Streaming videos

As with many other topics I have discussed, I never really considered streaming video to be a tool that could be very useful in education. This is not because I think it would not be useful, just simply due to the fact that I had never actually thought about it. I read an article that talked about streaming video and how it can be very useful to help the educational process. This article is called "Rhode Island PBS Video Streaming Program."

The article began by explaining exactly what video streaming is, how many clips and full length videos it can give students and teachers access to, and how it works. They then go on to explain the benefits of video streaming, like access to other lesson plans, guides for teachers, ability to access other lesson plans while at home, and access to over 650 high resolution photos.

I think this is very useful indeed and it's not just something to help the students, it could be a great help to the teachers as well. When a teacher is stuck not really knowing what he/she should do for a lesson, they could type in "lesson plan" in keywords for streaming videos and get some good ideas! I think that would be great so long as the teacher would not copy the plan directly in case a student in their class had already gone through that same lesson the way the teacher found it. Each teacher would need to learn to but a new edge or spin on the lessons they find.