Interactive Video
What Makes Interactive Video Effective?
- To enhance the effectiveness of this strategy, it should come after teacher delivered core instruction.
- Use videos in the 2-4 minute range.
- Add questions with purpose that are relevant and rigorous. Think about adding questions at various levels of the Knowledge Taxonomy.
- Multiple viewings allow for deeper understanding.
- The purpose should be set with an essential question before students view the video.
- Look for videos that are relevant or use this strategy in station rotation so another activity can build the real world connection.
Key Strategies for Interactive Video
- Active Viewing- students take notes and respond to questions to help them comprehend the content of the video.
- Reactive Viewing-students think critically about the videos they are watching and react to what they are learning.
- Show and Tell: Show the video to students and let them tell you their reflections/responses in writing or via multimedia throughout the video. ( Playposit has a Discussion Board).
- Tell and Show: Students tell the teacher what he or she thinks the answer is to a question at the beginning of the video then the answer is revealed throughout the video. He or she can determine if his/her original assertions were correct.