Videos
Overview
Providing visuals to introduce, support, or review instruction activates more cognitive processes to support learning. Videos also allow students to experience stories and scenes outside the classroom, capturing their Attention, bringing in different cultures and experiences, and engaging them in authentic learning opportunities.
Example: Use This Strategy in the Classroom
In this video, see how different videos can be an effective tool for instruction, and then watch an in-class example of a teacher using video before reviewing vocabulary.
Design It into Your Product
Videos are chosen as examples of strategies in action. These choices are not endorsements of the products or evidence of use of research to develop the feature.
See how EDpuzzle allows teachers to edit, customize, and enhance existing videos to meet their classroom needs. Teachers can isolate the parts of videos they want, record their own voice, and embed questions to check for student understanding.
Additional Resources
Additional examples, research, and professional development. These resources are possible representations of this strategy, not endorsements.
Factors Supported by this Strategy
More Visual Learning Tools Strategies
Advance graphic organizers link prior knowledge to upcoming learning to help students anticipate and understand the structure of new information.
Visualizing how ideas fit together helps students construct meaning and strengthen recall.
Visuals help students recognize relationships within words and sentences to develop reading skills.
Videos developed with discussion guides can teach students about SEL skills.
