Evolution+Of+My+Youtube+Page

====Screen-casting for me started with using the free version of screencast-o-matic to capture quick snippet tutorials for animation and web design courses. I would often have my students create videos with me and would post them to Youtube. We would then share the videos with other the classes.Most of my previous experience with screencast tutorials was learning by using them and then teaching from the knowledge I gained. ====

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My next step was using screencast to align the videos into the order in which I taught the content and post them to Youtube with titles and module names and numbers. The names and numbers in the titles made it easy for students to find them within my selection of playlists and follow them in order as I assigned them. It was during this time that I really began benefitting from the expanded amount of time I had to work with students one on one and also to explain more complicated concepts in the tutorials.

The next thing I started screen-casting was rubrics and lesson plans for the students so that they had a video version of the assignment. I found that many students enjoyed getting a video version and could ask me questions after watching the video about more specific details. I was able to develop introductions to lessons using the videos and students could begin projects without me having to present them to the entire class this allowed me to answer more specific questions and also to work more one-on-one with students who needed it. I often ask students for feedback on the video creation process so that I could make sure that they were getting everything that they needed to complete lessons. I think it is important to consistently receive feedback on your videos to provide you insight into whether they are really working or not working for you in the class.

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My next step was using screen cast for student assessment videos and free evaluations of their work. I started off by just evaluating whether or not they could successfully complete a tutorial. As the projects progressed through the semester I would ask it is to make videos discussing and talking about their projects and showing how they created each specific component. I would often create a script or suggested topics for them to discuss. I would use this script/rubric to help evaluate all of their their projects. It was during this time that I also started having them make videos collaboratively and describe how they worked as a group and what their specific roles in the group work related to. I found this process really enabled them to think critically about their work and more concretely about how the process evolved. I feel like it also helped me to better understand how the group work when I was not directly involved with their process.

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Over time I added a banner to my YouTube page and always try to have text titles for the videos and possible links to resources included with the videos. I tried to make it easy for students to find my username on YouTube and the necessary videos by playlist or titles relation to the lessons. I found that students began utilizing my Youtube page as a regular website and could benefit towards any sort of personalization of the page or direct communication. And students definitely have a fluency with the use of the tools of Youtube and finding content.