Watching clips on Youtube is obviously a popular past time with over 1 million video views a day and the ability to allow users to “not only to upload their own video content easily, but also embed clips into their own sites.” My 4 children are often watching and sharing Youtube clips and adding many to their favourites. On a popular morning news programme there is actually a segment called “Most clicked” and many of these clips have been posted on Youtube.
I use Youtube in the classroom as a quick attention grabbing part of my lessons. In particular I like the bible stories as they are usually word accurate but are accompanied by animations with cartoon characters, lego animations, stick figures etc. It is a fantastic way to make the bible come to life for my students but as with all resources they need to be viewed prior to the lesson to ensure that the content is applicable and appropriate. Students in our school are not able to access Youtube through our servers but many have commented that they have re-watched a particular clip at home.
Teachertube is a more specific set of clips and yet another thrilling realisation that someone has done all of the hard work already to have a fantastic bank of resources collated.
Really pleased you enjoyed checking out all the clips. It sounds like you a regular user already but there are always new & exciting things to find. Thanks for the informative post!!
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