Do you show videos in your class? If so, you should be using Zaption! This is an effective online site/tool that allows you to make videos interactive.
Zaption allows teachers to add text, images, and questions to videos. These videos can come from online sources (such as YouTube) or be uploaded from your device. This transforms the video from a one-way informative lecture to an interactive learning activity. It engages students, checks for understanding, and provides you with a way to check student progress. Teachers can share the lesson for students to complete on their own or show the video in class to complete together.
There are millions of videos available online to capture student interest and share information. The problem is ensuring students are actively watching the videos and gaining knowledge. Zaption gives teachers a way to have student interact with the video and lesson in real time. Students can answer questions or submit answers to discussion questions as they are discussed in the video. The video pauses to give students time to respond. Students do not need to feel rushed while answer questions on a worksheet, and teachers have more useful information to gauge student understanding and input.
It is a great way to increase student engagement! Technology standards and objects are prevalent in today’s classrooms. Videos are a positive way to bring technology into the classroom and tap into the plethora of resources available on the web. Zaption helps turn these videos into interactive lessons and check for student participation and understanding in real time rather than at the end of class or the following day.
It is imperative for students to take ownership of their learning and their future. They are not observers to learning. Zaption puts students into the video/lesson as it is happening. It ensures students are understanding the information being presented and assists teachers in remediating students as needed. It is a strong tool for implementation to any 21st century classroom.
Do you use Zaption? Share a video in the comments!
It is a great way to increase student engagement! Technology standards and objects are prevalent in today’s classrooms. Videos are a positive way to bring technology into the classroom and tap into the plethora of resources available on the web. Zaption helps turn these videos into interactive lessons and check for student participation and understanding in real time rather than at the end of class or the following day.
It is imperative for students to take ownership of their learning and their future. They are not observers to learning. Zaption puts students into the video/lesson as it is happening. It ensures students are understanding the information being presented and assists teachers in remediating students as needed. It is a strong tool for implementation to any 21st century classroom.
Do you use Zaption? Share a video in the comments!
Here is my most recent Zaption video lesson: Introduction to Presidential Election 2016
I use this video to do many things:
- Introduce the presidential candidates before we begin our research and debates
- Review Theme
- Review Ethos, Pathos, Logos
- Discuss Marketing Techniques
- Discusses Sources/Truth in Information
Let me know what you think!
