Masher is an effective web 2.0 tool, that educator can use extremely fast to create new innovative videos to prime their students before a lesson. I’m using Masher as a tool for implementing technology slowly into my visual arts curriculum, by using Masher as video “Hooks”. I am enhancing my student’s motivation for new material knowledge on introducing new units and lessons through Mashers videos and photos. Student become more interested in the new material using videos that are creative and different for each lesson, therefore they visual see different perspectives in the visual arts and communication at the same time acquire new knowledge. Masher’s video and photos have a large selection of library video clips like BBC Motion Gallery, Rip Curl and more.
In my visual arts class students can put together videos and photos of their work and present them to their peers with words and special effect in no time at all. My students can then share their work with friends and family at the end of the year. Masher is a great resource to add to an e-portfolio with a new media asset developed by my students.
Educators can use Masher as a new platform for teaching new material and enhance learning strategies and strengthen knowledge to the learners of multiple intelligences, as well as Jensen’s theory of the right brain left brain methods. I believe that Masher is a great way to different teaching strategies to those students that need accommodations. It can bring forth critical thinking skills into my gifted visual arts classroom. Masher will enhance collaboration and peer evaluations as well as assessments both summative and formative by designing a collaborative collection of art work from a particular class and critiquing with a set performance based rubric. Masher can also give direct feedback to students immediately after viewing their videos. This can only enhance or improve my student’s artwork, along with motivate them to create their best.
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