Sunday, March 13, 2016

Ted-Ed - Communication Tool Evaluation

Summary



Ted-Ed is is series of videos and animations that are created to stimulate thinking.  Videos explore all areas of education and help students practice and develop skills in strategic thinking and extended thinking.  You have the choice of searching videos by subject area and grade level or you can follow a specific series of videos including a few of my favorites, Math in Real Life and Things They Should Have Taught You In School (But Didn’t).  Ted-Ed encourages people to submit their own videos for approval and possible inclusion on their site.  You can even start a Ted-Ed club in your school.



Rating
Rubric Statement
Comments
Efficiency
(teacher)
2
Teacher can use it somewhat consistently throughout the year.
User Friendly (teacher)
3
Walks you through the setup or tutorials and quick and easy.
Step 1 - search  and select a video of choice
Step 2 - watch and learn or create a lesson with discussion questions around the video
Cost
3
Free!

Validity
3
High educational value
Safety
N/A
Students are watching the videos and not interacting with others through this site.
DOK (Depth of Knowledge)
3
Effectively utilizes targeted DOK
Can definitely lead to higher level thinking activities.
Monitoring Capability
1
(N/A)
Teacher can’t monitor all student content.
Students are not posting content online with this resource.
Permission (school)
3
Permitted

Student Use
N/A
User Friendly (student)
3
Students can quickly access content or desired tasks from home screen or search bar.
No setup required.  Teacher can link  videos to their own website so students can just click and watch.
Student Engagement
N/A
Haven’t used it yet.

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