I attended elementary school during the 1990’s, where technology was soaring and the internet developed. It seems that as far as I can remember, I’ve used YouTube for various purposes. As I’ve grown up and my interests have matured, I still use YouTube in a variety of ways. I have used TeacherTube as well as YouTube to grow as a professional and have explored different strategies to teach my students. I have also used it to show clips to my students. Personally, I use YouTube to watch tutorials and product demonstrations. I also view marketing campaigns and watch videos sent to me for the purpose of humor. Uses are legitimately endless.
I am glad that Cobb County Educators are now able to view YouTube while using the school network. It will prove to be useful for lesson planning purposes as well as for use within educational lessons. I am a firm believer that students need to be introduced to content through multiple channels. Videos promote kinesthetic learning and often provide students with songs or chants that allow them to connect to content. I do whatever I can to enrich the education of my students, who live in a world of stimulation. YouTube allows teachers to stimulate learning in a unique way, presenting information in an alternate way that may reach students whose needs may not be met otherwise.
I love using YouTube I currently am implementing the Model Problem Solving approach developed by Singapore Math in my first grade classroom. Being that the Common Core requires first graders to solve higher level word problems, I need to make sure that my students know the correct strategies when solving number situations. We do Math Journaling each day, and students are expected to solve situations independently after a teacher modeling occurs. I found a TeacherTube video for a higher level problem solving addition concept that we will soon be hitting. I sometimes struggle with the Singapore approach, being that I was briefly introduced to it during a staff development opportunity. This lesson clarified some misconceptions and was quite informational for me to watch. Another professional development lesson I viewed on YouTube teaches about Singapore Math. Singapore Math is an excellent program for students to gain a deep sense of mathematical knowledge. I used the Intro To Singapore Math to refresh my brain on the program. It proved to be quite informational and clarified some questions that I had.
I am just finding out about a new teaching strategy that motivates students to actively learn called Whole Brain Teaching. I decided to look for some videos to see it in action and was amazed by the results. I found a particular lesson on Whole Brain Teaching in the First Grade Classroom and feel quite inspired at the moment. I would love to incorporate some of the strategies that the teacher in the video uses with her students with my own because the students are engaged in learning in a way that requires no outside tools. I embedded a video into this post because I think it is truly wonderful.
Additionally, I explored lessons YouTube and TeacherTube to enhance student learning. There are a variety of educational videos for students, but I try to find ones that are meaningful. Being that I just introduced digraphs (the consonant clusters ch, wh, th, and sh) to my students, I set out on a quest to find some videos that would enrich my instruction. The Digraph Rap is a short video that would be a good lesson activator to stimulate interest on digraphs. My first graders love songs and raps, so this particular video would meet their needs in reinforcing the fact that digraphs are two specific consonants that make one sound.
I have never produced videos to support classroom or professional learning but feel that I easily could with some time and dedication. I find there are multiple websites that support classroom learning or have videos to stimulate students. One aspect that I find I mostly use YouTube for is professional development. I’m always looking for new ideas and teaching strategies to use with my students. I would love to apply the knowledge that I have to help other teachers, as their knowledge has helped me! I am quite skilled using the SmartBoard and I’d enjoy teaching a lesson on how to maneuver through SmartNotebook11 for colleagues. I would love to create videos to help teachers see how I teach a particular skill with my students, or by just explaining how to do something technology related. I am a believer that working together and focusing on each member's strengths makes a strong team. I have a little experience in television being that I was on a HGTV television show once and do know I’d need to really learn how to say things right the FIRST time on camera before taking on the task of posting videos. I noticed that I had difficulty saying things clearly and concisely while on camera and that I cannot spend hours editing footage like producers on TV can. That is something to think about before I begin producing videos for educational use.
I am glad that Cobb County Educators are now able to view YouTube while using the school network. It will prove to be useful for lesson planning purposes as well as for use within educational lessons. I am a firm believer that students need to be introduced to content through multiple channels. Videos promote kinesthetic learning and often provide students with songs or chants that allow them to connect to content. I do whatever I can to enrich the education of my students, who live in a world of stimulation. YouTube allows teachers to stimulate learning in a unique way, presenting information in an alternate way that may reach students whose needs may not be met otherwise.
I love using YouTube I currently am implementing the Model Problem Solving approach developed by Singapore Math in my first grade classroom. Being that the Common Core requires first graders to solve higher level word problems, I need to make sure that my students know the correct strategies when solving number situations. We do Math Journaling each day, and students are expected to solve situations independently after a teacher modeling occurs. I found a TeacherTube video for a higher level problem solving addition concept that we will soon be hitting. I sometimes struggle with the Singapore approach, being that I was briefly introduced to it during a staff development opportunity. This lesson clarified some misconceptions and was quite informational for me to watch. Another professional development lesson I viewed on YouTube teaches about Singapore Math. Singapore Math is an excellent program for students to gain a deep sense of mathematical knowledge. I used the Intro To Singapore Math to refresh my brain on the program. It proved to be quite informational and clarified some questions that I had.
I am just finding out about a new teaching strategy that motivates students to actively learn called Whole Brain Teaching. I decided to look for some videos to see it in action and was amazed by the results. I found a particular lesson on Whole Brain Teaching in the First Grade Classroom and feel quite inspired at the moment. I would love to incorporate some of the strategies that the teacher in the video uses with her students with my own because the students are engaged in learning in a way that requires no outside tools. I embedded a video into this post because I think it is truly wonderful.
Additionally, I explored lessons YouTube and TeacherTube to enhance student learning. There are a variety of educational videos for students, but I try to find ones that are meaningful. Being that I just introduced digraphs (the consonant clusters ch, wh, th, and sh) to my students, I set out on a quest to find some videos that would enrich my instruction. The Digraph Rap is a short video that would be a good lesson activator to stimulate interest on digraphs. My first graders love songs and raps, so this particular video would meet their needs in reinforcing the fact that digraphs are two specific consonants that make one sound.
I have never produced videos to support classroom or professional learning but feel that I easily could with some time and dedication. I find there are multiple websites that support classroom learning or have videos to stimulate students. One aspect that I find I mostly use YouTube for is professional development. I’m always looking for new ideas and teaching strategies to use with my students. I would love to apply the knowledge that I have to help other teachers, as their knowledge has helped me! I am quite skilled using the SmartBoard and I’d enjoy teaching a lesson on how to maneuver through SmartNotebook11 for colleagues. I would love to create videos to help teachers see how I teach a particular skill with my students, or by just explaining how to do something technology related. I am a believer that working together and focusing on each member's strengths makes a strong team. I have a little experience in television being that I was on a HGTV television show once and do know I’d need to really learn how to say things right the FIRST time on camera before taking on the task of posting videos. I noticed that I had difficulty saying things clearly and concisely while on camera and that I cannot spend hours editing footage like producers on TV can. That is something to think about before I begin producing videos for educational use.