Exploring Instructional Uses of YouTube
Lucy Grayhttp://www.lucygrayconsulting.com
Slides: http://bit.ly/grayyoutubeHandout: https://tackk.com/diyyoutube
Resources
➔ YouTube Help Center
➔ YouTube EDU on G+: https://plus.google.com/+YouTubeEDU/posts
➔ Slides : http://bit.ly/grayyoutube
➔ Handout: https://tackk.com/diyyoutube
➔ List of Educational YouTube Videos
➔ Google Custom Search Engine: http://goo.gl/RoiRi
➔ YouTube Diigo Group: http://goo.gl/xCgSO
Happy Birthday, YouTube!
Improv Everywhere
Improv Everywhere
John Green
● Fault of Our Stars
● Vlog Brothers● Crash Course● Mental Floss
Consider YouTube For...
➔Creating➔Consuming➔Curating
Where? In Your YouTube Channel !
➔ Here’s mine: https://www.youtube.com/user/elemenous
➔ Is your school using Google Apps for Education? Has your GAFE admin turned on YouTube for teachers and/or students?
➔ If not, you can create a personal Google Account and that will give you access to YouTube.
➔ If you have a Google Account, go to YouTube and sign in with that account information to connect your Google Account to YouTube. More about signing up here.
➔ For support, check out these getting started videos from
YouTube’s Help channel.
Creation Tools
➔ Mobile Devices➔ Computer Webcams➔ Digital Cameras➔ Video Cameras➔ Still Images
Other Methods and Tools
➔ Web Sites◆ Animoto◆ VoiceThread◆ WeVideo
➔ Record into YouTube➔ Google Hangouts on
Air
➔ Screencasting
◆ Quicktime◆ Camtasia◆ Screenr◆ Jing◆ Screencast-O-Matic◆ Hangouts on Air
Google Hangouts on Air
Did You Know?
Show YouTube Videos in a Hangout on Air
http://bit.ly/hangoutsandyoutube
Creation Apps
➔ YouTube Capture➔ VoiceThread➔ Screenchomp➔ iMovie➔ iStopMotion
➔ Animation Creator HD
➔ Explain Everything
➔ Educreations➔ Animoto
Your Homework: Upload By Email
1. Take out your mobile device or use Photobooth on a Mac.
2. Capture a video clip by interviewing a friend for a minute or two.a. Use this prompt: What have you learned so far at
CBI? 3. Email it to: [email protected]. Visit my channel to see the results:
http://youtube.com/elemenous
Did You Know? Online editing capabilities in YouTube continue to expand.
(Go to your channel>video manager and select a video to edit.)
➔ Add clickable annotations and speech bubbles to any video that you upload
➔ Autocorrect color, add color filters, and stabilize video images➔ Blur faces➔ Add copyright friendly audio➔ Upload caption files or transcripts
More robust editing capabilities are available in the online YouTube editor as well:http://www.youtube.com/editor
Editing YouTube Videos Online
http://youtu.be/ed-7otLyCEEhttp://youtu.be/ed-7otLyCEE
Consuming
➔ Computers➔ Mobile Devices➔ Google Hangouts➔ Playlists➔ Videos inserted into Google Forms➔ Embedded in web sites wikis and
blogs
Curating: Search Effectively
➔ Use the browse and search functionality of YouTube to find channels and individual videos.
➔ Use the Filters button to refine your query.➔ Create playlists for units that you teach. Set them up
ahead of time or post-production. You can also create them on the fly.
➔ Give links to playlists to students to supplement classroom materials.
➔ Collect videos created by students to show to parents. You can use private links.
Where Do You Find Content?
Subscribe to channels. A few suggestions:➔ Edutopia➔ Google Science Fair➔ NASA➔ Library of Congress➔ Common Sense Educators➔ Buck Institute➔ EdSurge
Curating: Create Playlists
Create playlists on the fly or in your channel’s video manager.
Stop and play around with search in YouTube. Add a few videos to a playlist.
Specific Instructional Uses
➔ Flipping the classroom (or flip the PD or faculty meeting)
➔ Language practice➔ Assessments and
reflections➔ Independent study➔ Writing Prompts
➔ Field trip documentation
➔ Choose Your Own Adventure activities
➔ Screencasts➔ Show a video in a
Hangout➔ Additional ideas from
Tami Brass
Google Forms
http://youtu.be/n57NZCjOAKI
Writing Prompts from TeachHub
Choose Your Own Adventure
The History 2.0 Classroom - Greg Kulowiec
School YouTube Channels
➔ Punahou School➔ Minnetonka Schools➔ Manor New Tech
EDU Channels on YouTube
My YouTube Edu List
Other Useful YouTube Links
Creator HubCreator Hub - EducationAudio LibraryVideo EditorTestTube
YouTube blogYouTube Help CenterYouTube Creators blogYouTube EduYouTube Teachers
Resources
➔ YouTube Help Center
➔ YouTube EDU on G+: https://plus.google.com/+YouTubeEDU/posts
➔ Slides : http://bit.ly/grayyoutube
➔ Handout: https://tackk.com/diyyoutube
➔ List of Educational YouTube Videos
➔ Google Custom Search Engine: http://goo.gl/RoiRi
➔ YouTube Diigo Group: http://goo.gl/xCgSO
Find Me
Lucy Gray➔ [email protected]➔ Google+➔ YouTube Channel ➔ @elemenous on Twitter➔ Blog➔ Web Site