Contribute a Video Teaching Activity

From the information that you provide below, we will create a web page describing your contribution to the Teaching with Video Activities Collection. Please complete all fields. You may also upload files to accompany your example.

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About YouYour Name:

Your Institution/Organization:

Your Email Address:

Your Activity or AssignmentActivity/Assignment Title:

Associated Video Title

Associated Video URL (include the http://)

If your video is part of the video catalog (opens in a new window), we will link this activity to the relevant catalog entry; if your video is not yet cataloged, please add it to the collection (opens in a new window).

Type of Activity (choose all that apply)
Problem Set
Classroom Activity
Lab Activity
Project
Field Activity
Writing Assignment
Video Assignment
Other
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Brief three-line description of the activity (to be displayed in search returns).

ContextTo help your colleagues understand when or how they might successfully use your activity with their own students, please provide the following information on context.

Briefly describe the type and level of course in which you use this activity or assignment (e.g., undergraduate course in geomorphology, introductory physical geology course for non-majors, seminar on climate change):

Briefly describe or list the skills and concepts that students must have mastered before beginning the activity:

Briefly describe how the activity is situated in your course (e.g., as a culminating project, as a stand-alone exercise, as part of a sequence of exercises):

Goals of the Activity or AssignmentTo help your colleagues understand the role of this activity or assignment in your course, please provide a statement of the goals that you have for students in the following three areas:

Briefly describe the content/concepts goals for this activity (e.g., interpreting/presenting data, calculating weathering rates, documenting river evolution):

Briefly describe the higher order thinking skills goals for this activity (e.g., those involving analysis of data, formulation of hypotheses, synthesis of ideas, critical evaluation of competing models, development of computer or analog models):

Briefly describe any other skills goals for this activity (e.g., those involving writing, operating video equipment, searching the web, oral presentation, working in groups):

Description

Please provide a short description of your activity or assignment and its outcomes. Be sure to include essential key words or index terms to help users find resources using our search/browse functions. You will find a sample description below.

Sample Description:

To prepare for this case example, each student chooses one data set that has been used to tackle the question of recurrence interval of large earthquakes and seismic risk in the Cascadia subduction system and reads several articles from the literature (turbidites, tree rings, coastal subsidence, the orphan tsunami of AD 1700). Each student comes to class prepared to present the data to a group of classmates, and the group puts the various studies together to evaluate the overall question of recurrence interval and risk. This activity gives students practice in reading the literature, interpreting data sets, analyzing uncertainty and limitations of data, synthesizing disparate data sets to address a problem, and peer teaching.

Your Description

Teaching Tips: If you have any tips for other instructors, please include them here. If you have a ready-made document of teaching tips, you can upload it below and leave this field blank.

EvaluationDescribe briefly how you determine whether students have met the goals of this assignment or activity.

Supporting references and/or URLsPlease list any supporting references or URLs for this activity:

Upload files

We encourage you to upload files with the full activity description or actual assignment, instructor's notes, and a solution set. You may also upload additional supporting materials such as grading rubrics, data files, images, and sample student work. Individual files should be smaller than 20 Mb. Files larger than this will have long download times that will limit their accessibility. If necessary, put large images in separate files, and compress images to allow for easy downloading.

Please be sure to assign titles to your files that clearly identify their contents and purposes. Please note that your files will be uploaded when you submit this form.

Do not use this form upload your video! There is a field at the top of the form for you to enter your video's URL.

Activity Description/Assignment

A single file containing a complete description of the activity or the actual assignment given to students. Please be sure to include a cover page with at least a title, author(s), affiliation, and contact information. We encourage you to provide relevant background information, context, and goals on the same cover sheet.

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Instructor's Notes

A single file with additional background information for the instructor. This might include a discussion of the background knowledge and skills needed to complete the activity, lecture notes, instructions on how to run the activity, tips for success, etc.

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Solution Set

A single file with the solutions to the activity.

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Supporting Materials

You may upload additional files to accompany your submission. If you have more than two additional files, please combine them (e.g., a .zip archive) for uploading.

Short description of 1st file (e.g., assignment handout, instructor's notes, Excel spreadsheet of raw data, bibliography of related resources):

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Short description of 2nd File:

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