![]() ![]() I started creating videos years ago as a way to connect with my students in the same medium in which they were experiencing their daily world. When I traveled to the Canadian Arctic as part of my Grosvenor Teacher Fellowship, I made dozens of videos to help bring my polar expedition experience into my rural Colorado classroom. I use videos regularly in my classroom to pose questions, introduce phenomena, and build a sense of wonder and adventure. I’d like to share my workflow and some strategies for making quick, teacher-produced videos for your students now, and hopefully help you develop a skill you can use even when we return to the classroom in the future. I have found that producing my own video content that is ready for students to tune into anytime from anywhere has been a necessity. ![]() We are all experimenting with new technologies and routines and, like me, you may be struggling to determine the best way to stay connected and keep students engaged with these tools. I am finding that video has become a primary mode of teaching for so many of us right now, either through real-time lessons in Zoom or sharing content students can watch anytime on YouTube. Photo by Sarah AppletonĪ lot of us are using digital video to connect with our students during this difficult new reality of distance learning in which we are awkwardly navigating. Grosvenor Teacher Fellow Ben Graves on his expedition to Greenland and the Canadian High Arctic. ![]()
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