Today we learned how to use Screencast to create video tutorials, as well as H5P to create interactive videos. There are many ways in which Screencast and H5P can be extremely useful, especially for a future educator such as myself. For example, when teaching students a new math or science concept, I can record myself solving the problems in real time and share it for my class to see. The H5P extension allows for interactivity throughout the video, something that is extremely beneficial to students’ learning. I can create multiple choice and true or false questions throughout the video in order for students to test their understanding of the concept.
This technology is useful for primarily older students, as younger elementary students likely do not own their own screens. However, I could create a video ahead of time and play it for my class of younger students, and have us answer the questions together. For older students, many of whom have their own personal devices, technology like this can be extremely useful as an in-class or homework assignment.
I have included below my first attempt at a Screencast tutorial. I enjoyed the process of recording and editing my video, as well as adding in a multiple choice question. The instructions for installing both the Screencast and H5P extensions were extremely clear and useful. I think in the future I could spend more time editing so that my video appears clean and professional.
This is a well thought out and effective blog post. I really like how you included hyperlinks to the resources you used and talked about. I agree it is most likely geared towards upper elementary students, but I like how you suggested a modification that would work for lower elementary students. A way you could improve your post even more is by adding a visual aid. Having a picture or coloured background could help the reader to be more engaged or interesting in your post. Overall, this is a great blog, good job!