WEEK 14
Video helps overhaul district's curriculum
Baltimore County uses video streaming to enhance lessons and engage students
By Laura Devaney, Associate Editor, eSchool News
At the risk of sounding techno-phobic and oldfashioned, I think video streaming and video games are great enhancements to a curriculum but should be used with caution. There can be many benefits to utilizing this technology in the classroom, however, often in education we move to extremes and assert that there is one right way of teaching and reaching students. Videos and video games are tools for learning; however, educators must not become the “bad babysitter” and sit the kids in front of the TV and games all day. Students gain communication skills through teacher/student interaction and discussion. Further, life is not a game, and research has shown many negative effects of playing videogames for long periods of time. Students could get the same information and intrigue from participating in a reenactment or interviewing a person rather than experiencing through videogames. Don’t get me wrong, I think both are great tools and I plan to use them, just use them with caution.
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