#viewpure

When we go over a new topic in class, there is always a “lecture” portion of the lesson to give the students new information.  Sometimes the lecture is short and sweet, while sometimes it would be long enough that the students would lose interest or get bored.  One way to help this issue is to guide students into learning the information on their own.  To do this, I post resources to my Moodle page for the students to access during class.  One of the more effective resources comes in the form of video.

I use a Website called viewpure to trim an informative video into just the section that I want the students to see, and post the link to Moodle.  Using viewpure is also good, because it eliminates the comment section from Websites like YouTube.  That way, students cannot view inappropriate comments, or be distracted by them in general.

Above is a video that will be used this marking period in my 7th grade STEM class.  It describes how a wind turbine generates electricity.  We have a model wind turbine that students design and build propeller blades for.  The information in the video can help the students design better blades.  While the entire video is informative, the focus is on how the turbine works.  That is why viewpure is so useful.