Week 3: Learning Screencasting and H5P, Reflection 2.

Today, we learned how to make an interactive video while explaining a game. In my video, I chose to play the game Coconut Chaos, which is a great game to help teach children about musical notes. While recording, I found the screencasting part straightforward. In the past, when I have had to do virtual presentations while sharing my screen, I have used Zoom. In the future, screencasting is a tool that could be very useful in this situation, or for creating a pre-recorded lesson. As for H5P, I managed to add interactive parts to the video, but the installation was not intuitive. However, with more practice, this tool could be very useful to engage students in class. For example, sharing a video with the class and including multiple choice questions with H5P, allows students to answer and engage in the lesson.

Multi-media learning can help us create more engaging and effective instructional videos because there will be multiple modes of sharing information. For example, having a photo, text, and speaker is much more engaging than just a speaker. If there were to be just a speaker, the listener could get lost or bored not having anything to follow along with. As for using the Flipped Classroom teaching model, we value the time in class as hands-on learning instead of 50%-100% lecturing and lesson time. As teachers, we would give pre-class work therefore there is more time to work in class. Myself, wanting to teach grades 3-4, I could give them simple reading homework and have time to do interactive assignments about the story in class. Although, this method may be more effective with secondary or post-secondary students.