Students video themselves performing a basketball free throw

Last week The student in my class videoed their basketball free throw from two angles

As a teacher I videoed the shot and the then e mailed the file to the students g mail account. I decided this was the best process as I wanted to have control of the clip , the length and the scope. The analysis the students will have autonomy over.

Once they can see was sort of video is required for a skill video analysis I will allow the students to video themselves

Students then uploaded the video from their g mail accounts into vidalyze. As long as this was done with a netbook their were now issues. Other devises required a file converter.

The pedogoical process to this was interesting. When the teacher was involved in videoing it was difficult to see to the technical issues. the more the students are involved in the process the more the teacher can direct their attention to the issues that arise. As the students didn't all have netbooks by the end of the lesson some students had fully uploaded their video to their site and some hadn't. Some students choose to be confident bystanders and make excises why they couldn't upload the video. I would suggest this was because they were wanting to play basketball. Engaging these disengaged students is one of the goals for the project

Technical stumbles

Learning some of the technique aspects to video analysis has been interesting

First of all exporting student details out of KAMAR into a excel spreadsheet where the information could be uploaded kept hitting snags. The process took a number of hours. It would have been easier to manually type in the class details as things like birth dates could not be uploaded because of formatting issues. Also e mail address were not on KAMAR

Secondly I found that on some devises the software would not convert a MOV video and would instaed prefer MP4. After mucking around trying and waiting patiently I found a quick video conversion website by typing in 'MOV to MP4 conversion' This solved this issue

The one advantage of this issue was getting in contact with the vidaylze developer Jarrod Robinson. This connection was an unexpected benefit of the technical problems I was having. He also alerted me to the new developments in the software including web-casting.

You tube ripping is something I am still looking for solutions too. You tube makes it hard to download their content. When you free a frer site that does this often the next week it has been shut down. For the purpose of what I am doing I have now decided to use models from within the community for students to do their comparisons. Best you tube to Mp4 convertor

It was integral for me to work this out before I unleashed the students onto the software. I needed to understand issue that they would encounter and be able to work through this with them. I also needed to be prepared to deal with these to ensure the students did not disengage with the process. The process of video analysis needs to be easy and simple so not to discourage students that aren't confident in a digital world

Review of video software available

I am going to go through the video software that I have explored over the past month and give a review. Please note the review is based on the software and is compatibility to our students and our resources.

Coaches eye

Positives - I love the way you can video overlay using this software. It also has a free version.

Negatives- Can only be used using a touchscreen devise. This means in our school the students would not be able to use their Chromebooks. The enhancements also cost. The coaches eye is not really set up for teachers more for sports coaches


Ubersense

Positives - Seems to be a step up on coaches eye. It has a lot more shared videos and it links to Facebook accounts.It also has a free version.

Negatives- Can only be used using a touchscreen devise. This means in our school the students would not be able to use their Chromebooks. The enhancements also cost. T


Wi Video

Positives - You can upload straight from Google drive. Easy to use from a Chromebook.

Negatives- The cost. Also this is more a editing devise as opposed to a movement analysis site

Vidalyse 

Positives - You can upload straight from google drive. Easy to use from a Chromebook. Can control and manage accounts of students. Set up for PE teachers. Can compare videos side by side and use the angle tool and lines and drawings similar to coaches eye and ubbersense. I have brought for 200 dollars a lifetime membership that allows 1000 students access to the software each year.

Negatives- It does not quite have the same functions as the touch screen apps and software.


So, overall for the purpose of what I am trying to achieve with my PE class I am going to use vidalyse. Although not as powerful as other software for the purpose of control and management of a class of students this software ticks the most boxes....

MIT15 ideas and inquiry

I am looking to examine how to use video for the purpose of analysis of movement. Also looking at how this video could be used as assessment tool. The Inquiry will be useful for sport and Physical Education teachers and anybody wanting to compare and contrast movement.

Previously I have used video editors to slow down video and have students evaluate movements. You tube editor is a good video editing tool.

I have seen software that enable students to draw on the video and graph movement as well as compare to others. I intend to inquire on the suitability of some of this software to students in the maniakalani cluster.

I will then use the software to enhance engagement and thus achievement in a Level 1 PE achievement standard. In this standard the students must demonstrate strategies to improve performance. The context I will use will be volleyball as it is an activity the students engage in and there is enough online material for the students to compare and contrast movement.

Lastly I will explore the opportunities for the students to 'double dip' and gain IT credits based on their use of video and technology