Claremont USD Districtwide Staff Development Day - August 26, 2024

Self-reflection is a powerful and effective strategy to support and encourage student success and academic achievement. Today’s students create selfie-videos almost daily, so asking them to create a selfie-reflective video responding to a prompt, leverages their engagement with video creation in the making of an instructionally relevant learning activity. We’ve learned a great deal about our students that we never would have known through the use of self-reflective videos. In this workshop, we will share the process and tools we used to get our students started, how we use these videos as an instructional tool, the types of prompts we’ve found effective, and some of the successful outcomes we’ve seen. This workshop is intended for secondary teachers, but upper elementary teachers may find it beneficial also. Participants will make their own sample, reflective video, consider what video tool would work best for their class and student population, and begin to plan their own integration of self-reflective videos. Staff will gain a broader understand about why video journals can reach students who don't participate in written journal and face-to-face activities. They will discuss they types of insights and information about their students that can be gained through student video journals and how that information can inform instruction and student support.
**Attendees will need to bring a fully charged iPad.