Vidcast Reflection

Karlie Jensen Mitchell

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10/06/10

Vidcast Reflection

The podcast Patrick and I created is called “Introduction to Muscle Tissue.” This is a topic in both his content, which is Biology, as well as my content, which is health. In my content, which is health, this topic goes a little bit deeper into the body systems than is normally covered, but it is what our biology teacher we are working with wanted specifically.

We thought that this would be an interesting topic for he students in our cooperating teachers class because it shows some real live pictures of the tissues that they are learning about in their class. This is not only just drawings of the histology that they are learning about, but it is provides the students with a realistic image and description of what the students are really doing.

This might be a potential drawback for my health classes because it goes a little bit too in depth. The students might feel a little bit overloaded with information, and they might feel as though it is tedious knowledge that is being presented to them. Although it might be a little bit too in depth, I still think that the students will enjoy and find interest in the information that is being presented to them.

My future plans for this series would be for my students to watch it just as a brief intro to what they would learn about in future classes that go more in depth with the tissues and histology. The students could get excited and have a firm background knowledge that other students might not have when entering those advanced classes. I also intend to use this presentation to show to my students what the muscles that they use everyday actually look like. They will have a hands on view of what happens when they are lifting weights, pumping blood through their heart, and digesting food after a large meal. I think the students will find this information very interesting.