I think what video offers for us is ..... (1). You can't really dispute what you see on the video, and there is a lot to be learned from that, and there are a lot of ways that we can grow as a profession when we actually get to see this. I just have ..... (2) and a little ..... (3) and invested in this tiny little wide-angle lens. At the beginning of class, I just ..... (4) it in the back of the classroom. It's not a perfect shot. It doesn't catch every little thing that's going on. But I can hear the sound. I can see a lot. And I'm able to learn a lot from it. So it really has been a simple but powerful tool in my own ..... (5). |
Once I'm finished taping, then I put it in my computer, and then I'll scan it and ..... (6). If I don't write things down, I don't remember them. So having the notes is a part of my thinking process, and I discover what I'm seeing as I'm writing. I really have used it for my own ..... (7) and my own personal reflection on teaching strategy and methodology and classroom management, and just all of those different facets of the classroom.
I'm glad that we've actually done the process before so we can kind of compare what works, what doesn't. I think that video exposes so much of what's ..... (8) to us as teachers in ways that help us learn and help us understand, and then help our broader communities understand what this complex work is really all about. I think it is a way to ..... (9) and illustrate things that we cannot ..... (10) in a lesson plan, things you cannot convey in a standard, things that you cannot even sometimes convey in a book of pedagogy. |