Today in class we talked about different ways of promoting learning. Some things covered are Educational videos such as youtube channels, films, and creating a video to demonstrate learning. Some tips about creating your own video is to be engaging, have multiple things going on at the screen, keep it short, add humour, and to make your life easier, make it broad so it can be used by other groups/for other concepts. I thought it was really cool looking at the first video ever made (of the horse) and how the reason was to show something that the naked eye can’t see. It is the same concept for time lapse. “Seeing the unseeable” as Michael said. We talked about Kahn academy and why it was created- to teach his niece a concept by showing her, talking to her, and not needing to be there in person. Videos can also be used to make analytic videos and create simulations. These tools are so interesting, but as a teacher, there are also infinite resources online to find pre-made examples to share. 360 APEX Museum is a VR source that we were shown. I’m marking this down because that is what our project is about. It gave us the ability to explore an Egyptian Museum from the comfort of your home or school. It was cool too how you could just explore it with your mouse and no headset. What I haven’t thought of before is using Gifs as educational purposes. When broken down, it is a short and silent video that repeats. While it can be a funny cat, it can also be- for example- how a slinky being dropped works, or how a dog drinks water. This video is then being replayed over so that you or your class can observe it many times without distractions of noise or extra events in the video. A tip I want to remember is that if you want to attach a video and then have a video start at a certain moment, you press “share” then “start at”. I am going to try that with a video below.