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What is the learning purpose of your video?:

The purpose of this video is to briefly educate primary elementary students (kindergarten to grade 3) on the lifecycle of a sea turtle. I talked through the six steps of the sea turtle lifecycle. By breaking it into small, simple steps, it helps the younger students be able to retain this information.

Which of the principles we’ve covered this term (e.g., Mayer/Universal Design for Learning/Cognitive Load Theory) did you incorporate into your design and why?

A principle that I had in mind for this specific demographic of learners was the cognitive load theory. Because my target audience ranged from kindergarten to grade 3 I kept in mind the fact that this age’s attention span is quite short. To make sure I wasn’t overloading these young students with information, I kept each step brief and the drawing simple. One of Mayers Principles that I had in mind to reduce extraneous processing is the Redundancy Principle by including graphics and narration instead of on-screen text. I also used the voice principle by using a human voice to narrate the entire video. Probably the biggest principle that I followed was the Embodiment Principle by drawing graphics as I explain, rather than explaining an already drawn graphic.

What was challenging about capturing your own video?

The challenge of capturing my own video was getting the right angles for my drawings with the camera that I was using. I used a simple iPhone camera as it was the only equipment I had access to. I was worried about the quality of the video but it ended up being decent quality. I was also lucky enough to have a friend who was willing to film for me but I won’t always have someone with me to be able to capture me teaching.

What did you find easiest?

What I found easiest about making this video was the editing as I did it on iMovie. I was able to speed up the footage, add music and voiceovers, and cut footage quite easily to make the video smoother.

How would you approach capturing video differently next time?

As a future elementary teacher, I believe that I will be making many videos like this in the future. Next time, I would consider using a small microphone to capture audio a little bit better. I would also consider using a different video editing software other than iMovie because iMovie feels like more of a beginner editing platform.

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