As I began exploring ideas for lesson plans with the teacher I'm working with, he showed me a subscription their school had to the discovery channel education website. When I went home that night I began exploring and thinking about the different ways videos are incorporating in the classrooms now. If we go onto YouTube we can have almost any video within the click of a button. Thousands of videos on the same search word come up with different variations and ways to send across the same message. People upload their own videos they have made, stolen, or video tapped for others to view all the time. Some of these are illegal, but other are very useful.
I was able to use a video from the discovery channel in my lesson and it was very useful. Not only did I like the one I picked but the way the website was designed, it had links to introduce my video, conclude it, and also spend time elaborating on other topics discussed. It seemed like a great teaching tool and was very resourceful. I think the students really enjoyed watching the clip and it gave them a different way to take in the material being taught. Even though I did not use it to introduce anything new, I wanted another way for them to see the material already presented.
I have spent hours on YouTube and often time find myself listening to music on there, but I think it is a great tool for teachers to use. However, some see YouTube as a negative tool and argue that it allows students to go elsewhere on the web where perhaps they are not permitted. With related links it may be easy for them to go off topic, but what if the teacher was monitoring?
Do you think it would be appropriate to have students exploring YouTube for various ways to incorporate video clips into their lessons?
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