Week 3 DFI

Week 3

This week, we looked at using the live options for videos. It is a very useful tool for teachers and children to capture moments that you are unable to attend.  It's very important to use a HD camera - A recommenced camera to use is the Canon LEGRIA HF G40, you can also use a drone to record an event.

Another useful tool to use is the Teradek: VidiU Pro. You can use this device to stream straight to youtube and its cable-less - $1200.

If you are filming outside - it's important to have a strong connection, you can use AP or broadcasting to have a good connection. Often an issue that you could face if you don't have a good connection - the video dies and audio is available.

A good way to set up live streaming is have 2 devices set up to see what the audience can see and the control feed to see the best way to view the video. You can also use a gimbal to keep the camera stay stable. These are few of tips given which will be very useful for my use of live streaming.

Youtube is often a very useful and an amazing tool for educational resources. However, on the flip side, the content on Youtube can often be inappropriate or you could off task watching a series of clips. Which quite often happens to me when the options for recommended videos pop up. Today I learnt a very useful option within Youtube where I can save videos and share it with my students. Using the playlists option I can save videos related to the learning and embed it on my class site or children can view the playlist. This will enable my learners to stay on task and easily select the video rather than using the Youtube search option. This will enable my planning and navigation for students efficient.

Manaiakalani - CREATE is a very important aspect. Creativity should be incorporated in all subject areas. Teachers should provide opportunities for children to create things to support their learning. Quite often creativity is encouraged in earlier years of schooling. I think in my practice I will be trying to include more opportunities where children have a choice to create things and explore using their creativity. A really useful example that was shared with us today was animations and digital portraits. A thought this was a wonderful example which could be used across the curriculum. Students from another school shared with our cohort on how they used google slides to make an animation and tell a story. Using google drawing, children uploaded their picture and traced around the image. Starting from the outline and then focusing on the finer details. I had an attempt by making a bouncy ball animation, however I will defiantly need to refine the movement of the ball. I really had fun as it was sandpit time for me and also a chance to test my creativity. A simple task, yet challenging and fun. Here is a link to my animation.
I also used google slides and screencastify to create a digital Pepeha.