Online Instructional Video and Screencasting:

Warm and Cool Colors

I would play this video I produced in my elementary art classroom to introduce students to the concept of color theory, specifically warm and cool colors. I would play this video after they have colored a color wheel with crayons, and before creating a final artwork that would require them to organize colors by warm and cool. This format is very useful for helping students to remember key terms. My video will help students to locate and name the warm and cool colors on a color wheel. Students will also analyze the relationship of warm and cool colors, by comparing them. Students will also learn more about the structure of the color wheel. 

I feel this would be a very useful tool in my classroom. Looking at Mayer's theory of multimedia learning, videos such as mine incorporate several principles which have been shown to improve student learning. Narration and cohesive images deliver instruction successfully. 

Copyright Links:

Stienchen - Flames

Wikimedia Commons - Sun

Rockerchik183 - Sunset

Wikimedia Commons – Color Wheel

Wikimedia Commons - Warm Color Cube

LauraStPauls - Cool Color Waves

Wikimedia Commons – Blue Sky

Wikimedia Commons – Underwater

Public Domain Image - Leaf

Operation Write Home/Paula - Warm/Cool Color Wheel

Wikimedia Commons - Van Gogh’s Sunflowers

Wikimedia Commons – Monet’s Waterlillies

Public Domain Image - Raindrops

Music: Kickflip, by Apple Inc. – embedded in iMovie