1. Using YouTube in the Classroom
Joe Perret
Computer Applications

2. Objectives
 Background on YouTube
 How to find YouTube
 Good Bad and Ugly
 Searching YouTube
 TeacherTube
 Presenting your YouTube
 Using YouTube in the Classroom
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3. What is YouTube
 Most popular web portals in the world.
 Three former PayPal employees created
YouTube in February 2005.
 In November 2006, YouTube, LLC was bought
by Google Inc. for $1.65 billion,
 Now operated as a subsidiary of Google.
 Allows users to submit videos
 Search the massive video section by searching
for keywords,
 YouTube has taken the idea of viral videos to a
new level.
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4. To get to YouTube
http://youtube.com
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5. Good Bad and the Ugly
 Good
 Anyone can upload almost anything
 Very high quality videos on Educational Topics
 Bad
 Anyone can upload almost anything
 Lots of Junk
 Ugly
 Potentially offensive content are available only to registered users
over the age of 18.
 Videos containing defamation, pornography, copyright violations, and
material encouraging criminal conduct is prohibited
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6. How to Find Stuff on YouTube
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7. Search Results for Pierce College
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8. Health Fitness at Pierce College
Health Fitness @ Pierce College
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9. Play Video Health Fitness @ Pierce College
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_6yS7SlXEE
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10. TeacherTube
http://TeacherTube.com
 Free online educational community that shares
instructional videos devoted exclusively to teaching
and learning.
 Goal of TeacherTube is to
 “fill a need for a more educationally focused, safe venue for
teachers, schools, and home learners"
 “provide anytime, anywhere professional development, with
teachers teaching teachers."
 TeacherTube provides a place to post “videos
designed for students to view in order to learn a
concept or skill."
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11. TeacherTube Website
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12. Presenting YouTube
There are basically three ways to present YouTube
Video
 Go directly to the YouTube site and search
 Link –provide link to students
 As part of your hand out
 In an email
 In PowerPoint
 Embed
 In a webpage (eg Moodle)
 In PowerPoint
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13. Embedding YouTube in a Web Page
Fairly Simple
1. Copy the Embed code from the YouTube
Site
2. Go to your web page (Moodle,
Dreamweaver)
Embed Code
3. Switch to html view <object width="425" height="344"><param
name="movie"
value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yNF92vCrfvA&hl=en_
4. Paste the code in US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen"
value="true"></param><param
name="allowscriptaccess"
value="always"></param><embed
src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yNF92vCrfvA&hl=en_US
&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"
width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
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14. Embedded YouTube in Webpage
Embed code
Resultant Webpage
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15. Example of Link or Embed in PowerPoint
Link The Life Cycle Of A Star
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfqcZdNnQ6s
Embedded
PowerPoint
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16. How to Embed YouTube Video in PP
 Make sure you have Developer Tab turned on
 Office Button PowerPoint Options
 Click Developer Tab
 Click More tools icon
 Select Shockwave Flash Object
 Draw Outline
 Right Mouse click select Properties
 Paste YouTube Link and Modify it
 Delete the “where?”
 Replace the = with a /
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17. YouTube Video on Embed in PowerPoint
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18. Presenting YouTube
What you will need
1. Laptop Computer
2. Projector
3. Speakers
4. Internet Connection
5. Screen
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19. Using YouTube in the Classroom
Ok we got all the technical stuff out of the way
How Do I Use YouTube Videos?
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20. Using YouTube
It not the Tool you use …but how you Use the tool
Use YouTube to Augment the Class
Material
Use YouTube as Student Projects
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21. FirstAsk - Why Use YouTube?
 We have to educate the students we have
 Not the students we used to have
 Not the students we wish we had
 We must adapt to them – our „customers‟
 Adapt to their world
 Adapt to their leaning styles
 Millennials
 First network generation
 Hyper communicators
 They have to „Power Down‟ just to go to school
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22. Students Today
 Students are writing short blurbs
 video-taping their lives.
 Today's student has grown up in a very visual
environment and loves it.
YouTubes
 Short
 Visual
 Audio
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23. Augmenting Class Material
 Find YouTube‟s that illustrate the topic you are
covering.
 Give students the assignment to find YouTube
illustrations – then present them in class
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24. Some Examples
 English  Chemistry
 Math  Biology
 Physics  Geology
 History  Astronomy
 Automechanics  Computer Applications
 Geography  Computer Science
 Anthropology  Philosophy
 Sociology
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25. English YouTube Example
Return
Shakespeare in Love Part 1 of 13
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBtQjafAmSw
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26. Math YouTube Example
Return
Prentice Hall Math Algebra 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fl8rb3JK2hU
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27. Physics YouTube Example
Return
MIT Physics Demo -- Pendulum and Magnet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_-RqkYatWI
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28. History YouTube Example
Return
Alexander the Great (BBC Documentary) 1 - Greek Macedonians
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OizgSfsxX9c
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29. Auto Mechanics YouTube Example
Return
Automatic Transmission Rebuild Tool - Spring Compressor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLYd5KLRFS8
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30. Geology YouTube Example
Return
Plate Tectonics and Paleo Animation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ft-dP2D7QM4
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31. Anthropology YouTube Example
Return
The Jungle: Margaret Mead - Part 2 of 6
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9HNzhV0CjI
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32. Sociology YouTube Example
Return
Sociology Experiment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oxXDtjIGao
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33. Chemistry YouTube Example
Return
What Kind Of Bonds Are These?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNBzyM6TcK8
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34. Biology YouTube Example
Return
The Stages of Mitosis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPG6480RQo0
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35. Geography YouTube Example
Return
European Geography
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ihy2_xnXLc
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36. Astronomy YouTube Example
Return
The Life Cycle Of A Star
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfqcZdNnQ6s
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37. Computer Science YouTube Example
Return
Java Programming Tutorial - 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hl-zzrqQoSE
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38. ComputerApplications YouTube Example
Awesome Magic Looking Effect- Photoshop CS3 Return
and CS4 Tutorial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcWWoURrqY0
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39. PhilosophyYouTube Example
Heidegger life and Philosophy 1 of 6 Return
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKhUyU8UQEI
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40. Student YouTube Projects
Project Ideas:
 Require YouTube to be incorporated into student PowerPoints
They will pick up knowledge while surfing
 Will help them to learn how to refine search techniques
 Research in moving/living color
 Have students create their own YouTube video
 Can be uploaded to private side or distributed to general public
 Will allow students to receive feedback from others, not just their instructor
 Have them view the video How to use Windows Movie Maker on YouTube
 Have students to create a blog and embed a YouTube video into
the blog.
They will improve their writing skills while having fun with video and/or
audio creations.
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41. How to use Windows Movie Maker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9rRh7z5TCs
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42. What do students need to get started?
Equipment Cost
Digital camera, They already
web cam, or cell have them
phone
Audio files Free downloads
Microphone $20
Windows Free download
MovieMaker
YouTube Account Free
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43. YouTube in Language Classroom
 Provide language learners a new tool to improve
listening skills.
 The real advantage to these sites - at least from a
language learning point of view - is that they offer
authentic examples of everyday language used
by everyday people.
 By creating context for these short videos you
can help your students explore a world of online
English learning possibilities.
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44. German News Channel Example
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HT0PgVEb10
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45. Summary
We know what YouTube is and how to get there
We know how to find stuff on YouTube and
Teacher Tube
We know why we want to try YouTube in the
classroom
We have some ideas on what we want to try and
how to present it
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46. Technical Issue
 Suppose you don‟t have an internet
connection???
 Or connection is Slow
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47. How to Download Video to your PC
 Go to your video and start the video
 The video‟s URL (Internet Address) will be on
your browser‟s address bar
 Copy it
 Select it with your mouse
 Right click on it, and select “copy”
 Now open a new window in your Internet browser
and enter the following URL: www.keepvid.com
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48. Downloading YouTube
Paste in the URL Click Download
Click on
Download
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49. Questions ?
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50. Contact me
I really like helping……
 Email me at
 PerretJD@piercecollege.edu
 Call me
 (818) 425-5452 (cell)
 (818) 710-4246 (office)
This presentation will be available at
 http://faculty.piercecollge.edu/perretjd
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51. Sources
 Brenda‟s Blog – Brenda Dyck
http://www.education-
world.com/a_tech/columnists/dyck/dyck016.shtml
accessed 11-16-09
 ATeachers Tour of YouTube – Chris O‟Neal
http://www.edutopia.org/teachers-tour-you-tube
accessed 11-16-09
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