So this post is more of a questioning post than an informative one. My county has just recently unblocked www.youtube.com for teachers to use in their lessons and students to use for research and projects. Although we have filters set by our county, I have noticed that viewing the full video is still VERY important. A week ago I was trying to find some material for teaching children double negatives (there isn't much out there). I found this great skit acted out by a few pre-teens...until about three and a half minutes into it. Nothing awful, but name calling that I'd rather not expose fourth graders to.
I haven't setup a YouTube channel yet, but found this tutorial helpful for when I do get around to it.
Have you used YouTube in your classroom? How do you find it helpful?
Ok...so I just created a channel, and it really is super easy.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/user/Teaching42day
I find YouTube to be extremely useful, especially in Social Studies classes where there is a need to incorporate a discussion of current events. I often find that video clips posted on news sites (NBC, ABC, CBS, etc) are not as clear in picture as the video clips that are posted to YouTube. They are the same clips, but the picture quality is so much better on YouTube. FCPS unlocked YouTube about 2 years ago, and prior to then I found myself constantly having to log into VPN just to be able to access YouTube and show videos to my students. I think the teachers at your school will find it an especially useful resource, because of the wide range of content available on it.
ReplyDeleteI use YouTube for a variety of reasons. Science is the most common. It is great to show actual experiments being done that are not feeisable in the classroom due to the expensive equipment needed. I love YouTube for my sound unit because you can watch different songs on an oscollating screen. It allows the kids to make a connection between pitch and wavelength. The best song to do this with is Bohemian Rhapsody, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbiDijnQ0T8 . They have fun and learn a lot too!
ReplyDeleteThanks Heather. Fifth grade is studying sound waves at the moment, I'll pass on your link!
ReplyDeleteCool solution and fun video.Nice trick.
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot for your job.It works fine.
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