For our interactive learning resource, our group is planning on doing an Edpuzzle video. This is where you take a video, and provide questions within the video for students to answer. For this video on the water cycle, there are a ton of different questions that could be provided for students to answer. I see our group using a mix of reflective questions and observable questions as interaction with the material (Bates, 2014). This type of activity would be designed because students will not be able to progress in the video without first answering the questions that come prior (Bates, 2014).
Prior to watching the video, we can have students take part in student-student interaction with group discussion in think-pair-share. This way, students will be able to share what they already know about the water cycle and the instructor will learn about any prior knowledge.
After watching the video, students can do an activity to build on the knowledge they just learned. They can draw a picture of what the water cycle means to them, or how water affects their daily lives. Students could also choose to write a small paragraph, create a comic, etc.
The instructor will have all the answers to the Edpuzzles available. This feedback would be given back to each student and will involve any comments from the video. This video is not being used as a summative assessment, so there will be helpful comments and further questions in the assessment. This feedback will be given verbally since they are in grade 2. To save time, teachers can group up students who had similar answers and chat with the group.
Barriers that may be faced with the Edpuzzle are students who are not able to read, students who have hearing loss, students who have visual impairments, and more. To curb these, we would read the question out loud before the question pops up on the screen, make sure closed captions are available, and provide the computer lab for students to complete the activity so they have a larger screen.
Bates, A.W. (2019). Chapter 9. Teaching in a Digital Age – Second Edition. Vancouver, B.C.: Tony Bates Associates Ltd. Retrieved from https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/teachinginadigitalagev2/
Hi Zoe,
I love that you have different activities that correspond well with a video. I personally find it hard to interact with just the video so having the Edpuzzle I think it is a great way for students to interact especially younger students. I also liked that you have different ways so that students with barriers are also able to interact the same with the video! I wonder if you have thought about making the kids share how water affects them and what it means to them.
Thanks for your post!
Hi Zoe.
It’s a wonderful idea to be able to interact with students through videos and by providing them with questions and answers. This way students can not only watch the video and think through it, but also ask their own questions to the teacher.
It’s also a great way to give students a more visual understanding of the water cycle, especially if none of them are learning about the water cycle, which is a great way to start.
In addition, you have considered the results that the feedback will give to the students. By not giving a mark, you allow them to develop their own imagination. And it’s good to think about the problems that students who can’t read, students with hearing loss, students with visual impairment might face. I thought this section was perfect.