The
content based materials I have designed is for grade six. The topic is
introducing rates from Mathematics subject. The main objectives of the
materials are to let students compare rates and describe rate in more than one
way correctly. The tool I have used this time is Camtasia. Camtasia is powerful
video editing software, which supports most video media formats and presents an
easy to use demonstration and education video platform. Apart from recording
first-rate videos and audios, Camtasia is good for video editing and very easy
to learn for the beginner.
How
did I create the materials?
First
of all I planned to prepare a PowerPoint presentation about solar system and
then only I can screen record using Camtasia. I have designed a black
background then, inserted a rectangle and added green coloured on it and
adjusted in centre. This background is used all across the slides. I have used
entrance animation (wipe) to introduce the topic in the first slide and followed
by fade animation to display the objectives of lesson in second slide. For the
following slides, I have used simple and several animations like appear, fade,
disappear, wipe in order to guide the students properly and not to distract
them. I have also inserted pictures downloaded from internet to support the
concept and make it interesting and understandable. Not only this, I have also utilized
shapes especially the transparent and red outlined circle to highlight the
important points. In the second last slide I have summarized the lesson in
graphic organizer (mind-mapping) using oval shapes and arrow because graphic
organizer help students to remember for long time as well as it is interesting to
learn in visual form.
After the presentation is completed, I opened the Camtasia Studio 8.2 version and selected record the screen option and started recording. I explained the concepts as if I were teaching in the real classroom. I saved the recording after it is done and automatically it took me back to Camtasia. Then, I started editing by using tool such as cut, split, transition, zoom-n-pan options. After that, I saved the video from produce and share option by selecting the MP4 with video player (up to 720p) because it will give the best version of graphic compare to other option.
When
should the materials be used?
The
materials can be used during lesson development and lesson closure. The video
can suffice as information input under lesson development in teaching the
concepts to students because all the information are clearly explained with
voice narration. Whilst the teacher can pause the video when it reaches to
calculation part because students will be confused if the video is played
continuous without getting the concept. We can also pause the video after all
the concepts are explained to carry out the activity. The teacher can also use
the summary part from the video during lesson closure because through graphic
organizer students will be interested as well as teacher can help students to recapitulate
the lesson learned. One by one ask students what it meant by and elaborate on
their responses.
Activity
instructions:
1) The
activity will be done individually.
2) You
will be provided with a worksheet.
3) Read
the questions carefully.
4) Write
the answer in the space provided.
5) For
this activity, ten minutes will be given.
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