Teach Someone- Student Research

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Student Research

This quarter the 2nd graders are starting their research about an animal of their choice. When the students were asked where they would find their information- they all replied with books and Google. Now, both answers are good ones. Yet, we have 160 2nd graders so we won't have enough books on a specific animal available and Google may not have safe and true information. So, now what?

By creating a video of how to research safely you can easily share what is available to students and parents. This also helps you not have to repeat yourself a million times because you could add this how-to video to Google Classroom, Schoology, Seesaw, or any platform you use to share information with your students. I like to also share this with my parents on remind so that they can know what is available that is safe. 

You can easily use Screencastify to create a video showing the steps you will take to find all of the available resources. I have attached my video for you to check out. Disclaimer: I have 4 children so I apologize for the noise. When I get back to work I will record a new video, plus a video finding the resources through an iPad perspective as our 2nd graders have iPads in class, and that may be what they have available at home. 

There are simply so many lessons you could create that are short and to the point for students and parents. I don't know about you but I have parents often asking questions about how to do things on our school's dashboards or where to find things on the district/school webpage so instead you could just have videos you share. I also share videos of how we teach/solve math problems because it is not like it was when we were in school and often parents are confused. Since videos are quite large in size you can load videos on other platforms and use QR codes like we previously mentioned to share with others. Video lessons are a win-win for all. 

Student Research Video