What's so great about YouTube?
With 100 hours of video being uploaded on to YouTube on average every minute, one can find just about anything they could ever want or need in this video format. From explanations to mini lessons to experiments the potential is endless for its uses in an educational setting. A teacher can make his or her own channel for the class to use to help them if need be. One professor of mine would up load review lessons of himself to his YouTube account so if a student was absent or simply needed a refresher it was right there at our finger tips. This same professor would also use other videos explaining the lessons in different ways so that everyone had the chance to understand in the way that they learned best.
With so many videos you can almost always find exactly what you are looking for (with the right key words and some searching at times). When it came to chemistry I would use it all the time, it made the reactions better to understand when I could see what was happening, not just the formulas. I have also used it when tutoring; there are hundreds of fun and creative videos explaining literary techniques that make it much easier for some students to understand.
Of course there are some not so great things on YouTube but that doesn't mean as a teacher you have to forgo the whole service. Incorporating fun and different videos can help stimulate learning and bring new perspectives to students who may be having trouble comprehending the lesson at hand. I know it has helped the students I tutor as well as myself tremendously in doing just that.
'Til next time,
Nikki :)
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