[DDN] Looking for videos of teachers teaching

[Rajesh Veeraraghavan]

You may want to check out DSH..these classes are in Hindi.

http://dsh.cs.washington.edu


"Digital StudyHall (DSH) is a research project that seeks to improve
education for the poor children in slum and rural
schools<http://dsh.cs.washington.edu/info/descr_whom.html>in India. In
a nutshell, think of its technical approach as the educational
equivalent of Netflix <http://www.netflix.com/> +
YouTube<http://www.youtube.com/>+
Kazaa <http://www.kazaa.com/>.

We digitally record live classes by the best grassroots teachers, transmit
them on the "Postmanet" (effected by DVDs sent in the postal system),
collect them in a large distributed database, and distribute them on DVDs to
poor rural and slum schools. Education experts and teachers use the system
to explore pedagogical approaches involving local teachers actively
"mediating" the video lessons. By harvesting a "viral phenomenon" of
community participation, DSH aims to help train teachers and deliver quality
instruction to underprivileged children. The project is a collaboration
between computer scientists and education experts"



On 8/12/07, James Lerman <pronto30 at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> HI all,
> I'm trying to find some clips of teachers actually teaching in the
> classroom. This is for mentors-in-training to be able to do observations
> in a protected setting. Looking for 6-10 minute segments on the
> elementary, middle, and high school levels -- just straight documentary
> type footage, no interview, no explanation -- just teachers teaching.
> Teaching does not have to be exemplary -- ordinary folks are just fine.
> If you are aware of any such clips online, I'd be very grateful if you
> could send me the urls, either on or off-line.
> Thanks very much.
>
> --
> James Lerman
> Coordinator
> New Jersey Consortium for Middle Schools
> 447 Hennings Hall
> Kean University
> Union, NJ 07083
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