Many moons ago, I read a fascinating book about the future. Bill Gates’ book The Road Ahead inspired me greatly. I couldn’t wait to see if Gates’ fascinating predictions came to fruition. Guess what…most did!
This episode will feature a Gates-like futuristic prophet in regard to lesson delivery.
Jason Connelly
Jason Connelly is an instructional designer at Columbus State Community College. I became acquainted with Jason last year. Columbus State commissioned your humble narrator to create the online version of World Civilization. In this massive creative challenge,Jason was my mentor and muse.
I’ve taken all that I learned from Jason and applied it to my virtual lesson creation. I’ve guided student to create superior projects based on what I learned from Jason. Don’t be intimidated by what you hear today. In my next episode, I’ll explain how to transform a basic storyboard, which I encourage you to create, into a powerful video. Here’s a 3:21 example of Jason and my efforts:
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Next weekend I’ll be in New Mexico with my lovely wife on spring break. I’ll be back in 2 weeks with easy instructions for transforming your storyboard into a powerful video!
Episode Template
The Problem:
Lesson delivery is need of an upgrade.
The Solution:
Create lessons that are portable, interactive, and collaborative.
What you can do Tomorrow:
- Search your current unit for an engaging lesson that you could transform into a short video.
- Create a storyboard on Google Doc. This doc will be the script for your video.
- Secure compelling images for each chunk of your narrative. Use the insert tab on Google.
The next episode will provide the technical instructions. We’ll take our storyboard and morph it into a captivating video. Stay tuned!
Listen to “96-Jason Connelly is the Man Behind the Curtain…Crafting Powerful and Futuristic Classroom Presentations” on Spreaker.