VIDBE-Q Volume 67 Issue 3
Why use Educational Media?
Educational videos can bring great literature, plays, music, or important
scenes from history into the classroom. This media can also take students around
the globe to meet new people and hear their ideas, take students on otherwise
impossible field trips, and show experiments that can't be done in class--i.e.,
exploring inside the human body or jetting off to Jupiter. DCMP also provides the
opportunity for teachers to clip media and join several videos together for a lesson,
which gives them the freedom to explore multiple ideas for a lesson. The resulting
lessons, thus, engage all the students in the classroom to learn in new ways. In
short, educational videos can inspire and engage students, as well as provide
authentic learning opportunities.
Specifically, the educational media provided through DCMP allows teachers
to engage students in problem-solving and investigative activities. The educational
media can also help students practice media literacy and critical viewing skills and
provide a common experience for students to discuss. Finally, described and
captioned media can also help to dismantle social stereotypes. Please see Figure 1
for an example of the accessible media DCMP provides.
