What do you like or dislike about YouTube? Did you find videos that would be useful for teaching and learning? Is YouTube restricted in your building?
YouTube is awesome! I have always maintained that some students can instantly grab a concept if they get another person's perspective on explaining it. YouTube is a seemingly endless supply of teacher created tutorials that are easily found and shared. I distinctly recall an Algebra student that asked, "Why didn't you just show me this video in the first place?" after I showed a video on graphing with slope-intercept form. Clearly the woman in the video said or showed something that clicked with this student.
Thank goodness YouTube is not blocked, however I like to try and download the videos if possible, so that I have my own copy of the video file. This prevents potential problems if the Internet is down or the video is removed.
It's always a good idea to have your own video library. Sometimes the Internet get slow or, like you say, the video gets taken down or there are other problems.
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