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Why Use YouTube in your classroom?
Increase student engagement - Start your class off with an engaging video clip that brings a lesson to life and sparks a lively discussion.
- No longer will students be late for physics class when you begin the class with an engaging clip.
- Make the subjects applicable to your students' everyday lives by showing culturally relevant YouTube clips.
- Teach students video production and editing skills through projects and upload the videos to your classes YouTube channel.
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Free access to thousands of high quality educational videos - YouTube provides free, unlimited access to tens of thousands of videos of high quality educational content.
- These videos range from the world's best professors giving hour long lectures to great teachers giving short lessons.
- Check out the diverse array of educational content at YouTube.com/EDU
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Teach to every type of learner - Tap into the mind of the visual learner.
- Each student has different learning needs. You can create videos or playlists to suit the different types of learners in your classroom.
- On YouTube you can find videos explaining the same topic, many different ways. For example, here are four different videos, all explaining the concept of number patterns in a different way.This video presents number patterns in a real world context.Rather than explaining, this video uses visual examples of number patterns.In this video, a teacher works through math problems that involve number patterns.In this video, there is an explanation of the concept without any visuals or examples.
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Use videos to lengthen in-class instructional time - Turn mini-lessons into short videos that students can watch on their own time.
- Record directions and explanations so you don't waste time repeating yourself.
- Students can pause and replay your explanations whenever they need help - it's almost like 1:1 tutoring and can especially help students who were out sick.
- Create a YouTube station in your classroom where students can work independently, freeing yourself up to work with small groups.
- Minimize student's summer learning slide by creating review activities for outgoing students or preview content for incoming students.
- Students can continue the learning at home by exploring playlists of videos on the Roman Empire.
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