Embedding Streaming Video
Below is a clip that imbedded to demonstrate that I can indeed video. I also have a link to and outstanding Flash presentation that I could not imbed that I would use in class.
Technical Issues:
What is the URL for the clip you chose? The URL was http://cternt1.ed.uiuc.edu/imp/ [ login- guest; password- guest; ID = 1]
What is the embed code you used for the clip? If you didn't embed the clip, give a good reason why. I simply copied that code from the source.
How long is the clip? A few minutes long.
How is the quality of sound and/or picture? Both are acceptable, transferred from a nonprofessional video camera.
What type of connection to the Web did you use to evaluate your clip? Cable modem about 300 kbps.
Do you think your students will use an
Internet connection which is the same, worse, or
better than the one you used? Consider how this will affect the viewing quality
of the clip you chose. At school they would have access to T1. At home
the majority would probably have dialup. The load time on dialup might be
frustratingly long for some students.
For my lesson in a U.S. History class at grade 11, I would choose the Pearl Harbor Flash interactive experience. With the release of the historically dubious motion picture of the same title there has been a plethora of information released about the attack. The interactive flash experience assembled and published by CNBC takes advantage of the movie hype to actually produce an outstanding multimedia presentation that could be used in any classroom.
Pedagogical Issues
What course topic will this clip be used for? I would use it in 11th grade U.S. History as part of a unit on the United States in WWII or the U.S. entry into WWII.
What is the purpose of using this clip? For example, would you use this clip for :
Review of past material
Presentation of new material
Supplement the lesson content
Extension of the lesson
Other, please explain? I could use this clip in all the
ways listed above. However, rather than assigning students to just read the
text, or show a much longer film about Pearl Harbor, I could use this clip as
a graphical story telling tool. The clip is designed with short, to-the-point
segments. These stopping points are ideal for discussion questions, teacher
amplification, or interjecting readings of first hand accounts of the attack.
The options are numerous. My first choice for presentation of the clip would
be as supplement to new material. Hopefully I could share it with the class
at one time.
What type of exercise or activity would be tied to this clip, and how would you organize the assignment? I would use this as a device to generate discussion about Pearl Harbor? Was it wise for the Japanese to do this? Which Japanese in decision making roles favored the bombing? What did you think of the execution of the plan? What went wrong with the attack? Would it have been in the U.S. government's interests to discount warnings of an attack?
Since we cover so much ground in the course, I would use this as a tool in a larger unit on the world conditions that led to U.S. entry into WWII.
How would you provide for student interaction and/or collaboration? I think that for 11th graders, this is one of many moral issues introduced by history. We will revisit the Pearl Harbor attack when we discuss the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. I choose to spend more time developing the Holocaust because of the plethora of moral and ethical issues exposed there. I would love to spend days on seminal events like Pearl Harbor, but it is simply not possible.
Can you confidently argue that there are learning styles that will be best addressed by the inclusion of this media in your (hypothetical) lesson? I think that aural and visual style learners will be engaged by this material.
How would you assess student learning? I would
not assess them on this activity per se, but rather incorporate the learning
into a larger unit on the entry of U.S. into WWII.