10 ways for teachers

to use

Kick off your next lesson with a video that grabs your students' attention. YouTube videos are great for

engaging your students, bringing in different perspectives, and encouraging students to consider new

viewpoints. This Hot Wheels video will be sure to spark a discussion in your physics class.

Hooks and Discussion Starters 1

If you're talking about volcanoes in your geology unit, why not take them to the source?

Hooks and Discussion Starters 1

Playlists are YouTube's way of allowing you to organize videos on the site. A playlist is a series of

videos you put together - they don't have to be videos you uploaded, and you get to choose the

order.

Great playlists include videos that...

• Hook your students into a lesson.

• Provide real-world context for lessons.

• Help provide cultural relevance for your students.

• Provide remediation for concepts not yet mastered.

• Provide alternative viewpoints.

• Provide visual context (chemical reactions, primary source videos).

• Review previously taught content.

Save the videos you find

Check out this great playlist on the concept of infinity:

Infinity

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Save the videos you find 2

Capture and save projects and discussions so you can refer back to them year after year. This will also

help you save time as you can assign old videos to your new students.

Record critical parts of your lesson so you can review how you taught that lesson in previous years.

When absent students ask what they missed, send them a link to the video and they'll never fall behind.

You can even customize who sees your videos by adjusting the privacy settings.

This Pixar YouTube short serves as a great reminder for why you should back up your work.

Archive Your Work 3

Archive Your Work 3

• Give students the option to dig deeper into a subject by creating a playlist of videos related to

that concept.

• By creating playlists of relevant videos you allow students to pursue their interests without

wasting their time searching for information (or finding potentially unsuitable content).

• Hundreds of great playlists like the one you see above can be found at YouTube.com/teachers

Extension Opportunities 4 Presidential Elections

Videos (or playlists) can help supplement in-class teaching for struggling students. Students can

review them at home so you're not forced to teach exclusively to the middle 50%. This video from

Blackboard TV highlights the importance of meeting the personalized learning needs of students.

Personalize Your Classroom! 4

Turn test review and flashcards into easy-to-watch videos so students can hear your explanations as

they study. Create a "test review" video students can use to study the night before the big test.

Above are two examples for how to use YouTube to review for exams.

Exam Review 5

YouTube Star Teacher Lisa Highfill creates videos

reviewing what she taught in class, making it easy for

students to go back and review before exams.

When I'm strapped for time I use a presentation

tool to create quick video flashcards for my

students. Videos like this are quick and easy.

When working in stations or centers, have students use YouTube to complete an assignment, freeing

you up to work with small groups of students.

Divide your class into groups and have them rotate through different stations. At the YouTube

station, introduce students to new information, and let students practice their newfound skills.

YouTube Center/Station 7

video message your students! 8

YouTube is a great way to upload and share messages with students and families. Use the unlisted

setting so that only parents and students with the link to the video can view each video, and the

videos won't appear in YouTube search results. Here's a video message I created for my students

while I was at a conference.

Within a video's settings you can add links to other YouTube videos that allow you to create

engaging interactive experiences. I've included an example of one that was professionally created

and one that could be put together in a matter of minutes. Learn more about how to add annotations

here.

Create Interactive Videos 9

Jon Bergmann and Aaron Sams created a new way to approach instruction called flipped teaching.

In a "flipped" classroom the students watch videos at home for the introduction to new material or

review of content, and do all the hands-on practice in the classroom with the teacher.

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I thought it would be great to wrap up this presentation by sharing with you one of my favorite

YouTube EDU videos of all time.

Bonus

youtube.com/edu

youtube.com/teachers

Thank You!