YouTube


 * Learn About It! **

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A popular blog, StartupReview, shared these recent statistics about YouTube:
 * Fastest growing website in Internet history
 * On average 100 million videos streamed per day
 * 65,000 new video clips are uploaded every day
 * More than 13 million unique visitors per month. An average user spends 30 minutes on YouTube and most uploaders are repeat visitors themselves.
 * 58% of Internet videos are watched on YouTube
 * 20% to 30% of traffic volume is from the US
 * Wide range of user demographics, however the largest segment of users is the 18 to 35 year-olds.
 * 30% to 40% of the content is copyrighted. There is a clear correlation between eyeballs and copyrighted content.

And from the folks at EduCause (2007):

**What is it?** YouTube is a video-sharing service that lets users upload files toYouTube servers, where they are available online. With the exception of content that is offensive or illegal, videos can be animations, footage of public events, personal recordings of friends—virtually anything a user wants to post. Videos can be informational, entertaining, persuasive, or purely personal. One of an emerging class of social applications, YouTube allows users to post and tag videos, watch those posted by others, post comments in a threaded discussion format, search for content by keyword or category, and create and participate in topical groups. YouTube ties into several blogging applications, giving users a quick way to blog about a particular video and include a link to it. Users can view profiles of individuals who have posted or commented on videos, see their favorite videos, and contact them.

**Who is doing it?** Since its debut in 2005, YouTube has become extremely popular, streaming more than 100 million videos per day, ranging from clips of just a few seconds to 10 minutes or more. Although many videos on YouTube are simply for fun, some people use the site to explore video production as aspiring professionals or hobbyists. People who dream of being producers, directors, or journalists share their videos on YouTube and gauge responses from the community. A budding reporter posting video and narration from the site of a natural disaster, an aspiring director of music videos, an amateur documentary film maker hoping to sell his work to a distributor—these and others find in YouTube an outlet for their creativity and a resource to get feedback from and interact with users who seek out content that interests them. Others use video to distribute content that is not necessarily tied to the medium, such as a video artifact demonstrating mastery of a physical skill (such as archery), or a video study of a sculpture.

**How does it work?** YouTube is free, though people who want to post videos or comments must register with the site, creating a profile. Videos—which include tags, a category, and a brief description—can be public or restricted to members of specified contact lists. Several tools allow viewers to sort through videos to locate those of interest. Links allow a user to share a movie through e-mail, add it to a list of favorites, post a text-based or video comment about it, and read (or watch) the comments others have posted. A user can subscribe to all of another user’s postings or to content that is tagged with particular terms. Each of these actions becomes a part of the user’s profile. When others look at a user’s profile, they see his favorites, comments, and videos he has posted. As a result, profiles are constantly updated to reflect each user’s history and tastes. YouTube also allows videos hosted on its site to be embedded in other Web pages, such as blogs or personal Web sites. Because of the size of movie files and the number of formats, sharing video has not always been simple. YouTube has made sharing video easy by addressing the storage and server questions, as well as the issue of file format. The Flash player is the only player required, and it works consistently on various platforms. In addition, videos on YouTube generally stream smoothly, without lags or slowdowns.

**Why is it significant?** The ease of watching and sharing videos, combined with the fact that the site is free, opens the experience of online video to a wide range of users. YouTube offers opportunities for expression through video—a new spin on the notion self-publishing, making content available for anyone interested in consuming it. The social networking tools further engage users, drawing them in to an environment that encourages them to meet new people, read and share opinions, and be part of a community. The interactive features allow members of communities to earn the respect of peers and increase their stature in the group.

**What are the downsides?** As with other applications that disseminate electronic content, YouTube raises questions of copyright. Despite a statement warning users against improperly using copyrighted material, users are free to upload any content they have. A major record label has alleged that YouTube is responsible for copyright violations committed by its users. On the other hand, another record label announced a deal to make its content available through YouTube in exchange for a portion of the site’s ad revenue. Legal questions also surround footage that depicts illegal behavior or that was taken of someone without the person’s knowledge or consent. Users who embed YouTube videos on other pages, such as in an e-portfolio or on a course Web site, rely on YouTube to continue to make that content available. If YouTube went out of business or changed how it functions, links from other Web resources could become nonfunctional. Like other social software, YouTube also raises questions of privacy, appropriate use, and trust. For several months, a YouTube user under the moniker “lonelygirl15” posted regular videos of herself, creating an online diary of sorts. After attracting many thousands of fans who followed lonelygirl15’s posts, the scheme was exposed as a fabrication. In other cases, YouTube users have been harassed by individuals who stalked them using information found in their profiles.

**Where is it going?** The way YouTube is used for music videos is one indicator of possible directions for the site. Fans have posted their own versions of music videos for some bands’ songs, prompting others to modify those videos or create new ones, resulting in an active community of users with a common interest. Some record companies have seized on this concept, sponsoring contests for amateurs to make official videos for selected artists. These kinds of activities give rise to very narrowly focused interest groups, which are often capable of developing compelling new material. These groups are also extremely valuable for marketers, who increasingly rely on “narrowcasting” to reach a targeted, self-identified population. In addition, because it works well with other applications, YouTube has the potential to provide distribution for content that is displayed elsewhere, such as e-learning tools. While YouTube has similarities with other self-expression tools, such as blogs, the medium may grow in popularity because of how it differs from them.

YouTube draws users into the experience of viewing videos and engaging with the content as commentators and creators, activities that heighten students’ visual literacy—an important skill in today’s electronic culture. Even if most of the content on YouTube lacks an educational goal, the application encourages experimentation with new media. Many educators believe that the act of creating content—in virtually any form—is a valuable learning exercise, helping develop a deeper understanding of the subject matter and the tools used to create that content. To the extent that YouTube facilitates such creation, it has the potential to expose students to new insights and skills, as well as link them to various online communities. As a social-software application, YouTube is part of a trend among Net Generation students to replace passive learning with active participation, where everyone has a voice, anyone can contribute, and the value lies less in the content itself than in the networks of learners that form around content and support one another in learning goals.
 * What are the implications for teaching and learning? **

Let's Learn YouTube!
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 * **Create a playlist** |||| media type="custom" key="27920251"

Simple Written Instructions [] || (includes how to create an account, so you can skip that section) || (you are super welcome to use imovie, windows movie maker or any other tool you have to edit your movie if you prefer) || media type="custom" key="27920255" ||
 * ** How to Upload your YouTube video ** || media type="custom" key="27920253" ||
 * **Create a channel** || media type="custom" key="27920231"
 * **Use the native YouTube Editor **

Let's Search YouTube! **Searching YouTube** You will find that using advanced operators which were inherited from Google search and are really very helpful:

//**1. Use quotes to force the exact match**// This operator may come particularly in handy when you are sure which exact key phrases you want to be included into the search results, for example, the name of a movie or a music clip.
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//**2. Use plus (+) sign to force a word in the results**// If one of your words gets dropped out from search results, this operator may save a lot of your time. Similarly, you can use the minus (-) sign to force YouTube search to exclude any irrelevant but persistent words from the search results.


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//**3. Force any word to appear in the video title with help of INTITLE: operator**// <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.2px;">This trick turns out to be very useful if you, for example, keep getting irrelevant results (video pages that only mention your search term in comments or loosely in description).

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">SHOWING YOUR YOUTUBE TREASURES! <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">So, you found three videos you want to show in class. GREAT! Now, how will you find them again?
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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.2px;">Options:

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.2px;">1. Copy the URL and write it on the white board (WOW, that's a bad idea! The learners will inevitably mistype it!)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.2px;">2. Embed it in your wiki or blog (it won't include related videos, choose size, copy code) (WOW, that's a better idea).

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.2px;">3. Create your very own channel (or playlist) (WOW, that's a TERRIFIC idea!)

<span style="color: #ff002e; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%; line-height: 1.5;">Making a channel <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.2px;">(no ads, turn off comments, your link goes DIRECTLY to the videos you have saved or uploaded) (see above videos on how to do this).

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">When you get ready to SHOW your YouTube treasure....  <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">NEED TO SAVE A VIDEO? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.2px;">Sometimes you just HAVE to have that video--save on your computer.
 * [|View Pure] || [[image:drmcgregorpresents/viewpure.jpg]] || This is a simple little tool that strips YouTube viewing of all of the distractions of related videos, comments, and promoted videos. Simply copy the link of a video into the "purifier," click purify, and your video will be displayed on a blank white background. ||

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.2px;">Here are some free, easy-to-use tools that will allow you to download and save that favorite video!


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.2px;">Clip Converter || [[image:drmcgregorpresents/clipconverter.jpg width="212" height="58"]] || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.2px;">This is my favorite! So easy, nothing to download, super quick. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.2px;">Keepvid || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.2px;">[[image:drmcgregorpresents/keepvid.jpg width="210" height="50"]] || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.2px;">LOVE this one! ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.2px;">A Tube Catcher || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.2px;">[[image:drmcgregorpresents/garland_logo.jpg width="89" height="89"]] || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.2px;">Works on either platform and requires a download, but worth the effort. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.2px;">Videodownloadhelper || [[image:videodlh.png width="120" height="120"]] || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.2px;">I usually don't offer tools that need to be downloaded, but in this case, I can't resist as I use this tool several times a day and have shared it with hundreds of teachers. It is actually browser specific, so if you are using Firefox, search google for "VideoDownloadhelper Firefox". Also available as a Chrome add-on. ||

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">OTHER COOL YOUTUBE STUFF! <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.2px;">And you thought you had seen some amazing stuff? Do NOT miss these:


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.2px;">YouTube.com/edu || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.2px;">[[image:drmcgregorpresents/youtube-education.jpg width="180" height="90"]] || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.2px;">Just for education, this new special section of YouTube is just the place to start you search. Usually geared at higher level topics. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.2px;">Want to add a caption? || [[image:YTcaptions.jpeg width="151" height="114"]] || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.2px;">YouTube now has an automatic subtitle or captioning tool (available in multiple languages!). Want to know how to do it? Click here. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.2px;">YouTubeTime || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.2px;">[[image:drmcgregorpresents/youtubetime.jpg]] || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.2px;">This tool allows you to specify a time that you would like the video to start playing. This tool can really help you narrow down to the important part of a video. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.2px;">TubeChop || [[image:TC.png width="176" height="82"]] || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.2px;">Lets you isolate an interesting clip from a YouTube video and provides you with a link to share it. ||

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.5px;">THERE CAN'T BE MORE YOUTUBE STUFF--OH, BUT THERE IS! HAVE A CHROMEBOOK?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">[|Quietube] ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">[|Turn Out the Lights] ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">[|Focus on Videos] ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">[|Youtube Options for Chrome] ||
 * <span style="font-family: verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">[|Cinetonic] ||


 * Think About It! **

Why should I use YouTube in my instruction?
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 * Fantastic content || Always growing || Searchable || Motivational || Free!! ||

A Few Sites (or is that sights?) You HAVE To See!
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">You gotta see these! **
 * [|100 Incredibly Useful YouTube Channels for Educators]
 * [|100 Best YouTube Videos for Teachers]
 * Periodic table videos
 * Khan Academy
 * High school science online

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Reading <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Global Awareness <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Michael Jordan's Fail Commercial <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Gandhi's non-violence speech <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Dr. Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech:
 * Inspire Kids with Videos **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">[|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6D9jiEYxzs]
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; line-height: 1.5;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEEZsocrm0A
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vDWWy4CMhE

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">When you don’t have the time or money to put materials together
 * Teach with Videos **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">How to Tie a Shoe
 * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9tt7iI0VV8
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Use Commercials to teach poetry
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">How do you read Shakespeare?
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tncNNdVTQI8
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Science Experiments
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 * Made Especially for Educators **
 * Sample Permission Slip by GCT Karen Mensing
 * 100 Most Iconic Internet Videos
 * Watch the @Google Talks for inspiration
 * 100 Best YouTube Videos for Teachers
 * 99 Reasons YouTube Belongs in Schools (Playlist by James Sanders)
 * 100 Coolest Science Experiments
 * Youtube EDU
 * 100 Most Iconic Internet Videos
 * Vicky Davis’s Favorite Inspirational YouTube Clips and YouTube in Education
 * YouTube Has No Educational Value? Phooey! By GCT Lisa Thumann
 * [|Easy way to show and share Youtube Videos] by GCT Kevin Jarrett
 * AFI Fest 2010 Short Film Showcase
 * Top 10 YouTube Channels for Education-Tech & Learning


 * Examples of K-12 EDU Channels **
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 * Amazing YouTube EDU Channels **
 * [|SciShow]
 * [|CrashCourse]
 * [|CGPGrey]
 * [|SpanglerEffect]
 * [|Numberphile]
 * [|DeepSkyVideos]
 * [|MinutePhysics]
 * [|1Veritasium]
 * [|SmarterEveryDay]
 * [|VSauce]
 * [|Other YT EDU Partners]


 * Plan It! **



<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">This week, your task is three-fold, but only one requires a plan!

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Visit this site to read a very short description of how to storyboard your video. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Here is a link to a Google doc storyboard template (from the site) (you can "make a copy to complete yours) and a completed example. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Once you have a plan, film your YouTube video and upload it to your own channel in YouTube.


 * Do It! **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Here are your assignments for this week (due next Sunday):

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">1. Make a video with your SmartPhone or other mobile device. Edit it, upload it it to YouTube and embed it here.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">2. Find the top 5 videos on YouTube, put them in a playlist and embed the playlist here.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Not sure how to embed? Well, it's time you know! Please watch slides 1-14 of the slideshow below:

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