Sunday, April 19, 2009

You Tube Videos Within the Classroom

Remembering back when I was in elementary school, I will always remember when we had a slide to show for class. It was a series of pictures strung through on a film that was narrated by the teacher. As they became more advanced they would have words on the bottom of the film and the teacher would call upon someone to read it aloud, that was always the fun part, in addition to being the person who got to shut off the lights. Don't get me started when we actually had a movie film to show, that was a day from heaven. :-)

Now information, moving information, current information, is at everyone's finger tips with the creation of YouTube and many other interactive websites that show movies... Just a few tips to maeke the experience enjoyable...

1. Make sure the source is reliable and has been viewed in full by the teacher before showing it to the class.
2. Make sure the source is reliable and has been viewed in full by the teacher before showing it to the class. (I repeat this for a reason... anyone and everyone can post something to YouTube, so if you are going to show it in your classroom you must make sure that it is authentic and that it gives the correct information.)

No one wants to get introuble for showing something that is inappropriate...

1 comment:

  1. hello
    I read your blog and i found it very interesting and it gives good advices for our sessions.
    Continue in that way, yar blog gave me good ideas.
    Never change.
    kisses for you.

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