Rock 'n' Roll with Math..?

This Rock 'n' Roll Video Teaches Math
-Glenn Bull and Lynn Bell

Glen and Lynn talk about the ways of being able to teach math in a fun and exciting way, a way that engages the students to not just learn the material to ace a test, but to actually learn and comprehend the concepts. They talk about how digital video's can be used to present challenging mathematical questions or problems for the students. Math is usually such a visual concept, because of all the problem solving, and by creating and analyzing digital video's it is providing unique opportunities for "guiding this development." Video clips offers instructional possibilities for moving students from a passive mode of watching to active exploration in mathematics. You tube is also a very good source for video clips and short movies that will challenge students to watch carefully and engage in mathematical thinking.

Students need experiences that guide them as they learn to reason with mathematical concepts, they need opportunities to make decisions based on their analysis, which video clips help achieve. In high school, students develop insights into math's abstractions and structure by exploring the behavior of certain relationships between concepts, having a child make their own video demonstrating this idea can help them to comprehend the material more in depth.

I think if students are taught how to make videos to figure out concepts, it will teach them a great deal about how to figure out problems on their own, and of course what the concept is about. Children need more time to problem solve for themselves, as many rely on many of their teachers and parents to tell them how to solve a problem, creating their own digital videos can be a great start to all of this. Also, students will then be able to share their ideas on the video they made, which will hopefully make it easier for the rest of the class to understand their concept as well, coming from their peers point of view.