video projects Archives - Ditch That Textbook https://ditchthattextbook.com/tag/video-projects/ Ed tech, creative teaching, less reliance on the textbook. Mon, 06 Jun 2022 19:07:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 24 ways to create great classroom video with Screencastify https://ditchthattextbook.com/14-ways-to-create-great-classroom-video-with-screencastify/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=14-ways-to-create-great-classroom-video-with-screencastify https://ditchthattextbook.com/14-ways-to-create-great-classroom-video-with-screencastify/#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2019 17:03:48 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=4656 Screencastify makes it easy to record video of your screen or with your webcam. Here are 24 ideas for classroom implementation.Not too long ago, video creation required bulky, awkward video cameras with big, plastic VCR tapes. Playback required a TV, a VCR and a hope that everything worked nicely together. And video editing … well, that […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/14-ways-to-create-great-classroom-video-with-screencastify/feed/ 19 Create Netflix-style learning with screencasts https://ditchthattextbook.com/create-netflix-style-learning-with-screencasts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=create-netflix-style-learning-with-screencasts https://ditchthattextbook.com/create-netflix-style-learning-with-screencasts/#respond Thu, 21 Sep 2017 18:08:30 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=5867 We have had students turn in documents, slide presentations and spreadsheets digitally for a long time. We’re comfortable with them. They’re easy to open and (fairly) quick to grade … depending on what’s in them, of course! In the past, video has been a different story, though. Even recently, video was a pain to create — shooting, […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/create-netflix-style-learning-with-screencasts/feed/ 0 Mobile Storyteller, and how your students can tell stories, too https://ditchthattextbook.com/mobile-storyteller-and-how-your-students-can-tell-stories-too/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mobile-storyteller-and-how-your-students-can-tell-stories-too https://ditchthattextbook.com/mobile-storyteller-and-how-your-students-can-tell-stories-too/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2016 11:45:53 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=4873 Anyone can tell stories. They’re powerful and compelling. It’s how humankind has passed information down from generation to generation. Students at Hoover High School of North Canton City Schools (North Canton, Ohio) get to tell stories with some impressive equipment. They use industry-standard digital video cameras. They edit video using Adobe Premiere and Avid, both powerful […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/mobile-storyteller-and-how-your-students-can-tell-stories-too/feed/ 3 The Classroom Video Manifesto: Resources, ideas and more https://ditchthattextbook.com/the-classroom-video-manifesto-resources-ideas-and-more/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-classroom-video-manifesto-resources-ideas-and-more https://ditchthattextbook.com/the-classroom-video-manifesto-resources-ideas-and-more/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2015 13:12:49 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=3510 Every day, millions of hours of YouTube videos are watched by its 1 billion users. Every minute, 300 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube. It’s no surprise that video engages students in our classrooms. It’s in their pockets — on the mobile devices that many of them come to school with every day. (Or their parents’ […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/the-classroom-video-manifesto-resources-ideas-and-more/feed/ 5 10 ways YouTube can engage your classes now https://ditchthattextbook.com/10-ways-youtube-can-engage-your-classes-now/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=10-ways-youtube-can-engage-your-classes-now https://ditchthattextbook.com/10-ways-youtube-can-engage-your-classes-now/#comments Thu, 22 Jan 2015 17:33:29 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=2750 YouTube can help teachers and students create powerful, engaging, creative videos. These options can help take your videos to the next level.YouTube is a behemoth. Each month, more than 1 billion unique users visit the site to view 6 billion hours of video per month. It’s the second-largest search engine in the world, bigger than Bing, […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/10-ways-youtube-can-engage-your-classes-now/feed/ 8 10 timeless tips for teaching with technology https://ditchthattextbook.com/10-timeless-tips-for-teaching-with-technology/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=10-timeless-tips-for-teaching-with-technology https://ditchthattextbook.com/10-timeless-tips-for-teaching-with-technology/#comments Mon, 18 Aug 2014 10:00:47 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=2265 For me, it was the timeless classic Oregon Trail. When I started teaching 10 years ago, it was webquests. Today, it’s iPads, social media and creation tools on the Web. There are three certains in life: death, taxes and changing technology. What students are using today will be way out of style when most of […]

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