Kelly Cassidy

My favorite videocast was “Damon Weaver interviews President Barack Obama.” The student was adorable and was very professional in his interview. I was amazed at the opportunity that videocasts presented to this boy. I cannot imagine how unrealistic such a thought would have been to an elementary school student in the 1940’s and 1950’s, actually having the chance to interview the president of the United States in the White House.
Videocasts enable students to explore educational topics, politics in this case, in ways other than the traditional textbook. Education can take place outside the classroom. Students have the equipment (or can be provided the equipment) to collect information from their own sources and edit that information to convey their own ideas. So students are not only learning about a topic from a different approach as they create videocasts, but students are also learning about the vulnerability of information that they receive via the media.