Use of Camtesia

On 13th September, I used the video made myself using camtesia to keep the students engaged in absence of teacher.  The topic was an integer which was based on addition and subtraction. In aligned to my objectives, the video tutorial made using camtesia was provided to students of class VII during a substitution class to ensure that teaching learning is comprehensive, I have considered the different learning ability of the child and provided them with a very simple tutorial clip so that they can understand well even in the absence of teacher.

The moment I showed the video clip, the students got exited and showed interest more than usual teaching. Students were able to learn in their own pace by altering the speed or pausing the video. Students were able to revisit the video anytime they feel they should go through unlike approaching the teachers. If it for approaching the teachers, students have to depend on teacher's time but if they have the video, they can play the video whenever they have doubt. Students did not have to depend on teachers for the lesson. By giving the lesson in the form of videos, teachers can create a platform for self learning. By this, it is increasing the self responsibility and concern for learning.

Moreover, after the recording I was able to evaluate and reflect on my teachings. Making a video tutorial was versatile process as I was able to reflect on my lesson and rectify the mistakes. I personally feel this strategy is very useful because it is accessible and I was able to impart knowledge to all the students present in the class and to those who were absent by giving them the lesson videos. In case of our usual teaching, if the student misses the class than they will not get remedial or any input from the teaching but irony to our usual teaching, students who missed the classes get an opportunity to update. Moreover, we can maintain systematic and consistent flow of teaching.

 We all know that with every advantage there are disadvantages aligned with it, so I encountered with many disadvantages while implementing this strategy in class VII. Social interaction is the prominent key to make teaching and learning effective and efficient but I found this attribute miniature. There is no conducive teaching learning environment and students lack hands on experiences. The lesson becomes monotonous as it becomes more of teacher centered class or it is based on traditional teaching.  As a result, students are not engaged in activities and I personally felt that they learn not by doing but by listening which is not recommended in the teaching profession. Students revisit the lesson video if they are not clear but through my experience I found that revisiting to the lesson video isn't effective because there is no scaffolding and guidance from teacher. I found that the Video tutorial does not cater the unique pattern of learning ability of every individual because they lack interaction and we are not able to access child's behavior and their learning pattern.