learned was about the different types of instructional videos and when to use them!  I learned this from this article by Doug Brunner.  I think I would really like to create some microvideos!  

]]> 2020-11-15 15:59:43 UTC https://padlet.com/natashaclemons1/6rgbr3ybuh480dyr/wish/924669222 natashaclemons1 https://padlet.com/natashaclemons1/6rgbr3ybuh480dyr/wish/924681700 I have a few, depending on what I would like to do.  I learned about Show Me and I really like that.  I use Screencastify or this one app on my iPad called Capture It.  I use this when I want to write and annotate in real time.  For example, when I taught girls about balancing equations and wanted to complete a worksheet in real time. 

Since we are working from home I don't have any issues with access the video creation tools that I want!  I actually avoided creating such original things when we were in face to face school.  Now I a wondering how I can enhance my face to face teaching with videos. 

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I have access to it, but I wish I had the time to really learn how to do it!  Knowing how to use the YouTube Creators Studio would be a game changer for me.  I plan on creating some professional development videos and will eventually have to learn!  ]]> 2020-11-15 16:06:52 UTC https://padlet.com/natashaclemons1/6rgbr3ybuh480dyr/wish/924681700 natashaclemons1 https://padlet.com/natashaclemons1/6rgbr3ybuh480dyr/wish/924693082 I love using graphic organizers with my older 7th-grade students last year.  However, this year I teach 5th-grade and we are not in face to face school and I have found that my girls do not know how to read  or use graphic organizers.  So I would create a video that explains the concept of graphic organizers, why they are useful, and how to use them for my 5th-graders. 

First I would make a video that reads the graphic organizers that we create together in class as we are taking notes.  I would use my iPad to show make sure I could annotate the arrows with what they actually mean in an effort to show the girls that this is really just a cool short hand for sentences.  

Then I would make a video that would walk through completing a draw and drop graphic organizers.  We do these in class and if girls don't know how to read a graphic organizer, I know they aren't actually reaping the full benefits of being able talk through the relationships between the concepts.  

The process that was outlined in the "6 Steps for Planning and Creating Engaging Instructional Videos" was pretty spot on. I would most definitely use that as a guide. The most important step for someone like me to follow would most definitely be creating a script to follow. It's also important because my girls are 5th-graders who are ESL! So there is a language hurdle on top of tiny attention spans! I would most definitely link these videos in the digital interactive notebooks that we do. This way students can choose to seek this assistance if they need it. Next year I would probably make another version and start the year off by having students make a graphic organizer about themselves so they can get the hang of the process and the skills of graphic organizers. ]]> 2020-11-15 16:13:17 UTC https://padlet.com/natashaclemons1/6rgbr3ybuh480dyr/wish/924693082