This week the students analyzed a video pertaining to 9/11. This video showed a detailed account of what actually happened on 9/11, as it showed live footage of the World Trade Center. Educators must transfer the content knowledge and then enhance the learning experience by making learning meaningful. Showing footage of that sad day in September truly does that, as learners can then see what the city of New York and Washington dc had to deal with. Mr. Allen also used a great strategy when showing the video. Mr. Allen has come up with a strategy that stops the video every five or six minutes and then analyzes a key scene. Mr. Allen has come up with some guided questions to go along with the video, so this allows for a meaningful discussion over the content. This also inhibits any students from dozing off or not paying attention, as the lights constantly are being turned on and a lively discussion is constantly flourishing. What I observed this class was a strategy that enhanced the learning experience and certainly kept the learners attentions. The first class I observed I watched the video, but after that I decided to watch every student and see how many were paying attention. It was certainly interesting to see that throughout most of the film every student was paying close attention to the film and certainly when the high intensity scenes were shown each and every student was on the edge of their seat. The importance of showing videos in a social studies classroom cannot be understated. Student’s need to see what actual events were like and by offering a glimpse into those events that goal can be accomplished. An educator can do this technique in multiple ways, but the approach that is aw Mr. Allen use was by far one of the best approaches. It kept a lively discussion thriving and also live footage of the actual event. If I were to become a teacher I certainly would utilize this tactic
This week the students analyzed a video pertaining to 9/11. This video showed a detailed account of what actually happened on 9/11, as it showed live footage of the World Trade Center. Educators must transfer the content knowledge and then enhance the learning experience by making learning meaningful. Showing footage of that sad day in September truly does that, as learners can then see what the city of New York and Washington dc had to deal with. Mr. Allen also used a great strategy when showing the video. Mr. Allen has come up with a strategy that stops the video every five or six minutes and then analyzes a key scene. Mr. Allen has come up with some guided questions to go along with the video, so this allows for a meaningful discussion over the content. This also inhibits any students from dozing off or not paying attention, as the lights constantly are being turned on and a lively discussion is constantly flourishing. What I observed this class was a strategy that enhanced the learning experience and certainly kept the learners attentions. The first class I observed I watched the video, but after that I decided to watch every student and see how many were paying attention. It was certainly interesting to see that throughout most of the film every student was paying close attention to the film and certainly when the high intensity scenes were shown each and every student was on the edge of their seat. The importance of showing videos in a social studies classroom cannot be understated. Student’s need to see what actual events were like and by offering a glimpse into those events that goal can be accomplished. An educator can do this technique in multiple ways, but the approach that is aw Mr. Allen use was by far one of the best approaches. It kept a lively discussion thriving and also live footage of the actual event. If I were to become a teacher I certainly would utilize this tactic