What do you like or dislike about YouTube? Did you find videos that would be useful for teaching and learning? Is YouTube restricted in your building?
I like YouTube for the amount of video I can browse, but I do not like the lack of a filter. It has become a place of expression, but with personal expression comes some "junk" that I do not approve of for my classroom. I also get quite annoyed with the comments left on different videos.
I just used it in my classroom the other day. My students created Wacky Invention Drawings. I showed Pee Wee Herman's Big Adventure Breakfast Machine. It was perfect. Not only did we get a good laugh before the lesson, it also improved their understanding. It was short, sweet, and FREE.
YouTube is not restricted in the building, but sometimes it doesn't cooperate.
Teacher Tube is always an avenue you can take to filter out some nasty and irrelevant content, but like a lot of things, when you filter, you filter out some good content as well.
ReplyDeleteIt is also hard when random videos show up on the sidebar. It can be really inappropriate at times. I also freeze my screen to make sure it school appropriate before starting. I have learned the hard way to make sure to pre-screen or download the videos.
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