Video

Video is a tremendous way to connect with your student body. By creating a video, you're putting a face and a voice to your information, and therefore are making it far more accessible to your students. Your lesson information goes from just being facts on a sheet of paper to being a real person that students can connect with.

The video below is an example of how librarians can use visual footage in two ways – filming themselves as well as creating screencasts of the work they're teaching students to complete. This is a great method of delivering asynchronous learning that allows students to still get everything they need from a lesson, but entirely within their own time frame.

Our sample video is one created for the purposes of a librarian teaching students how to find a database that is appropriate for their research needs, then use that database's built-in search refining tools to come up with their resources. As an alternative to YouTube, I'll be using TeacherTube, a video hosting site that allows educators to create channels that serve as classrooms link in coursework, and also upload docs for their students to use in addition to the videos shared among everyone. Recording will be done using Google Hangouts "Hangout on Air" feature.

You can view the mock classroom here, with the accompanying video on the front page.