Greydanus_to_be: I did like having some music on the video I am wonder if there was some type of music that you could have but that is not distracting from the purpose.

I can’t argue against the soundtrack with much enthusiasm today. I’ll say, though, that if Alex had posted his video without a soundtrack, it would let the rest of us add our own music without losing the ambient treadmill noise. Right now, if I want to add a Beegees track, I’d have to replace all of his audio, including the ambient.

ClimeGuy: The redesign makes it easier to do.

Right. It’s like the rule of least power. How much structure is just enough to encourage a problem without overwhelming it?

Or a thoughtful teacher might have paused the video at an appropriate time and asked an engaging question and then pressed play to see how it all turned out. The redesign makes it easier to do.

The question I wanted was “How long until the workout is over?” was not one that came naturally. I liked the idea for the first day, but I might be still waiting for the question if they weren’t guided to it.

I’ll have to figure out how to edit and/or present it differently for next year.

(2) I did another video of a clif diver – just a 45 second clip of a clif dive that went wrong. The questions that I wanted did come out naturally. The students guessed then calculated the answer. We were able to check their answers from an email reply to the diver in the video that I had sent him a couple weeks ago.

Observation – we need to watch the video from a student perspective – if it’s still interesting, then there is a better chance of success. I personally thought my running on a treadmill video was gold, but maybe it’s wasnt’ as great as I wanted.

@ClimeGuy, maybe the kids wouldn’t know what to look for, maybe they wouldn’t have a question to ask. You’re welcome, at any point in the redesigned video, to step in and offer them that help. In the original video, though, the kids who would wonder how long the rest of the run will take and who would know what to look for don’t get the opportunity. That opportunity has been taken away.

How long is the total workout? i.e. what will the time be when it gets to 100% complete?

If he doubled his speed from then until the end of the run, how far would he travel?