Thing 22

To be honest, I really don't have any experience with You Tube. Our internet connection at home is slow so I've never really bothered. However, I have used various video clips, from the web, in my classroom. My kindergarten class was doing a unit on weather so we watched various tornadoes, thunderstorms and blizzards. The students took it all in....it was a very engaging learning experience.

After digging around on TeacherTube I know I definitely will utilize this site. I liked the fact that the site contained more than just video clips, but documents and photos. I printed out a few of the documents that related to skip counting and other ways to teach math concepts. I plan to use those this fall. I also feel that using SchoolTube will be a more efficient way to find video clips for various science and history lessons. I love to incorporate a variety of learning styles into each lesson. I think that watching video clips really meets the needs of my visual and auditory learners when appropriate. If I am brave enough I might enough attempt posting a video of my own students learning to read (with parent permission). I guess I will need to find out if our school allows YouTube.