Like I said before, an hour course on history with maybe 40 minutes being taught on the TV with visuals and best of the best teacher followed by the classroom teacher clarifying to Jose what they perceive as questions is not a problem. I remember film strips back in the 50’s that knocked my socks off when it came to explaining scientific principles. To think that 50+ years later that this is not an integral part of the classroom experience befuddles me.
Yes, I have incorporated 2-5 minute video clips in PowerPoint slides of a lesson. A pic is worth 1000 words, they say, and it’s true. I can explain something and then SHOW it to cement it in their minds. I don’t need a video with a teacher explaining something I can explain myself, and tailor to the specific needs of students I know. You can use such things as supplements to lessons, but certainly not as the lesson itself. Bloombutt tried to replace veteran teachers in the classroom with first newbies right out of undergrad school. With the adoption of Commie Core, the evolution to just having a big TV screen lesson for everyone (cheaper!!) with a teacher in the room just to keep kids from killing each other, etc. is just around the corner. So who will need teachers, according to this model? But—who will notice that kids have bruises they should not have? Who will comfort students about stuff that happened at home and line up resources for them to help them overcome it? Who will know the student well enough to write college recommendation letters? Who will they brag to that they got a 100 on their math test? Any sane person knows you can’t replace a real live caring teacher with technology. At best, it’s just an adjunct.