Utilizing YouTube in Your Classroom

Ray Keller & Josh AllenPapillion-La Vista Schools

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The YouTube Republican Debate

• YouTube contest

• Public submitted questions on YouTube and reviewed by CNN

• The project engages the public (and students)

• Some video submissions

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YouTube Contests

• Not all contests educational...

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Congressional Election Simulation CES

• Students created campaign commercials that were viewed by their peers

• CES videos

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Welcome to our schools

• High Ability Learners (HAL) made school documentaries during video seminar

• Videos also put on Google Earth

• Tech Club made a video tour of their school

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TeacherTubehttp://www.teachertube.com

• Video uploading site primarily for teacher lessons and student projects

• Some videos can be downloaded from the website

• “Mastercard” videos

• Local Legends project

• Wetpaint backup

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Linking to Google Earth

•There is a YouTube layer in the “Gallery” of Google Earth

•The video shows up with YouTube layer in Google Earth enabled and location marked in YouTube

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Edit video info

•When editing your YouTube video info, choose the “date and map options” and drag the marker to the correct location.

•Click the “Update Video Info”

•Allow Google Earth a day or so to update

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Posting to YouTube

• Videos can be uploaded from your computer to YouTube

• You can also use YouTube’s Quick Capture to record from your webcam

• Flip cameras

• iMovie sharing

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Blocked?

• Try other video hosting sites:

• Examples Teacher Tube, Google Video

• Vixy.net - online or download

• Tube TV - Mac download

• Embed videos in your classroom website

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More Ideas? Visit our wiki

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Picture Resources

• YouTube Logo: http://www.tech2.com/media/images/2007/Oct/img_30061_youtube-logo.jpg

• Google Earth Logo: http://tweakers.net/ext/i/1179344520.png

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