Teacher-made Video Activities

Teacher-made Video Activities

(Submit to Padlet: https://padlet.com/timhk/individualvideo2025)

Introduction

Begin your journey to becoming a digital content creator in addition to a content consumer. By getting starting and routinely integrating teaching videos into your teaching routine, you may soon be surprised at how useful they can be. Production time can become very efficient, and teacher-made videos provides a model for students to be more willing and creative in producing their own multi-media content as well.

We will consider how technology can enhance both in-class and out-of-class presentations, starting with out-of-class presentations via video instruction.

Teacher Video Activity 2 (Longer-version) 

To practice some of the basic skills of effective presentations, teaching and making a teaching video, create a 2 – 3 minute instructional (“how-to”) video.  You should teach a simple process, such as how to tie your shoelaces or construct a paper airplane. Choose to teach something that you are good at and that your classmates might like to learn. The task should involve at least 4 - 5 steps or points of explanation.

Here are some guidelines:

1. The intended audience for the lesson is your teacher and classmates.
2. You should show yourself teaching in the video (a 'talking head' style video), but you can also include other styles, like narration or role play.  You should model the skill in the video and narrate the process yourself, or with text on screen, or both.
3. If you like, you can edit and add titles, subtitles, special effects, etc. to your video. It is not required, but I encourage you to expand the limits of your video-making skills.
4. The video length should be around 3 minutes long. 
5. Once the video is complete, you should upload it to this Padlet before 12:00 midnight, Tuesday, 11th November 2025. Remember that your videos will be shared with classmates for mutual learning and review.
6. You will receive between 0-3 Individual extra credit marks for your Microteaching Assignment, based on the criteria from the Microteaching Assignment Rubric. 
7. The expected time spent on this task should be between 1-2 hours.

Teacher Video Activity 1 (Shorter-version) - Due Sunday, 26th October 2025

Begin to develop your video-making skills with a self-introduction video. This activity is meant to be a "sandbox" where you can experiment, practice, play and discover some of the features of teacher-made videos. We will start by using Padlet as a video-sharing platform that works well for most teachers.

1. Join the Padlet group: https://padlet.com/timhk/selfintrosENG3435

2. Create a 1-2 minute video self-introduction using one of the following methods:

    A. Record on your phone and upload to Padlet

    B. Record on your phone and upload to YouTube; share the link on Padlet

    C. Record directly to Padlet

    D. Record on Webrecorder.io and upload to Padlet

3. Whatever method you use, upload your 1-2 minute self-introduction video to Padlet by 12:00 midnight, Sunday, 26th October 2025.