Why Use Video in the Classroom?

Faculty who use instructional video report that their students retain more information, understand concepts more rapidly and are more enthusiastic about what they are learning. With video as one component in a thoughtful lesson plan, students often make new connections between curriculum topics, and discover links between these topics and the world outside the classroom.

Video is uniquely suited to:

take students on impossible field trips--inside the human body, or off to Jupiter
take students around the globe, to meet new people and hear their ideas
illustrate complex, abstract concepts through animated, 3-D images
show experiments that can't be done in class
bring great literature, plays, music, or important scenes from history into the room

Resources for Video

Videos on Demand through Cuesta College Library: The library has an account for all faculty and students to view a large database of videos (over 25K videos). The account is authenticated through the Cuesta College Website and sharing the URL with your students will allow them to view the video. You can also create your own account and set up a channel to save videos and playlists. NOTE this is a database service and the titles can change or be removed. It is suggested that you review your content regularly when using database services and links to other services. Take a look our demo

Animoto: Make professional-quality video montages using images and short video clips. Choose from a variety of design templates and music tracks. Free pro account for educators!
Screencast-o-Matic: Create videos of what’s on your screen, and you can include webcam video as well.
Camtasia: This is the full-featured video creation software I use for most of my videos. Education pricing for the Mac version is $75; education pricing for Studio (PC only) is $179.