Hello everyone, this will be my final blog for this term but I would definitely love to post more in future.
For the blog, I have posted the video lesson on Solar System under the subject Social Studies of class six. I integrated power point presentation and simulation in order to create the video tutorial/ video lesson. In the following paragraphs I will be narrating on the creation of the material (video lesson) and how I am going to use it in the classroom. I have also attached links to visit the power point presentation and simulation separately which I have integrated into one video lesson.
Creation
of the teaching material
The foremost step for
creating the video lesson was planning on creating power point presentation and simulation.
I made use of the Microsoft power point to create the power point presentation
as well the simulation. I designed the presentation on the blank slide where I
wrote the topic of the lesson. I inserted the picture of solar system along
with the title. To insert the picture I clicked on the Insert pane, followed by picture
from where I selected the location of the picture and then selected it. Since
my topic was on solar system, I borrowed the pictures of the solar system and
the other planets from the internet. I used the picture of a black board
(customized ones) as a background for all the slides. For the text font, I used
Consola for headings and
Corbel for the body
throughout the slides. I wrote the key ideas for the content in the slides. I
kept the sentences short and simplified to make sure the students can
comprehend easily. I put the explanation on the eight planets of solar system
one by one using the picture in the rest of the slides. I implied animations
for all the slides using the Animations pane.
When comes to timing of the animations applied, I used On Click for all the slides.
After having included
the information input, I had to design and mention the activity for the
students. I felt the need of brain break before letting the students do the activity.
So I designed a simple simulation on solar system which can be served as a
brain break in between the lesson. To design the simulation, I started working
over the new Microsoft power point file. I saved the earlier power point
presentation in the desired location on the laptop. For the simulation, I had
to work on the one slide only. In the simulation, I included the definition of
solar system and the eight planets along with their pictures. To make the
simulation more interesting, I inserted energizing music background by clicking
on Insert pane and then Sound from where I selected the required
music in the simulation. I made fully use of the features available in the
Microsoft power point. I even applied animations on the picture of the planets.
When comes to the timing of the animations, I mostly made use of the timing With Previous in order to make
adjustment in timing of effect for the pictures in my simulation.
When I was done with creating the simulation, I went back to the previous
power presentation where I hyperlinked the simulation in it. To hyperlink the
simulation, I clicked on the Insert pane
and selected hyperlink, where I
selected the simulation from the desired location. After creating hyperlink in
the presentation, I wrote the activity for the lesson. The activity was clearly
mentioned in the later part of the slides. This was how I created the power
presentation and the simulation. After that I had to record the narration of
the presentation. In order to record the narration by showing my face, I
used Camtasia Studio. Since the
camtasia was linked with the power point presentation I could easily record the
narration. I clicked on Add-Ins pane
and then selected the icon of record audio and record camera to record the
narration.
I used the features
available in camtasia such as trimming of the unwanted parts of the video, splitting
the video, adding of transitions and adding of call outs. When I was done with
the edition of the video, I selected the option produce and share in camatasia
to produce the finalized video. A dialog box appeared where I renamed the
video file of my choice and selected the location of the file too. This was all
about I made the video lesson on the topic solar system. The video lesson will
help my students to learn about the composition of the solar system and the
names of the planets in the solar system through ICT.
Instructions
for the use of content-based material
I will use the video
lesson during LESSON DEVELOPMENT to
convey the information input of the lesson. Firstly I will introduce the topic
to the students by activating their prior knowledge about the topic and
recapitulating the previous lesson. When the lesson introduction is done, I
will present the video lesson for teaching the content of the lesson. Students
will carefully watch the video lesson and comprehend the key ideas from it. The
video lesson comprises of two things i.e. the power point presentation with my
recorded narration and the simulation which is hyperlinked into it. Students
will get to watch the power presentation along with the simulation.
After the simulation,
students will be directed with the activity instructions in the video lesson. While
playing the video if it reaches to the activity instructions, I will pause the
video and let the students read the activity instructions. Then students will
do the activity following the directions highlighted in the video lesson. The activity is for 10 minutes. Activity
will ask the students to answer three questions based on the video they watched
some time ago. The video lesson will
be presented to all the students in the classroom. Students will most probably
enjoy the video lesson as it comprises of the texts, pictures, simulations and
activity. Students may also watch the video lesson whenever they are convenient
both at school and home. They can use the feature of forward, backward, rewind,
pause and resume when watching the video tutorial.
In order to refer the
power point presentation and the simulation separately, I have attached the
links below respectively.
Click here to view the power point presentation on solar system
Click here to watch the simulation of solar system
Through the video lesson, I expect the students of class six to:
·
define the term solar system precisely
in their own words after watching the video lesson
·
identify the eight planets with correct
picture and name after watching the video lesson
·
tell the consequences of the earth being
either closer or father to the sun precisely after the activity
With the accessibility
of projector, laptop and a woofer box in the classroom, both the teacher and
students will be able to access the video lesson. It will be difficult for all
the students to watch the video lesson in the absence of the aforementioned
tools. Well, the video lesson is created with the intention to use it in both
the classroom and outside the classroom.
