Well, I’ve used YouTube and TeacherTube for classroom use already. This year we embedded YouTube and TeacherTube videos on our classroom wiki page. The videos supported our learning of the Civil Rights movement. The students enjoyed taking a break from the regular instruction to take control of their learning through a wiki page. They made a wiki page talking about the events, key people, legislation, etc. that went along with it. They embed videos, pictures, and links related to the subject. I gave them different completion dates along the way, and even gave them a critical thinking question that I graded. They were then able to use it as a study guide before their test.
I will definitely use YouTube and TeacherTube again this year. I may even ask them to view a video for homework on something we’re studying. Almost all of them, if not all of them, are on it already.
I chose to look up videos on Martin Luther King, Jr. and John F. Kennedy Jr. for my educational videos. I teach about both men to my 8th graders. They are both figures during the time of the civil rights movement that were both assassinated. I chose them because I find both of them very interesting and influential. I also chose a video on how to make cake frosting. I love, love, love cake, and wanted to know how to make home made icing.
