You are on page 1of 17

In the Classroom

Kristen Cahill, Sam Dawe, John Hull, & Chris Vatcher

Benefits of YouTube
Supplement to teaching Appeals to visual learners Helps students become tech savvy Showcase and share videos

Who benefits from YouTube?

Risks of YouTube
No way to restrict watching public videos Open to read comments posted by others Easy distraction for students No control over advertisements

Costs

Access to computers and internet connection

You Tube: Educational Possibilities


1)
2)

Class Presentations Study Groups


1) Peer Review

3)

Provincial & International networking


1) Distance Education 2) Competitions (Science Fairs) 3) Cultural Exchange (message in a bottle)

You Tube: Educational Possibilities


4) Curriculum aid:
Prepared play list Email video Embed video

You Tube: Educational Possibilities

Working Journal:
Class Highlights Missed Classes & Review Peer Instruction

Improve Public Speaking Pre-lab Safety Review

Easy to Update

You Tube: Educational Possibilities


Captions, subtitles & audio may be added to video or slideshows. Maximizing the learning potential! Evaluation tool

In class (bell ringer tests) Take home / Special Needs

You Tube: Educational Possibilities


Suggestion: When embedding a video to a WIKI, limit tagging the video.

This will prevent other videos from being suggested to the student after the instructional video as ended.

How to YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d b9FyDkppk

Accessibility

Limitations:
Visually impaired Hearing impaired Computer/Internet Access

YouTube in Physical Education

Northern Games- Leg Wrestling

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igU fFemrem8&feature=related

YouTube in Physics
Use of educational videos as study aids Posting videos of lab experiments

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH Gkmjmol_I

YouTube in Biology

Cell Division

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x 23n4zBOU8

You might also like