Videos in the Classroom

My subject is Family and Consumer Science and when I think of the videos I watched in my home ec classes all I can remember are boring instructional videos thirty years old. I think I could utilize videos better in my own classroom. For example, I could show clips of how fashion and home economics is relatable to my students. To give my old teachers credit, instructional videos would be very helpful to show a cooking class or a sewing class. But instead of using the old cooking shows, I could show something more modern that would interest my students more.

I think videos are fun and helpful in the classroom but you have to use them right- and put them with the right assignment to make it beneficial.