American Experience:Me to We (Modern America) Final Project: Curating videos for instruction

Tips for finding videos for instruction

• Since this is a history project, it may help to add the term history to your search (pop art history. hip hop history, etc.)
• Videos for learning should be short; some research shows that students tune out after 6 minutes.
• Use filtering tools to locate shorter videos unless you want to edit longer videos

Tips for curating (or making) videos for instruction

• Keep them short:  1-2 minutes for a quick introduction to an idea. Up to 5 minutes is good for deeper dives into concepts or ideas.
• Break longer videos into segments so learners can understand the context.

• Signal upcoming content with simple text (see examples below).

Example from a video on 1970s fashion

Content is broken down by subtopic and text is used to signal what's coming up: