Reflection Journal #11: Video Software #2

Strengths:

• I found a good experiment that would be easy for the students in an elementary level to learn about and have fun watching.
• I used easier words for the students to understand and defined my terms such as 'density'.
• We added effects to the video to make it seem more interesting and to keep the kids more focused by having something fun for them to focus on (such as music or sound effects)

Weaknesses:

• After watching the part of the video where I was teaching my experiment I think I could have explained it better. I think I just told the basics of the experiment without really explaining to the students what the purpose of the project was.
• I think I could have been more clear with the steps of the experiment. I realized that to me and people my age it may make sense but to younger children it may not be as clear.
• I could try to engage the children more into the video by being more enthusiastic or vcen having them do their own experiment afterwards.

Overall, I think there were parts of our video that were both good and that could have been improved. As "the expert" I still have to realize that I'm trying to teach younger students who don't really have any concept of certain topics such as gravity or density and therefore I need to be careful of the way I explain things. I learned that I should be more engaging and enthusiastic in order for students to stay focused on the video.