Ed 109 7/6/11 youtube in the classroom Mary: First Ed tech Project

Link to or pictures/video of technology artifacts. 



Description of and rationale for how the technology might be used with students: 
In a music classroom. Youtube can be used for helping to learn about different instruments and getting a nice variety of different musical genres. Students can also have the possibility of making their own youtube video about music whether it being a music video or a how-to video. The students can be given specific instructions about what to put in their music video and how to make the greatest sound quality.




Consideration of struggles for implementation ( student, systemic, and/or hardware):
Students may not feel comfortable with using youtube and posting videos on the internet. Student videos wouldn't be private. Not all students may have access to internet at home or at school if the internet was down. There could potentially be problems with computer cameras working correctly.




Consideration of the biases and trade-offs of the technology: A bias could be less communication about questions with the teacher when making videos at home. Trade offs could be: Not all students have internet at home, inappropriate videos could be made, less focused time in the classroom, more speaking and less writing skills are being used. Less focused and more fun time may be used by students when making youtube videos and they may not take the assignment seriously. Competition could become a problem among students if the videos are viewed in class by all students.




Explanation of how the project meets the selected teacher standard and student standard: TEACHER TECH STANDARDS : Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity: My knowledge of how to make a youtube video and post online will help to inspire students to do the same efficiently.

Model Digital-Age Work and Learning: My knowledge as a teacher about youtube will help to keep it exciting yet safe and educational.

Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility: By understanding local and global societal issues with youtube, as a teacher I will be able to explain and keep close watch on how the students are correctly using youtube. I will be able to provide a safe environment for parents who have concerns and to students who aren't familiar with the digital world.

STUDENT TECH STANDARDS: Creativity and Innovation: Youtube will be a great tool for students to express creativity and innovation. An example of a project could be that a student is given a list of tools or words to be used in a video but the scene and the story could be left to the students imagination.

Communication and Collaboration: A student would have to use communication skills to make a youtube video as well as collaboration with the teacher to make sure the topic is appropriate and with anyone they would wish to have in their video. A youtube project would be a great project for student to work in groups and bounce ideas off of each other. They could have lots of fun creating a story and acting it out for the video.

Technology Operations and Concepts: By being well versed on how youtube videos are accessed and can be uploaded, I am able to help students become familiar with a technology that is similar to other sites like youtube.