Surviving the zombie apocalypse: A great way to teach conditionals. NOTE: This is an updated and expanded version of one of my – and your – favourite posts from this blog.
Please click here to download some teaching materials I developed to work with this idea. One of the great things about being a childish idiot geeky nerd is that I can relate to what’s going on in the minds of a lot of my students. Like (too) many of them, I’m fascinated by the concept of zombies. Many’s the classroom break I’ve spent hypothesizing with students about the impending doom that will be brought about by the zombie outbreak. 4 ways to use YouTube in the language classroom. UPDATE: I’m delighted to say that this post has been nominated for the British Council’s TeachingEnglish blog award for innovative teaching ideas.
I’m really delighted to have been included in this month’s nominations, so… make me a super happy boy by clicking here and voting for me! When it comes their language learning I can safely say that my teenage students always enjoy the multimedia experience.Rather than studying grammar and vocabulary through boring old course books, they find it more exciting to watch action unfold via moving images on their laptop, tablet or smart phone.
What’s great about this is that it’s not just a one-way deal: video clips offer us as teachers the basis for the development of many language skills. I’m an avid user of short clips in my classrooms. Not only does the use of YouTube echo the everyday habits and actions of the teens I teach, this resource is also a goldmine of clips that fit just about any language teaching scenario you could think of. 1. 2. Seven YouTube Channels Your Students Will Love. YouTube.
The home of hilarious cat videos, funny videos of babies dancing, and so much more. It’s blocked in most schools. But, it’s filled with learning potential. No, I don’t believe kids should sit and watch videos all day to learn. Of course not. VSauce: Because there are questions you didn’t even realize you wanted to know the answers to, but are completely interesting to uncover. MinutePhysics: Simply put: cool physics and other sweet science. MinuteEarth: Science and stories about our awesome planet! EarthUnplugged: Earth Unplugged presents our amazing world as you’ve never seen it before. Veritasium: Veritasium is a science video blog featuring experiments, expert interviews, cool demos, and discussions with the public about everything science. TED Talks: Inspire your students to think about things in new ways. Smithsonian: Learn from experts in art, design, history, culture, science and technology.
A Quick Start Guide for Using YouTube's Editing Tools. How to Create YouTube Photo Slideshows - A Good Alternative to Animoto. Animoto is an excellent tool for creating audio slideshows.
But there are some limitations to it that some teachers don't like. Most notable of those limitations is the time limit (30 seconds unless you get an Animoto for Education account), lack of space for text, and that students have to remember a username and password to use it. The YouTube slideshow tool provides a tool for creating audio slideshows without those three limitations of Animoto. YouTube Photo Slideshows don't have a time limit other than the standard 15 minute limit applied to all new YouTube accounts (there are work-arounds for this). YouTube Photo Slideshows allow you to specify the length of time that each image is displayed for. The images below show you how to create a Photo Slideshow on YouTube.
Step 1: Log into your YouTube account and click "upload" then click "Photo Slideshow. " Step 2: Select images from your Google Account or upload images from your computer. Watch my sample video below. Powered by Unruly. Educational Technology and Mobile Learning: YouTube's 4 Official Channels for Educators. Since the time YouTube allowed individuals to create their own channels and start sharing their own videos with the world, we noticed a remarkable surge in the educational video ' industry'.
More and more teachers from all corners of the world are creating their own channels and there is a growing community of educational video makers that is gaining more popularity and atop of them is TED Edu. Educational Technology and Mobile Learning has posted before about some of the educational video channels teachers can subscribe to.These are basically video resources that teachers can access to get free video materials to include in their lessons .
Today, however, we are sharing with you YouTube Official channels for educators. These channels are created by the education department in YouTube for Teachers and students. We are featuring them so that you know them and not confuse them with channels created by other individuals. Broadcast Yourself. EDU Partner Playlists. How To Watch Full-Length Movies on YouTube for Free - But Not For Long. Like a Hollywood sequel, pirated movie hits are back on YouTube - and this time they’re more prevalent than ever.
A year ago, users uploaded a number of pirated movies to Google’s YouTube video service and were eventually taken down. And now movies are back - to the point where if you don’t want to pay for the summer’s biggest blockbusters, you don’t have to: The Avengers is on YouTube, as is the latest Pixar movie, Brave. Yes, they’re so-called “cammed” films, which means that they were recorded illegally at a theater with a camcorder, and then uploaded. The quality is poor, with resolutions nowhere near a legitimate copy of the film. In the last month or so, movie piracy has taken hold of YouTube like wildfire. Just Search for “Full Movie” The keywords? All a user needs to do then is check the running length of the film - if it’s 90 minutes or so, chances are that it’s the whole movie.
Piracy Wars “So I think he was misinformed. 10 Skills People Want to Learn From YouTube.