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 * __The Video Teacher __**

As a teacher, I would love for my students to leave my classroom with all the content knowledge and skills that I taught that day. The students would go home, do their homework with ease, and come back the next day eager to learn something new. However, as a teacher, I know this is rarely the case. Several times I am faced by parents who say they tried to help their son or daughter but did not understand the content, what was expected, or maybe just needed a clarification. Students come to me saying they knew it during class but forgot how to do it once they got home. They wished I could just walk them through the skill one more time. I find that some students leave school without expressing the fact that they are confused or just “don’t get it”. What I would like to create are a series of short video lessons in which I would make accessible to both students and parents. These video lessons would be available to help parents assist in their child’s learning. Students would be able to use these videos as a homework and skill reference whether they are absent from school or just in need of an extra explanation.

__** Applying Instructional Design **__  As I feel there is a need for this product, it would be necessary to do an analysis of my learners to determine whether this idea would be both effective and efficient. If the majority of my students do not have internet access than a product like this would not be useful or worth my time. The goal of this product would be to provide standard-based, abridged, lessons in which students and parents could use as a reference to classroom learning. The next thing I would need to do is decide how I will design the videos, determine the best format to use, and which instructional strategies I will apply. I will then develop the videos and a median in which the videos will be housed and made available to my clients. After development I would implement the use of the videos by utilizing my fellow colleagues. I would teach them how to access the videos and ask them to do this at home. I would ask for, and use, the feedback from my colleagues to help change and improve the product. Once I feel the product is ready, I would then let the students use it and assess whether this is helpful and useful. Because this product would be frequently updated, I would continue to evaluate ways that I could improve.