Pedagogical tool thought!
As the new school year is just around the corner I am reflecting on things I did differently last year that were helpful to student learning.
One such thing (and I not one to promote tech tools) has been the use of screenpal.com
I used it expensively to move away from longer video overviews (5-10mins) of tasks and assignments, to embedding short (30 second to 2 minute) videos inside docs that link explanations and clarifications more directly to task components. Was also easy to add these to docs when students asked clarifying questions that I thought the entire class would benefit from.
I am sure there are other similar tools, but this was particularly helpful in providing multiple modalities for students to unpack tasks, and probably reduced the number of clarifying questions I got, so we had more instructional time!
