VideoSieve

=Short Videos= A Math Future Sieve Project

Next Vista Creative Compositions Contest
In December 2011, Math Future community volunteers were invited to evaluate math videos from the [|Next Vista contest].

**Participants**
Rushton Hurley, [|Next Vista] (contest organizer) Maria Droujkova, Math Future Linda Stojanovska, St. Clement University, Macedonia, and GeoGebra Wiki Marie Brodsky, [|Kids Consult] Murray Bourne, [|IntMath] Mike Thayer, Summit High School, NJ and [|Hyperbolic Guitars blog] Julia Brodsky, [|Art of Inquiry]

Top videos
[|Collecting Like Terms] ||  || [|Count to Ten] ||
 * [[image:http://nextvista.org/images/videos/collecting_like_terms.jpg link="http://www.nextvista.org/collecting-like-terms/"]]

Rubrics for a good video: First draft
Please comment on this draft in this page's [|discussion] or in Math Future email list topic. As of now, rubrics aren't ordered or grouped.

Maybe we can group rubrics by themes? Should we stop separating positive qualities and problems, but instead formulate everything in positive terms? It would be nice if reviewers could add "like" or something to videos they liked then and there, and leave comments by videos, as well.

Positive qualities
 * Fun, engaging (Linda)
 * Handwriting - easy to relate to, engaging (Linda)
 * Sum up the topic at the end (Linda, Marie B.)
 * Quality is good enough for mobile devices (Linda)
 * Clear speaking, well-modulated, enthusiastic, friendly, confident voice, good pace of speech (Linda, Marie B.)
 * Beautiful animations, computer graphics, special effects (Linda, Marie B., Maria D.)
 * Use of underlining, color, arrows and other visual elements for structure (Linda, Marie B.)
 * Captioning (Linda, Marie B.)
 * Multiple representations of math (Murray, Maria D.)
 * Show and explain why the content is needed (Marie B., Julia, Murray, Maria D.)
 * Creative use of familiar, everyday analogies, especially beautiful, funny or cute ones (Marie B., Mike, Maria D.)
 * Repetition, with different visuals or examples (Linda, Marie B.)
 * Clear diagrams (Marie B.)
 * Good pace (Linda, Marie B.)
 * Makes people laugh (Marie B., Maria D.)
 * Historical references, background of the topic (Marie B.)
 * Clear focus on helping the target audience, and good understanding of who they are (Julia, Rushton, Murray)
 * Demonstrated love, joy, and care about the topic and math in general (Julia)
 * One (short) video, one concept (Murray)
 * Separate information clearly into component parts and structure the sequence of parts well (Murray, Maria D.)
 * Use open licensed (for example, Creative Commons) media or cite copyrighted media under Fair Use guidelines (Murray)
 * Easy prompts such as whiteboard, showing that anyone can easily make a video (Linda, Maria D.)
 * Use physical actions by actors to show/personify mathematical actions; for example, moving like terms physically through the room (Mike)
 * Straightforward examples (Mike)
 * Prompts and jump points that can easily start discussions or hands-on activities (Mike)
 * Involving family and friends (Marie B., Maria D.)
 * Visuals (even briefly "flashed") bringing attention to key words in a spoken sentence (Maria D.)
 * Using a coherent theme for analogies in the video (Maria D.)
 * Collection of all tricky, border case examples to warn of pitfalls (Maria D.)

Problems, detractors, issues
 * Just showing symbols, without/before the meaning (Linda, Murray)
 * Symbols or text beyond reading levels of the target audience (Linda)
 * Too long (Linda)
 * Examples too easy for the concept (Linda)
 * Additional concepts implicitly required to understand (Linda)
 * Math mistakes: watch out for incorrect definitions, broken analogies, or too-broad claims (Linda, Marie B., Murray)
 * Distracting music making it hard to concentrate (Marie B.)

Categories of videos (under construction)
Math club break, fairs, holidays Casual family viewing Enliven a math newsletter or blog || Honors/advanced project Math fair project Teacher PD project ||  ||   || Find algorithms for standard exercises || Algorithm or definition homework Large group project (collaborative video reference library for a topic) Community video glossary ||  ||   || Math club sessions Project-based lessons || Topic-specific project Small group project (multiple aspects of the same topic) ||  ||   || -
 * **Category** || **Use (view)** || **Use (create)** || **Applicable rubrics** || **Examples** ||
 * Inspiration || Intro to a math topic
 * Reference || Look up procedures and definitions
 * Exploration || Look deeper into a concept
 * Problem-solving, analysis || Set up a problem ||  ||   ||   ||
 * History, development ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Modern research ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * How to teach ||  ||   ||   ||   ||