Hi Barry,

I share your excitement.  I would like to see hundreds of adult  
education teachers across the country doing what you have done,  
making videos of their teaching and posting them for others to see,  
and building a community of practice video library.  I can see two  
very different uses:

1. Professional Development. Teachers want to see how other teachers  
teach.  Sometimes they like what they see and want to emulate it.   
Sometimes they don't, and can more clearly articulate what they like  
about what they are already doing or what they don't want to do.   
Sometimes a video can demonstrate a different way to teach a set of  
skills or concepts, or what a content standard means, or an entirely  
different approach to teaching.

2. Student learning. Some of these video lessons, if organized well,  
could be put together in an online curriculum for adult learners.

For a project like this to succeed, the teachers would need to be  
working from the same set of of content standards, from Equipped for  
the Future standards, or -- if they were all within one state, from  
that state's adult education content standards, or from a set of meta  
standards developed from several good sets of state standards.  (I  
don't think this exists. I wish it did.)

Imagine, for example, that you have a good set of adult education  
math content standards/frameworks.  For example, Massachusetts has  
good standards for math. http://www.doe.mass.edu/acls/frameworks/

Equipped for the Future Content standards for math are also good.  
Take for example the EFF Decision-Making Skill "Use Math to Solve  
Problems and Communicate"  http://eff.cls.utk.edu/fundamentals/ 
standard_use_math.htm

Suppose a teacher tried to build a lesson from this Decision-Making  
Skill, perhaps using Performance Level 4 Indicators:

=============================================================
"Use Key Knowledge, Skills, and Strategies Adults performing at Level  
4 can:

     * Read, write, and interpret a wide variety of mathematical  
information such as:
       Numbers and number sense: money/expenses/prices, percentages,  
decimals and fractions;
       Patterns/Functions/Relationships: patterns and formulas (such  
as a=?r2);
       Space/Shape/Measurement: units of measurement including  
fractional units, geometrical shapes including shapes containing a  
combination of common
       shapes, and concept of volume; and
       Data/Statistics: ways to interpret, represent and draw  
implications from data (graphs, tables, and simple forms of  
statistical analysis).
     * Recall and use multi-step mathematical procedures (such as  
keeping accounts) that involve whole numbers as well as fractions,  
decimals, and/or percents,
        and measure volume using tools with different calibrations.
     * Evaluate the degree of precision needed for the solution.
     * Define, select, organize, and integrate mathematical  
information of different types in carrying out procedures, describing  
patterns, and/or measuring with
        appropriate tools to solve the problem and to verify that the  
solution is reasonable.
     * Create appropriate visual or graphic representations such as  
charts, tables, graphs, etc. and clearly communicate the solution  
process and results orally or
        in writing to a variety of audiences.

Show Fluency, Independence, and Ability to Perform in a Range of  
Settings
Adults performing at Level 4 can easily select and apply the  
knowledge, skills, and strategies at this level to independently  
accomplish structured math tasks in a variety of comfortable and  
familiar settings."
==============================================================

The teacher-made video could be an example of a lesson which fits the  
standard that could be used by other teachers to better understand  
the standard.  Or it could be used by students as part of an online  
supplemental lesson, or it could be used by students as part of a  
distance learning curriculum.

It might be possible to set up some criteria for reviewing and  
selecting these videos based on their quality and their fit with the  
standard.

In any case, I believe we need an extensive video library of teaching  
practices connected to standards.  Perhaps, now that Barry has blazed  
the trail, other teachers will put up their videos.  Perhaps we could  
then build a small community of practice of practice of teachers who  
are trying this out.  Then, perhaps we could try to do this in one  
state or in several states, using the same set of standards.

Who knows, it might not even require a grant.  If teachers are  
interested in this, it may happen as a volunteer effort.

I would like to hear what others think about this.

David J. Rosen
djrosen at comcast.net









On Dec 12, 2006, at 1:24 PM, Burkett, Barry wrote:


> Hey guys,

>

> Here is something I am excited.  I am working with the state of KY  

> on putting VOD-casts of class on the internet.  Here was our very  

> first piece, http://video.google.com/videoplay? 

> docid=-7174474385156197754&hl=en it is about using a percent  

> triangle in math.

>

> Here are things I have already learned that will apply to future  

> shots, 1 shorter segments, 2 pre-editing (I would start it at  

> minute 1:13), and 3 short films based off student led questions.

>

> Here is the cool thing, it is WAY easy to put out there.  I used my  

> gmail account to upload it to the internet via google.  By putting  

> it on google I am not using up the school's or the state's server  

> (?) resources. Here are reasons why I like it, I can link to it  

> allowing online students a quasi class-room feel, as well as it  

> will help people answers to similar questions.

>

> So what does this have to do with literacy?  What about group reads  

> on the internet… book discussions… your student reading to  

> themselves (video modeling) that can be accessed away from the  

> learning center, etc.

>

> Well, if you can't tell I am excited about the project.  The  

> biggest holdup is the cost of the video camera (Sony Digital… no  

> DVD), if a group of learning centers or programs go in on one  

> together it might be more feasible.

>

> Any other ideas for how to use this with Literacy?

>

>

> Barry Burkett, Adult Educator

> Thorn Hill Learning Center

> Frankfort, KY

> 502.223.3110

>

> ----------------------------------------------------

> National Institute for Literacy

> Technology and Literacy mailing list

> Technology at nifl.gov

> To unsubscribe or change your subscription settings, please go to  

> http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/technology


David J. Rosen
djrosen at comcast.net