Class
level: V
Subject:
Social Studies
Creation
of the Materials
I
made the material using a power point presentation where it consists of
animations, pictures and main information from the text. I used movement
animation from the animation pane where I made the earth move around the sun to
let students know how our earth actually revolve around the sun and in which
direction so that they can remember it for a longer term. The process to make
the power point presentation is somewhat similar to my previous ppt. The new
things I used while creating this material is the camtasia studio 8. If I tell
you what Wikipedia says, “camtasia is a software suite, created and published
by TechSmith, for creating video tutorials and presentations directly via
screencast, or via a direct recording plug-in to Microsoft PowerPoint. Audio or
other multimedia recordings may be recorded at the same time or added
separately from another source. Camtasia
studio is the best all-in-one screen recorder and video editor. We can record
our screen; add video effects, transitions and many more.”
In
the camtasia studio, first of all we have to screen record the ppt and our
voice over the ppt. The video will be automatically appearing in the studio
where we need to edit. During edition, we can cut out the parts where we have
made mistakes while delivering the lesson and we can also insert transition
slide wise. We can even add text and images in the video. Even for people who
have never used video editing software before, Camtasia is easy to learn.
How
and when to use?
We
can use this material from lesson development till the lesson input. We can
either let children watch the video in the class or let them watch it from
home. All the information about the topic is clearly mentioned in the video
including the explanation with voice over. It would be easier for students to
learn from the video rather than teaching them from the textbook with black and
white pictures to demonstrate. They will understand better when they see real
pictures of how our earth looks while demonstrating the day and night version
of it. I think it is very important for the learners to see the real pictures
of anything they learn about. It will enhance their cognitive understanding of
the main idea from the topic if they get confused with the sentences or points.
Activity
1. Children can watch the video carefully.
2. Write down the definition of different days when the
earth revolves around the sun.
3. Then they have to jot down the key words which will
help them to write a summary on the topic.
4. Finally they have to come to the next class where
they will have present the their work to the class.
