Video learning can take on many forms. Students can be supported through video by identifying areas where they have raised their hand to ask questions or teachers can see the percentage of students who misunderstood the lesson. Teachers can harness the power of video to improve their learning growth so, how are you doing with recording yourself?

What are the benefits of video learning?

When a teacher uses a video to capture their classrooms, they can watch themselves work with their students instead of relying on the remembrance of their classroom while they were teaching. It is tough to be, “in-the-moment” teaching while trying to identify alternative strategies that could have been used during a specific time. This is why e-coaches are necessary; having one instructional coach at a school site is a struggle as well. One coach cannot serve more than 8 teachers at a school site. When you take coaches from anywhere in the world to support one school you have machine learning taking place. With machine learning, we can expedite growth, do more faster, When we at Educational Innovation 360 implement Artificial Intelligence and machine learning together we can give every school principal a bird's-eye view of what's happening in the school building and automate every teacher’s coaching cycle. All teachers have to do is activate the video, record themselves, and wait for 24-48hours for feedback on their lesson.

Do teachers understand classroom interactions?

Although some teachers are absolute masters of their classrooms this typically takes 3 years for teachers to grasp content, procedures, and subject matter. With our research, we have seen dramatic growth in teachers, and with the coaching cycles, we have measured growth. In over 96% of our cases, teachers have become master teachers in 1 1/2 years. We work bi-weekly to plan, conduct observations, debrief after the lesson, and provide video next steps. It’s no wonder we are the only company that provides ongoing support for teachers at a fraction of the cost.

What are the limits of self-recorded learning

When teachers press the record button it gives them autonomy and allows them to control what they would like to upload which is empowering. Self-recorded learning as a complete and all-encompassing learning method with measurable limits:

• Teachers can “perform for the camera” which is expected, but after several recordings, the “dog and pony” show disappears, and teachers show their true teaching after the second month in the program.

• AI will capture the teacher only and students around the teacher so; it can be a challenge to see other students who are not around the teacher they will be out of the frame.

Self-recorded learning can help teachers by showing the interactions of a classroom environment, methods teachers use and how to support them through these ideas, and how well teachers understand concepts themselves. One example would be are they incorporating Culturally Relevant Pedagogy in the classroom? All of our coaches are trained to work with diverse populations in diverse settings. Our videos are time-stamped and we have feedback sessions with everyone in the building. There are so many advantages to self-recorded sessions; schools that we work with couldn’t’ see themselves without it and our teachers love the help, support, and mentorship that is included.  

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 What You Can Learn from Recording Yourself Teaching." Free Spirit Publishing Blog, 20 Jan. 2020, www.freespiritpublishingblog.com/2020/01/21/what-you-can-learn-from-recording-yourself-teaching