Khan Academy and Visual Learning Reflection

             The video presented on the blog explaining the properties of "Red Shift" is an extremely intelligent form of teaching. Similar to "Flip Teaching", the video is used to stimulate curiosity and interest. One could watch said video with no previous knowledge of the science of physics, and still learn a large amount of information.

 

             The classroom environment may not provide enough stimulus for all students. Some students are almost strictly visual learners, while others cannot pay attention if there is no interest in content. One way to fight such problems would be to use the Khan Academy and other video sources to help provide visual instructions for course content. 

 

Common Problems within Classrooms:

#1 Defiance, Rowdiness, and Distraction:

Many classrooms have students which are defiant and cause distraction to others. This problem is usually caused by a lack of interest in the teaching method. A way to fix this would be to change the teaching style from perhaps simple oral lectures to visual and physical demonstrations.

#2 Personality Clashes:

Teachers will never have a perfect classroom. There is always one or two students who retain the defiant mentality and will never listen to what an authoritative person has to say. This can be possibly remedied by using a Khan Academy video and allowing for someone rather than yourself explain a subject to students.

 

#3 Unmotivated Visual Learners:

Some students will only be interested with visuals alongside work or as a main teaching aspect. Visual displays of any sort that catch the eye will easily tame these students into learning. One could make use of the Khan Academy videos to the fullest extent with a classroom populated with such pupils.

 

             Quite simply, video demonstrations are an extremely efficient tool to use within the classroom. The use of online technology in schools is also ever increasing in usage, alongside a growth in technological advancements. The job as a teacher is to spur interest within students about the subject they are currently studying, therefore if one can use multiple methods of teaching in order to maintain a strong interest from students, the choice is very simple. Technology is the way of the future.