When given the opportunity to choose the best curation the most difficult aspect of sharing my resources to my students is that they are almost all videos. Even my power points are able to be viewed in video format. The students want to be able to access the information quickly and use it at their own discretion. The availability of you tube's channel make it the most interesting tool to use for my courses next year.
Permit me to set up what I plan to do:
My mass communication and theater courses almost always have visual components to explain a concept or vocabulary term Why not offer these in video format. The discussion of flipping a classroom is not new in the English world. We almost always have asked the students to review material at home and then discuss it in class and work through any issues that may come up. So asking the students to review a segment of videos would be perfectly normal. Also, examples of any material or project would be available as well.
The reason this is the best choice is because everything else I have used needed to be changed. YouTube has been the standard for video content online for years. This simple method of uploading content accessible to everyone or not is grandma user proof. It is permissible though my districts AUP and it doesn't take up any server space. A big problem I had in the past.
The best reason that I can have for utilizing this resource is that I don't have to create the content. I can link or subscribe to other channels on YouTube and the students can have a direct link to professionals or student work, if they wish to share. One of the most exciting parts of using this resource is that the students can push and make the content as advanced as they desire. The kids I have in these courses want to do the work and find materials that push their ideas further. I have always wanted the kids to help teach the new kids. YouTube will enable both the kids and myself to continuously add content and link through key words to other content of the like. It is not often that the students are able to keep linking to material from one resource to the other. They are getting used to feedback like, if you liked this, you will love this. The more content they get in their face, the more time the will spend on working until the find the solution to their problems.
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Interesting rationale. I hope you'll begin to explore the use of playlists and other advanced features such as time codes and even annotation within Youtube to move beyond simply sharing videos. Glad you're taking this challenge.
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