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There's so much great
video content out there,

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and it's never been more
accessible, but teachers know

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that when you show a video in
class, you want to make sure

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your students are really digging
in and not just sitting back.

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So, before you press play,

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keep these active viewing tips
in mind.

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Have students take notes,
pause the video, and make sure

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students get what
they're watching,

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and offer multiple viewings
to reinforce key concepts.

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Of course, no one method is
perfect for all the videos

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all the time.
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- Excuse me.

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Sorry, this will only take
one minute.

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So I was just sitting there,
watching,

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and I felt this burst
of inspiration.

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Would you mind
just indulging me?

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- Why not?
- Great, thanks.

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So, active viewing's cool,
but students shouldn't just be

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active viewers, they should also
be reactive viewers.

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That's catchy, but what does
that mean, exactly?

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It means that students
need to understand

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the videos they watch,
but they should also have

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something to say about them.

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They need to comprehend
and critique.

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Read and react.

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Okay, go on.

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It all starts with developing
an essential question

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before students watch.

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You got to give them something
to latch on to.

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It'll help them get it
and have an opinion

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on what they're seeing.

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Okay, so a little bit active
and a little bit reactive.

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So, let's go back through my
active viewing tips then.

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How would you spin those to be
more reactive?

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Well, let's start
with note taking.

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Have students take notes
together, in real-time,

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using a backchannel tool like
TodaysMeet, Backchannel Chat,

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or even Twitter.

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Students will react to the video
and to each other's reactions.

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- And teachers can introduce
deeper questions

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as students watch.

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So, what about my second tip?

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You've got to pause
and ask questions, right?

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Yeah, but whenever you pause,
your question should point back

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to that essential question.

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For active viewing, you'd want
to ask fact-based questions

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aimed at comprehension.

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Right, and I bet a simple way
to make that more reactive

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is to ask students to give
arguments, not just answers.

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Perfect.

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Though, to be fair,
it's probably a better strategy

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on the second or third viewing.

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Well, speaking of that,
how about my third tip?

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Multiple viewings are really key
to students' comprehension,

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but a lot of times, students
don't like the repetition.

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The key to
keeping kids interested

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is to give them a project,

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ideally something creative
that requires

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multiple viewings
of a video.

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Plus, it's got to challenge them
to think critically.

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For instance, students could
annotate a TED Talk

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using EdPuzzle or Zaption.

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Yes.

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You could also have students
really dig in

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and remix a video using a tool
like Media Breaker.

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They can change the tone,
add political commentary,

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create a mash-up--
the possibilities are endless.

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Yes. There's nothing more
reactive than re-making a video

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you've already watched.

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I'm feeling inspired.

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Check this out.

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You could actually tie all of
these strategies together.

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Really? How so?

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Well, on the first viewing,
use a backchannel to point out

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key moments and ask questions
without pausing as much.

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After, use the backchannel notes
to help students identify

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their own essential questions,
as well as key moments

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they want to return to and
analyze in subsequent viewings.

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From there, get kids going
on creative projects

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that challenge them to
synthesize what they've learned

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and critique the video itself.

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I like how that ramps
students up from active

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to reactive strategies--
listening, then talking back.

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So, should we recap?

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- Why don't we just rewind
and watch again.

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- Now you're talking.