Velia Alvidrez-Aguirre using video for teaching and learning

Time is one of the major challenges educators face. As important as trainings are teachers feel overwhelmed to find the time. For this reason I feel that we have to utilize technology to our benefits. Videos are a great tool to provide professional development. For this reason I have selected to use a video tutorial for teachers to watch and learn about Google Drive. The first thing I did was to insert a YouTube video about using Google Drive. The tutorial takes you step by step on how to create a Google account and create a document to share it. For the purpose of this lesson my students will be my teachers. 1) I am planning to use the video and have teachers watch the tutorial. This self-pace tutorial will allow them to go over the material as often as they need. This will specially provide support for those teachers that struggle with technology. It will also provide a solid foundation to start introducing them to a new phase of learning. Once teachers have become familiar with this platform it will become easier for them to receive training in this form. The fact that time is the number one challenge for educators this program will be readily accessible without the need to meet face-to-face. This is a great tool for me as a technology teacher to send trainings for them to watch and set the appropriate questions, feedback and discussion to grow from there. 2) Teachers will also learn all the features of this program with a purpose of collaborating among each other. Once teachers have become familiar with this platform they themselves can use it to share with their colleagues. Teachers can utilize this program to share information and material prior to meeting for their Pod Planning. This is a great way to provide feedback to one another and to insert videos and information related to the theme they are planning. This will be a great opportunity to use technology to maximize the time of face-to-face planning. 3) Another great way to use this platform is to share with parents. Our students are too little to use this great platform, however parents can use it to support students at home. Teachers can create lesson plans so that parents can follow and do at home. For instance my science teacher can create a science club for students to do experiments at home. My math and science teacher can create the lesson for a particular science experiment and parents can access it and participate in doing those activities. Overall this is a great platform for everyone to take advantage of it. As technology continues to advance we have to make our best effort to keep up with it. TEDEd is a great tool to use it in many ways. For our purposes of preschool I will be using it more for teachers and parents to take advantage of it. As far as the elementary and higher grades there are endless possibilities of incorporating it in the everyday teaching.