YOUTUBE
From YouTube's About page:
"YouTube allows billions of people to discover, watch and share originally-created videos. YouTube provides a forum for people to connect, inform, and inspire others across the globe and acts as a distribution platform for original content creators and advertisers large and small."
"YouTube allows billions of people to discover, watch and share originally-created videos. YouTube provides a forum for people to connect, inform, and inspire others across the globe and acts as a distribution platform for original content creators and advertisers large and small."
Ways to Use YouTube in the Classroom
● Play videos and clips from relevant shows, from a variety of programs without need for storing DVDs and VHS tapes, or fast forwarding through additional content
o For example: Mythbusters or Steve Spangler science shows
● Provide links for substitute teachers to play on relevant topics
● Play other teachers "lessons and activities" for a different perspective/way of approaching a topic
● Play clips from documentaries and newscasts (good for history class especially!)
● Have students find relevant videos/clips to include in projects
● Have students create and share their own videos
● Use videos to provide cultural relevance in your lessons
● Review previously taught material in a new way
● Record critical parts of your own lessons, and upload them, for student review - and sharing with others
● Create supplemental lists of videos for struggling students, or find videos on advanced topics for students in need of a challenge
o For example: Mythbusters or Steve Spangler science shows
● Provide links for substitute teachers to play on relevant topics
● Play other teachers "lessons and activities" for a different perspective/way of approaching a topic
● Play clips from documentaries and newscasts (good for history class especially!)
● Have students find relevant videos/clips to include in projects
● Have students create and share their own videos
● Use videos to provide cultural relevance in your lessons
● Review previously taught material in a new way
● Record critical parts of your own lessons, and upload them, for student review - and sharing with others
● Create supplemental lists of videos for struggling students, or find videos on advanced topics for students in need of a challenge
Benefits:
● Bring lessons to life!
● Provide content for visual learners ● Allows for supplementing of material ● Resource for struggling students ● Easy for substitute teachers ● Students use various technology in lessons - flipcameras, movie software, etc - to create videos |
Drawbacks:
● Students might need to be shown how to limit who can view their videos
● Risk of inappropriate content ● Not all schools allow access to YouTube ● Time consuming to find quality videos on specific topics (without extra content) |
Additional Resources:
Dunn, J. (2011, September 22). 15 the teacher’s guide to using youtube in the classroom ways to use blogs in your classrooms. Retrieved from http://edudemic.com/2011/09/youtube-in-classroom/
Youtube for schools. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/user/teachers
100 inspiring ways to use social media in the classroom. (2010, May 04). Retrieved from http://www.onlineuniversities.com/blog/2010/05/100-inspiring-ways-to-use-social-media-in-the-classroom/
Youtube for schools. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/user/teachers
100 inspiring ways to use social media in the classroom. (2010, May 04). Retrieved from http://www.onlineuniversities.com/blog/2010/05/100-inspiring-ways-to-use-social-media-in-the-classroom/