Comments on: New education platform from TED could help power ‘flipped learning’ http://www.eschoolnews.com/2012/04/25/new-education-platform-from-ted-could-help-power-flipped-learning/ Just another eSchool Media site Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:37:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: smithtk http://www.eschoolnews.com/2012/04/25/new-education-platform-from-ted-could-help-power-flipped-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-164522 smithtk Thu, 05 Jul 2012 22:03:22 +0000 http://www.eschoolnews.com/?p=99384#comment-164522 Erik, I could not agree more. Not only is the on-screen presence a factor, but so much of the flipped story turns us all into high quality media producers - what? I don't think so. The major wrong assumption I see is that we expect kids to do even more work at home before coming to the classroom - and we all know how successful homework strategies have been. Almost breaks down too neatly into social-economic results of who get homework done and who does not. The oral communication idea makes all the sense in the world - otherwise why are we so in love with TED talks? Terry Teacher Education Western Illinois University Erik,
I could not agree more. Not only is the on-screen presence a factor, but so much of the flipped story turns us all into high quality media producers – what? I don’t think so. The major wrong assumption I see is that we expect kids to do even more work at home before coming to the classroom – and we all know how successful homework strategies have been. Almost breaks down too neatly into social-economic results of who get homework done and who does not. The oral communication idea makes all the sense in the world – otherwise why are we so in love with TED talks?

Terry
Teacher Education
Western Illinois University

]]> By: zanepub http://www.eschoolnews.com/2012/04/25/new-education-platform-from-ted-could-help-power-flipped-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-159460 zanepub Thu, 03 May 2012 14:42:34 +0000 http://www.eschoolnews.com/?p=99384#comment-159460 The use of online educational video might be significantly more useful for teachers in the classroom if more attention was given to quality rather than quantity. For online video to be truly valuable as a teaching resource in the classroom, it needs to be developed specifically for the curriculum (most aren't), they need to be easily identifiable so the teacher does not need to spend hours finding a suitable video to use, it needs to be fully supported with online testing, lesson plans, interactive study tools and especially pro-active tech support. More than anything, it should also be effectively subtitled so it is accessible to ALL students. Currently only one company ( Zane Education at http://www.zaneeducation.com ) provides online educational video for the K12 classroom that satisfies all those criteria. A recent survey of the main online educational video services provided this comparison chart. It enables teachers to quickly compare the main online video providers and the support services they offer: http://www.zaneeducation.com/online-education-comparison.php The use of online educational video might be significantly more useful for teachers in the classroom if more attention was given to quality rather than quantity.

For online video to be truly valuable as a teaching resource in the classroom, it needs to be developed specifically for the curriculum (most aren’t), they need to be easily identifiable so the teacher does not need to spend hours finding a suitable video to use, it needs to be fully supported with online testing, lesson plans, interactive study tools and especially pro-active tech support.

More than anything, it should also be effectively subtitled so it is accessible to ALL students.

Currently only one company ( Zane Education at http://www.zaneeducation.com ) provides online educational video for the K12 classroom that satisfies all those criteria.

A recent survey of the main online educational video services provided this comparison chart. It enables teachers to quickly compare the main online video providers and the support services they offer:

http://www.zaneeducation.com/online-education-comparison.php

]]> By: erik_palmer http://www.eschoolnews.com/2012/04/25/new-education-platform-from-ted-could-help-power-flipped-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-159457 erik_palmer Thu, 03 May 2012 13:13:40 +0000 http://www.eschoolnews.com/?p=99384#comment-159457 The debate about the value of flipped classrooms is raging. Does it just reinforce ‘the sage on the stage’? Do students do their video-watching homework? Is it right for all kids? Does it put students in charge of their own learning? And so on. I won’t get into the debate here. I will just say this: you aren’t that good. That is a rough statement, perhaps even rude. But think about this: actors get paid well for a reason. They can do something that few people can do—they can be very impressive on a screen. Very, very few of us can command attention in a digital format. All media (radio, TV, podcast, webinar) require much more than in-person communication requires. When you digitize a live presentation, the nature of the small screen/small speaker makes a great presentation seem good; a good presentation seem blah; a blah presentation seem dreadfully boring. Who in your building has the chops to pull this off? Way less than you think. One out of twenty? One out of fifty? And think about this: editors and special effects and foley artists and soundtrack people get paid well for a reason. They can do things that few people can do—they can enhance a presentation. No one wants to watch a teacher talk for an hour. No one wants to listen to ten minutes of looped jingles you added from GarageBand as a soundtrack. No one wants to watch you write on a dry erase board or watch a Camtasia screen capture. It is cruel to ask students to watch some of the things being created, and if many teachers switch to flipped classrooms, forcing our kids to go home and spend an entire evening watching the junk we create will be beyond the bounds of reasonable. YOU go watch an hour of some the stuff out there and see how YOU like it. I started out teaching students how to be better oral communicators. Lately, I have been getting calls to work with adults, also. Schools and universities are contacting me not to show the faculty how to teach oral communication to students, but to show the faculty how to be better communicators themselves. These institutions realize that to be effective educators, we all need to be more effective speakers. They realize that in an era where digital media showcase oral communication skills, we need to seriously improve those skills before we attempt to use the new communication tools available. www.pvlegs.com The debate about the value of flipped classrooms is raging. Does it just reinforce ‘the sage on the stage’? Do students do their video-watching homework? Is it right for all kids? Does it put students in charge of their own learning? And so on. I won’t get into the debate here. I will just say this: you aren’t that good.
That is a rough statement, perhaps even rude. But think about this: actors get paid well for a reason. They can do something that few people can do—they can be very impressive on a screen. Very, very few of us can command attention in a digital format. All media (radio, TV, podcast, webinar) require much more than in-person communication requires. When you digitize a live presentation, the nature of the small screen/small speaker makes a great presentation seem good; a good presentation seem blah; a blah presentation seem dreadfully boring. Who in your building has the chops to pull this off? Way less than you think. One out of twenty? One out of fifty?
And think about this: editors and special effects and foley artists and soundtrack people get paid well for a reason. They can do things that few people can do—they can enhance a presentation. No one wants to watch a teacher talk for an hour. No one wants to listen to ten minutes of looped jingles you added from GarageBand as a soundtrack. No one wants to watch you write on a dry erase board or watch a Camtasia screen capture. It is cruel to ask students to watch some of the things being created, and if many teachers switch to flipped classrooms, forcing our kids to go home and spend an entire evening watching the junk we create will be beyond the bounds of reasonable. YOU go watch an hour of some the stuff out there and see how YOU like it.
I started out teaching students how to be better oral communicators. Lately, I have been getting calls to work with adults, also. Schools and universities are contacting me not to show the faculty how to teach oral communication to students, but to show the faculty how to be better communicators themselves. These institutions realize that to be effective educators, we all need to be more effective speakers. They realize that in an era where digital media showcase oral communication skills, we need to seriously improve those skills before we attempt to use the new communication tools available.
http://www.pvlegs.com

]]> By: mmurphy749 http://www.eschoolnews.com/2012/04/25/new-education-platform-from-ted-could-help-power-flipped-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-159135 mmurphy749 Wed, 02 May 2012 12:42:18 +0000 http://www.eschoolnews.com/?p=99384#comment-159135 I reviewed this new TED tool earlier this week and immediately fowarded the link to programs I manage and younger educators that I know. This is truely an exciting way to incorporate video into the curriculum and to extend learning beyond the classroom walls. Technology has certainly brought a whole new dimension to teaching, it makes me wish that my career was just beginning not coming to a close. Where was TED in 1964? I reviewed this new TED tool earlier this week and immediately fowarded the link to programs I manage and younger educators that I know. This is truely an exciting way to incorporate video into the curriculum and to extend learning beyond the classroom walls. Technology has certainly brought a whole new dimension to teaching, it makes me wish that my career was just beginning not coming to a close. Where was TED in 1964?

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