Andrew L Weekes
Reverse Engineer
I was talking to my son this morning about how the learning from home is going, he's a well-motivated kid and super organised, but I know there are elements of homeschooling he doesn't enjoy, but he's got a pretty rounded view of things, like many of us he doesn't miss the commute, but misses the camaraderie and the interactions with fellow students.
What he did reveal though was a cool hack to enhance his learning using the technology available to him which I thought was ingenious and a real positive benefit.
He runs Nvidia Shadowplay in the background, which for the non-gamers amongst you is a rolling video capture buffer so if you want to capture an in-game event to a video, you just press a button and capture the last bit of activity, which can be just 30 seconds or anything up to 20 minutes.
He has a 5-minute buffer running all the time and if he misses a detail that the teacher has said, or didn't quite understand something, he captures that bit of the lesson and reviews it later! I thought it was a really ingenious hack that genuinely enhances his learning, in a way that doesn't disrupt the lesson for others.
It reminds me of the whole approach of flipping the classroom - the concept of instead of going to school, learning in lessons then practising with homework, you do the study at home, in the form of video lessons, which allows you to work at your own pace, rewind and review. The lessons then become the practice and support sessions, which has the potential to greatly improve understanding, as those that need support can get the attention they need, and it also allows for peer-assistance, where the more advanced students can assist their peers, further enhancing their own understanding and freeing time for the teachers to concentrate on students that really need their help.
Have your kids come up with any good hacks?
What he did reveal though was a cool hack to enhance his learning using the technology available to him which I thought was ingenious and a real positive benefit.
He runs Nvidia Shadowplay in the background, which for the non-gamers amongst you is a rolling video capture buffer so if you want to capture an in-game event to a video, you just press a button and capture the last bit of activity, which can be just 30 seconds or anything up to 20 minutes.
He has a 5-minute buffer running all the time and if he misses a detail that the teacher has said, or didn't quite understand something, he captures that bit of the lesson and reviews it later! I thought it was a really ingenious hack that genuinely enhances his learning, in a way that doesn't disrupt the lesson for others.
It reminds me of the whole approach of flipping the classroom - the concept of instead of going to school, learning in lessons then practising with homework, you do the study at home, in the form of video lessons, which allows you to work at your own pace, rewind and review. The lessons then become the practice and support sessions, which has the potential to greatly improve understanding, as those that need support can get the attention they need, and it also allows for peer-assistance, where the more advanced students can assist their peers, further enhancing their own understanding and freeing time for the teachers to concentrate on students that really need their help.
Have your kids come up with any good hacks?
