YouTube



Simply, YouTube is the world's most popular video-sharing website since its creation in 2005. Users can upload, share and view videos. Whilst YouTube contains offensive material, if used correctly it can be a very useful educational resource for both teachers and students. I believe its place within the school environment must be utilised in a controlled environment; however, I do not think schools should ban the use of YouTube as it does provide excellent resources for students when used properly.

In the English Curriculum Studies Education topic last term, one of our assignment tasks was to construct a lesson plan aimed at a particular year level. In my lesson plan i used YouTube videos to construct a debate out of. In this case it was the 'South Australia is better than Victoria' clip. I split the class into two either for or against 'South Australia is better than Victoria. This enhanced and developed students' debating skills and it also allowed them to form bias or objective opinions based on viewed material.

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