SM4SS_YouTube

Selected social media for classroom use: YouTube

By this point, you can you tell me already

• How might it be useful in teaching? 
• What concerns do / should you have about using it with students? 

Two uses that I'd like to highlight

• 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?

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