EDpuzzle - Fossils

Reflection:

Creating this EDpuzzle was simple and intuitive. There are guides for each step of the process as well as information on why each tool is useful. There are four tools that EDpuzzle uses - Crop, Audio Track, Audio Notes, and Quizzes. Cropping allows you to shorten the video so that only the relevant content is covered. Audio Track allows you to insert your own audio over the video to give explanations or commentary. Audio Notes supplements this by allowing you to give written remarks or questions to the audio track. Quizzes gives you the ability to insert questions that correspond to the video and will pause the video to allow students to answer.

I really enjoyed this tool and feel it will be a great addition to my future classes. This specific project would be used to teach a class about fossils and give a general idea about how they are formed and how they help us understand dinosaurs. It would be assigned to the students and we would discuss the questions and answers as a class afterwards.

Standards:

UEN Standard

Grade 4 Standard 4

Students will understand how fossils are formed, where they may be found in Utah, and how they can be used to make inferences.

Ed Tech Standard

Standard 8

Use technology resources (e.g., calculators, data collection probes, videos, educational software) for problem-solving, self-directed learning, and extended learning activities. 

Knowledge Constructor

I critically select, evaluate and synthesize digital resources into a collection that reflects my learning and builds my knowledge.