For my last cool tool review, I chose YouTube because for my major project, I had to learn how to crochet. I watched many different videos but here is a video that I did watch. YouTube does everything. You can find a video tutorial on basically anything and it is so helpful. YouTube is not just for video tutorials, it can also be used for teacher lesson plans, movies, television shows, funny videos, etc.
I would use this tool in the classroom for lesson plan ideas, as I also use Pinterest for this too. I can use it for games if I need an idea, or I could upload an activity that my class did. I can put the students in charge of making their own video. I watched this video from a class the other day about phonics. I want to use that activity as it looked fun for the students, yet was effective in teaching them about phonics.
I am not learning how to crochet by myself, I am also working with my students as well. Two of my students started working on making a granny square to learn how to crochet. They really enjoy it. How I teach them is I look for a video on YouTube and we crochet the pattern together so the student can watch the video and me, just to get a different perspective as I am not a pro yet.
Here is a picture of a granny square that a 9 year old made (Her first time every crocheting).
Students could use this app to create their own digital media artifacts as it is similar to having a class blog. Students can upload videos, watch videos, etc. It can be difficult to use as you have to have a YouTube account to upload videos and for elementary students, they would either need their parents' help or their teachers' help. In this case, they may not always have someone available.
Here is a picture of a baby hat I learned to crochet from using YouTube.
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