Yesterday was our county's annual Digital Learning Conference for all of the digital learning coaches to learn new techniques and resources. We, in turn, return to our schools and share these ideas with our faculty, teaching them how to utilize digital resources in the classroom.
My number one new favorite thing to use is...ZAPTION!
Zaption is a way to take video clips and short videos and make them interactive "tours". For instance, if we are able to have our One Book, One School project next year, youtube has the video of a great talk given by the author of the book. Clips of this video (it is over an hour in length) can be uploaded into zaption and then discussion and comprehension questions added throughout the tour. Students would sign in to watch the tour, and the video pauses at each question. Once they have submitted their answers, they can continue watching. Teachers can log in to see who has watched it, what their answers were, and see graphics about the answers to different questions.
Imagine knowing you are going to be out the day of a key lesson. Maybe the substitute will be able to teach it, but maybe not (especially if you teach calculus or physics!) so create a video showing the lesson, but insert questions to check for comprehension and attention. When you return, you will know who "got it" and who didn't.
There is also a gallery of tours you can use. In order to see your students' responses or to add/change questions, copy the tour into your own account. It's really that easy.
www.zaption.com
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