Selected social media for classroom use: YouTube
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- Cultural geography
- Train-packing, 2008: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ScexNfYbBQ
- Train-packing, 1991: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf8Ig2M3Zq0
- History
- TRoosevelt Oath of Office, 1905: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDEHuPaFzSU
- Palestine in 1896 (Lumiere Brothers): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN-DoJXAL94
...and one technological essential: embedding videos. For example, here is the 2008 train video embedded in a webpage.
- Instructions for embedding: here's a written explanation; you can also watch a variety of videos that discuss different formats (e.g., ppt vs. a blog).
Can you envision using YouTube with your students at some point this year?