Screencasting

I had my students practice making screencast tutorials this week. I will post examples some time soon. Until then I would like to reflect on an observation that I made.

I'll start by noting that over the past several weeks I have been teaching my students some of the principles of instruction. Well basically just Gagne's 9 Events. I then paraded in a few teachers for them to practice their new instructional knowledge. My students were intimidated or uncomfortable teaching their teachers. Until...

Last week I asked them to create screencast tutorials to train their teachers on Google Apps and they flourished. They spoke to the computer with no concern, got attention, informed listeners of the outcomes, delivered the content, and gave a practice exercise.

I will keep observing and reflecting as I continue developing my training plans. Thanks for reading.


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