An interesting application of YouTube videos that goes beyond simple amusement. Prospective college applicants are using the medium to promote athletic talents and reach out to schools around the country.
Members of Congress can finally use Web sites like
YouTube, after committees in both the House and Senate
adopted new rules allowing members to post content
outside of the .gov domain, as long as it is for
official purposes.
This article shares the use of YouTube in Education. It also shares some examples of using it in education.
With the increasing use of technology in classrooms, it’s no wonder that teachers have a growing interest in using YouTube and other online media sharing sites to bring information into their classrooms. Here are 100 YouTube videos that can provide supplementary information for the class, give inspiration, help you keep control of class and even provide a few laughs here and there.
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Academic cheating and dishonesty have long been a problem. But with YouTube students have discovered a new avenue for actually promoting such fraud. Liz Losh, a rhetorician at the University of California at Irvine, notes that there’s now a genre of videos that combine cheating advice with a “do-it-yourself aesthetic.” She flagged one of them Wednesday on her blog. It shows a student using a scanner and photo-editing software to make a cheat sheet on a Coke bottle.
The YouTube clip opens with a woman facing away from the camera, rocking back and forth, flapping her hands awkwardly, and emitting an eerie hum. She then performs strange repetitive behaviors: slapping a piece of paper against a window, running a hand lengthwise over a computer keyboard, twisting the knob of a drawer. She bats a necklace with her hand and nuzzles her face against the pages of a book. And you find yourself thinking: Who?s shooting this footage of the handicapped lady, and why do I always get sucked into watching the latest viral video?
Bigthink is meant to be a YouTube for intellectuals. In addition to featuring academics, the site includes videos from politicians, artists, & business people. According to the NYT, the site was started by Peter Hopkins, a grad of Harvard. Hopkins hopes bigthink becomes popular among college students. Lawrence Summers, former president of Harvard, has invested tens of thousands of dollars.
A technology-law scholar in Canada, has been vigorously campaigning against a proposed copyright reform bill via YouTube and Facebook.
"While I don’t think it really falls under a copyright/fair use issue, it still breaks the Terms of Service of the site; however, when put in a difficult place of not being able to use content due to circumstances beyond your control, many teachers could justify using other means to obtain content from YouTube that isn’t covered in their Terms of Service."
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An interesting application of YouTube videos that goes beyond simple amusement. Prospective college applicants are using the medium to promote athletic talents and reach out to schools around the country.
Members of Congress can finally use Web sites like YouTube, after committees in both the House and Senate adopted new rules allowing members to post content outside of the .gov domain, as long as it is for official purposes.
With the increasing use of technology in classrooms, it’s no wonder that teachers have a growing interest in using YouTube and other online media sharing sites to bring information into their classrooms. Here are 100 YouTube videos that can provide supplementary information for the class, give inspiration, help you keep control of class and even provide a few laughs here and there.
Academic cheating and dishonesty have long been a problem. But with YouTube students have discovered a new avenue for actually promoting such fraud. Liz Losh, a rhetorician at the University of California at Irvine, notes that there’s now a genre of videos that combine cheating advice with a “do-it-yourself aesthetic.” She flagged one of them Wednesday on her blog. It shows a student using a scanner and photo-editing software to make a cheat sheet on a Coke bottle.
"While I don’t think it really falls under a copyright/fair use issue, it still breaks the Terms of Service of the site; however, when put in a difficult place of not being able to use content due to circumstances beyond your control, many teachers could justify using other means to obtain content from YouTube that isn’t covered in their Terms of Service."
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