Visual and audio learning with George

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fG6Sf6THq1E


Audio visuals are useful for most students, regardless of their learning styles, students can both see and hear and make a connection. Audio-visual aids provide teachers with different tools and variety and it motivates the pupil to move about, talk, laugh, and comment about. The video I attached is a fun and educational episode of Curious George, and how the man with the yellow hat purchases a bike for him. George rides along and his curiosity gets the best of him and he see's a newspaper delivery boy. He wants to help the boy and does so, but then George spots a river and starts making paper boats with the articles. George always finds a solution from the mischief he gets himself into and this story along with the others proves that time and time again. AV technology can be used in other subjects as well such as Geography, Math, History, and Literature. It will be very interesting and entertaining to have students act out and film a Shakespeare play, whether at home or in the class. For a math project, depending on the age group, a math lesson can involve role play with students taking the role as teachers and with a given assignment, set up a school scenario on how they will present that math lesson to students. They can record themselves lecturing their families and I know they will be eager using technology to share that with the class. There are a variety of ways to use AV technology to reach all students and be sure to use the technology in a form to educate the students and not distract them from learning experiences.