Wednesday, June 03, 2020

Videos

Youtube videos can be great tools for teaching.  Here is one about how to start using Zoom.

Zoom tutorial for Beginners

TEDEd videos are quite useful for English Language Learners.  Here's an example:

https://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-is-a-coronavirus-elizabeth-cox

One useful adjustment that can be made with these videos is that by clicking on the cc, you can see closed captioning.  Another helpful adjustment is that by clicking the gear icon, you can slow the speed of the narration.

Tweeting again!

Thanks to the Coursera course Practical Technology in Teaching I am rediscovering tools that I used to use and plan to start using again like Twitter.  I used to connect with teachers around the world with Twitter and kept up with them through Tweetdeck.  So good to be back!