9 tips for effective use of video in the lds home and class

9 Tips for Effective

Use of Video in Class

1. Watch it yourself first.

So you can find the why.

Ask – is the video for the class or the class for the video?

2. Download it

& practice

playing it

with the

technology

you’ll be

using.

And we’re not just whistlin’ Dixie.

3. Have a back up plan. No, really.

Plan A Plan B

Maybe something you didn’t have time for earlier in the year.

Or some questions to discuss (see handout for ideas).

4. Lay the Foundation

When you say you’re going to see a video, does the class look like this?

Create: Emotion

Create: A Need to Know

Create: An Expectation

Ask questions (have them visible during the video)

Encourage Prediction

Remember:

choice +

control

=

optimal

experience

So monitor class reaction and be

prepared to abandon ship

if it’s not working out.

5. Encourage Activity During the Video

You don’t want their heads here.

Let them touch

the screen.

Use whiteboards to gauge and gather responses.

Next scripture Have them look up the next scripture after one that is referenced in the video.

Turn-n-Talk

6. Feel free to press “pause.”

Why?

Avoid firehosing the class with too much material at one time.

Check for understanding.

Define a word or phrase or allusion.

Emphasize a key idea.

7. Clean up after the party.

Review and refer (to previously

seen videos or lessons)

Ask the questions you said you were going to.

And then really listen; don’t just wait for your turn to talk. Just sayin’.

Include music and the Spirit.

Discuss in small groups and report.

8. Ideas

Video chain (go from one

video to another to another

like a scripture chain)

Find and flip at ed.ted.com {you’ve got to use the YouTube version of the video}

Paste the link of the video you want in here and press “enter.”

Click this.

then this

Now you (or class members) can add questions, start discussions, or suggest further reading or watching.

video vote (let class pick a fave)

And for the really adventurous among you…

9. Create/modify your own videos

{or let the class create them}

Animoto will let you use video, images, and text to create your own videos.

Screen capture: use a tool like this one to record videos of your screen & your voice. See handout for more ideas.

Thanks for

letting me

share these

ideas.

Take the

ones that

work for

you…

and before you know it,

your video class time …

is on

fire!

Find more hints, tips, and

resources at ldsteach.org.

Find this slideshow at

slideshare.net/ldsteach.

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