Project 2: Video Tutorial (reflection)

Project 2: Video Tutorial (Reflection)

A self-evaluation is a powerful tool that will help us become better people. Reflecting on and evaluating our work after we finished doing work will give us insights that may save us lots of problems later. So, therefore, I am writing my reflection on my learning and experience during the making of the video tutorial. Video tutorial is useful and helpful. It’s an application of modern technology to interact and share information with our friends and students. Even we can teach our lesson using this modern method in our absence.

To do this project work we were asked to use Camtasia Studio 6, record and produce our video tutorial of 15 minutes. We chose to work on Class IV Mathematics on Diagonals and Symmetry.

We discussed the class, subject, and topic through chat. Sonam Choden volunteered to write the draft lesson plan which she posted on wiki and shared with our group. The group member together made the final lesson plan and divided our parts for recording as follows:

1.     Introduction- Myself

2.     Lesson Development- Myself

3.     Activity 1:  Mrs. Sonam Choden

4.     Activity 2: Mr. Jigme Norbu

5.     Follow up and Closure : Mrs. Lhamo

All recordings were shared with Jigme Norbu to produce the video tutorial through Google drive. While Jigme worked on producing the video tutorial he captured what he was doing and sent it to us on we chat. He called us and fixed a time so that we can also learn how it was done. He told us how we can record it directly or otherwise import it from the videos that we already have. It should be in the format that Camtasia Studio 6 accepts, if not we need to convert it using some other converters. Once we have imported the video, we need to drag our video to the storyboard, then we can trim, add effects, music, etc to produce the final video.

These devices are great for providing an exciting, memorable learning experience. Learning new things brings satisfaction and happiness in our mind and we are happy when we successes in doing. If we are able to use this kind of software we can create video tutorials to substitute our class when we stay on leave. We can create songs and rhymes as children in the lower primary love singing and dancing to a tune. It also develops their oral skill and hence improves their communication skills. So, let us learn all new things and create a better teaching and learning environment with whatever ICT facilities we have in school.

I am really fortunate to do this project as I have developed an interest to work with Camtasia Studio 6, I am sure it will help me to create some video tutorials, songs, and rhymes, dances so that I can use it in my classroom to enhance my teaching and learning and share it with my friends so that they can also use it in their class.

Lastly, I would like to thank our tutor Mr. Chenga Dorji for making us work on such projects. We have learned a lot and I will make optimum use of the knowledge in my teaching in near future.