Coming in second to Google in the amount of searches on the web is YouTube. What this show teachers is that students crave that visual connection to the content that they are learning about. I am sure everyone is familiar with YouTube and the funny videos that you can find by searching their site, but YouTube is much more than that. What I have found is that students tend to tone out of a video after about 4-5 minutes. We can no longer play extra long videos discussing one simple concept. YouTube offers the perfect solution to that. Housed inside of YouTube are a bunch of short clips that can help teachers connect to the content they are discussing. By using YouTube, teachers can also help approach the various learning styles in their classroom. This is an example that I use in my classroom – Causes of WWI.
Jeffrey Fisher 