Teacher-produced videos can be terrific learning tools, but student-created videos are even richer. Short clips and motion graphics require higher-order critical thinking skills. These multimedia videos and animations combine voice, images, and kinetic typography to internalize authentic understanding.

1. Mercer Hall & Patricia Russac
Buckley Country Day School
Student Videos &
Animations Empower
Creativity
NYSCATE 2016
Sunday, November 20, 2016
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46% of teachers use videos in the classroom
23% of kids access videos created by teachers
90% of students think videos improve the
learning experience
Sources: http://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/Editorial/Featured-Articles/The-State-of-Education-Video-2016-110211.aspx
https://thejournal.com/articles/2014/02/03/10-major-technology-trends-in-education.aspx
http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/03/health/teens-tweens-media-screen-use-report/
https://www.brandwatch.com/blog/96-amazing-social-media-statistics-and-facts-for-2016/
https://www.quora.com/How-many-users-does-Khan-Academy-have
http://www.dacast.com/blog/how-are-videos-better-for-teaching-than-textbooks/

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Are videos relevant to the learning life?
Sources: http://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/Editorial/Featured-Articles/The-State-of-Education-Video-2016-110211.aspx
https://thejournal.com/articles/2014/02/03/10-major-technology-trends-in-education.aspx
http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/03/health/teens-tweens-media-screen-use-report/
https://www.brandwatch.com/blog/96-amazing-social-media-statistics-and-facts-for-2016/
https://www.quora.com/How-many-users-does-Khan-Academy-have
78% of people watch online videos every week
Facebook sees 8 billion daily video views
Snapchat users watch 6 billion videos a day
300 hours of video uploaded to YouTube every minute
89% of high schoolers have access to a smartphone
Teenagers spend 9 hours a day using media
Khan Academy has 10 million unique visitors a month
35 million students in 2015 took online video courses

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Teacher videos are terrific learning tools …
… but student-created videos are even richer

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Short clips and motion graphics combine voice,
images, & kinetic typography
Internalize
authentic
understanding

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Multimedia videos and animations require higher-
order, critical thinking skills:
• Language of narration &
storytelling
• Visual design in colors &
templates
• Tech skills in manipulating
online media

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Video creation allows students to stitch together a
narrative & storyboard each moment in the process
• Logical
reasoning
• Cause &
effect
• Content
mastery

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Kids teaching kids is the purest model of learning:
• Student-centered
• Peer education
• Differentiation
• Multiple modalities
• Publishing
• Flipped lessons

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Students must employ their graphicacy skills to
fashion compelling and appealing visual displays

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Student skills based on critical thinking
and choice:
 Which images
would properly
relate to the
theme?
Selection Sequence Style
Music Text Tone
 What progression
would make
sense from start
to finish?
 What editing
suite would
complement the
intended mood?
 What
instrumentation
would add value
to the theme?
 What title and
summary would
help teach
others?
 What overall
feeling or motif
would wed the
images together?

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Videos encourage four key proficiencies:
1. Symbol and visual metaphor
Choosing images and icons to pair with
explanations, which fosters an
understanding of figurative meaning
2. Narration
Uniting each visual frame with a
seamless spoken narrative, to relate
the core information via a smooth story
Source: http://blog.animaker.com/5-ways-to-use-videos-in-classroom/
3. Script
Selecting crisp words to highlight
vocabulary and terms, avoiding large
paragraphs and irrelevant language
4. Design
Combining colors, music, transitions,
and layout, to compellingly and clearly
convey the content

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My SimpleShow

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Stop Motion Pro

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Magisto

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Renderforest

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Adobe Spark

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Vine