Ben Shoots Pool - A Videative

09/16/2005

Ben Shoots Pool - A Videative

How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something, but to be someone.
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George Forman is one of the creators of, InSights, Exchange's video training tool. His team also produces a series of Videatives which are step by step training instruments that walk you through a video of an early childhood scene. The following is an example showing how a videative works:

Ben, now three years old, returns to one of his favorite play-spaces, the pool table. By using parallel cue sticks to make a ramp, Ben creates an unconventional way to get the ball into the pocket. George joins Ben at the pool table and, together, they consider how to aim the ramp to make the roll reliably accurate. In a side game that develops, we see how Ben works to make sense of how a random event has become determined. We see how a young child often answers a "Why?" question with a description or demonstration of "How." We watch how George learns more about Ben's knowledge by asking a series of gradually more directed questions that enable Ben to answer with an action rather than a verbal explanation. As George encourages Ben to reflect upon his own thinking, we see examples of how a young child's practical intelligence develops ahead of his representational intelligence.

Click on this URL or cut and paste it into your Internet browser: http://www.videatives.com/eoenewsletter/BenShootsPool_II.zip (Remember, URLs are case sensitive).

Download the folder. The folder is 45 megabytes so give it time. Once downloaded, unzip the folder. To see the commentary and video clips open the Ben_Shoots_Pool_II.pdf file. Be sure you have the Quicktime Player. To view the uncut clip without commentary, send a request to [email protected].

Please consider this download a personal preview. If you would like to use these resources in your courses or workshops, please go to www.videatives.com, navigate to the eStore, look for Ben Shoots Pool II, and purchase a license for a small, one time cost.

We are looking for people to tell us how they like these videatives. If you are interested, please send an e-mail to [email protected] and we will offer you five free videatives of your choice.

To download the entire Videatives eStore catalogue go to the URL below. http://www.videatives.com/content/extras/PDF/catalog/videatives_catalogue.pdf

If you have questions or technical problems, please write to [email protected]. If you need help unzipping the folder, go to http://www.videatives.com/captivate/unzip for an animated tutorial on how to unzip a folder on a Microsoft Window's computer.

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