I love discovering apps that aren't intended for classroom settings but have wonderful applications! This app fits that category exactly. CoachMyVideo, a FREE app, is intended for athletic coaching. Using the app you can take a video of someone performing a skill (typically a sport) and then analyze it in slow motion, with a variety of annotation features. In addition, you can split the screen and show two videos side-by-side so that you can compare them.
This week I used CoachMyVideo in a classroom to help students recognize what on-task behavior should look like. After taking a video of the teacher demonstrating off-task behavior, I replayed the video and allowed students to interact with the iPad to circle examples of behaviors that were on-task. We then videotaped the class and had students annotate sections that showed students demonstrating on-task behavior.
There are so many possibilities with this app! In addition to asking students to analyze their own behaviors, we could show students and parents progress with the side-by-side split screen. Teachers could use it to demonstrate lab procedures, instrumental techniques, or correct pencil grip. What other ideas can you imagine?
This week I used CoachMyVideo in a classroom to help students recognize what on-task behavior should look like. After taking a video of the teacher demonstrating off-task behavior, I replayed the video and allowed students to interact with the iPad to circle examples of behaviors that were on-task. We then videotaped the class and had students annotate sections that showed students demonstrating on-task behavior.
There are so many possibilities with this app! In addition to asking students to analyze their own behaviors, we could show students and parents progress with the side-by-side split screen. Teachers could use it to demonstrate lab procedures, instrumental techniques, or correct pencil grip. What other ideas can you imagine?
Interested in more great iPad apps? Join me for my new workshop, "Current, Best iPad Apps for Differentiating Instruction" in mid-March, coming to Indianapolis, Atlanta, Chicago and Denver.
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