YouTube
YouTube is awesome! There is so much information on YouTube that can help with every subject imaginable. There are tutorials on how to do your makeup, how to change your oil and how to make your grandma’s homemade apple pie. Why not use it for education in the classroom?
When writing a story students can get confused with the differences between nouns and pronouns, verbs and adverbs, conjunctions, and the list goes on. YouTube is a wonderful tool to not only help inform students but also entertain and inspire. Below are some great links to videos that will help students with a writing assignment.
A word of caution: Anyone using YouTube should be aware that in addition to entertaining and informative information, there is also information that is not suitable for students to view. Students should be monitored while using YouTube.
Another risk of using YouTube is what I like to call “The Rabbit Hole Effect”. A student can easily fall down the “rabbit hole” when searching topics on YouTube. We’ve all done it, we start by looking up a specific topic and before we know it we are watching cute baby seals play in the water and, what was I talking about?? Oh yes, DON’T FALL DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE.
UEN-English Language Arts Grade 3
Language Standard 1
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
a. Independently and legibly write all upper- and lowercase cursive letters.
b. Produce grade-appropriate text using legible cursive writing.
c. Explain the function of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in general and their functions in particular sentences.
d. Form and use regular and irregular plural nouns.
e. Use abstract nouns (e.g., childhood).
f. Form and use regular and irregular verbs.
g. Form and use the simple (e.g., I walked; I walk; I will walk) verb tenses.
h. Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement.*
i. Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified.
j. Use coordinating and subordinating conjunctions.
k. Produce simple, compound, and complex sentences.
UEN- Ed Tech Standard 5
Use technology tools (e.g., multimedia authoring, presentation, web tools, digital cameras, and scanners) for individual and collaborative writing, communication, and publishing activities to create knowledge products for audiences inside and outside the classroom. (3, 4)
ISTE- 5. Digital citizenship
Students understand human, cultural, and societal issues related to technology and practice legal and ethical behavior.
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