When creating my lesson I decided to use Edpuzzle. Edpuzzle is especially designed for teachers for enhancing their instruction. Teachers can select videos created by other teachers or upload a video of their own. With Edpuzzle, the user is able to take any video and make it into a lesson. The program provides many options. Once the video is selected, the teacher may insert questions throughout to check for understanding, while Edpuzzle records the students’ responses and stores them in the gradebook. Teachers are also able to insert pictures, links, voice recordings, or select only a portion of the video to help further engage the students. Once the video is created, the teacher can assign the video to students via Google Classroom.
I am in the process of gathering materials to implement a “cool down corner” for my students with self-regulation difficulties to teach them how to stop and take a break. This social skills introductory lesson explains the importance of identifying and expressing your feelings while also providing instruction on how to use calming strategies. At the beginning of the clip, the students are asked to match emotions with an inserted clip to capture their attention. Next, I embedded questions to check for understanding. At the end, students are able to select strategies that help them the most so I am able to design the most effective center.
The biggest challenge when creating this lesson assignment was deciding which tool to use and what kind of lesson I wanted to create. I researched each tool, which was very time consuming! I decided on social skills because it targets a range of my students and not just one group.
I also had difficulty embedding my video in my blog. Edpuzzle would only allow me to embed the video in Google Sites and then embed the Google Sites address. My lesson can be viewed at
Aubrey Grice 