Lesly WymerEducation W200

Paula Magee

Throughout my learning journey I have often used the internet site youtube.com. I have utilized this resource to help me learn everything from what an atom is composed of to how I can align my cells in an excel document. With such a wealth of information available to students who are visual learners it is no wonder that more and more teachers and institutions are including youtube.com in there curriculum. Here are three articles I selected to help illustrate how this can be done.

Article 1: Is Education Ready For Youtube?

Article 2: Science Legends Remixed Into Educational Music Video

Article 3: Student Video Contest “I Am What I Learn”

Author: Sara CardineSource: Convergemag.com

Date: July 20, 2008

http://www.convergemag.com/edtech/Is-Education-Ready-For-YouTube.html

This article talks about how teachers are using youtube.com to post their lessons to help reinforce what was taught in class.

The article talked about how the use of a site like youtube.com has become so helpful to students trying to compliment what they have already learned in the classroom, that many people are creating education specific sites such as: teachertube.com and hotchalk.com

The article also pointed out that in addition to helping students become ready for a job in the age of technology, using youtube.com while teaching gives educators a chance to expand their teaching roles and reach a wider audience.

For me this article really added to my understanding of how effective the sharing of information is to learning. It is

fascinating how many institutions are allowing their lectures and other educational information to be posted on youtube.com for free. I checked out several lectures by Carnegie Mellon and UC

Berkeley.

This article also offered me a change to see how I could apply youtube.com to k-12 education with information on

the partnership between the site and PBS.

Finally, the overall lesson I learned from reading “Is Education Ready For Youtube?” is that we are truly a global

classroom and are no longer limited by the distance between us.

Author: Kevin MakiceSource: Wired.com

Date: October 27,2009

http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2009/10/science-legends-remixed-into-educational-music-video/

This article explores how concrete and sometimes difficult information can presented in a more visual and interesting way using youtube.com.

The article talked about the popularity of this science based video and how it received over 1 million views on youtube.com

The article also talked about hw many parents commented on how well this musical video captured their child's attention and how beneficial it was to education.

For me this article was extremely eye opening because it showed how one person with a love for both science and

music could create something so mesmerizing with the use of technology.

This article presented interesting information about the technology called “auto- tune” and how the creator of this

video used it.

Finally, on a personal note I really enjoyed this video. I have shown it to several of my friends and family members. I feel

like I have learned from viewing it.

Author: Chuck LawtonSource: Wired.com

Date: September 23, 2009

http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2009/09/student-video-contest-i-

am-what-i-learn/This article is about a project sponsored by the Department of Education

that asked kids to create a youtube video response.

This article talked about how an institution can use a contest involving the internet, specifically youtube.com to encourage participation in education.

This article also talked about this contest was a great way to encourage kids to explore technology.

For me this article gave me some faith in the Department of Education, and increased my hopes that they are trying

to encourage the us of technology in education.

This article helped me to see how youtube.com can be used as a incentive to help kids be creative and learn at the

same time.

Finally, watching some of the videos submitted really touched my heart. I was really impressed with the young people who created such interesting, imaginative, and

positive work. I thought this project was amazing.