The prospect of using video for myself

Every time I analyze video carefully with colleagues I am impressed by how differently the action in a classroom appears when I am free to not think about my own influence on the classroom. When I am talking to students in class a considerable portion of my attention is on my next move. Watching video without the pressure of a next move allows me to devote my entire understanding to the words and unspoken gestures of an individual student. I think that this makes it especially easy to see that student as a resourceful, intelligent agent.