Youtube: Important National Symbols

Important National Symbols, Landmarks, and Documents

UEN:                                                                                                                              Standard 2 (Citizenship): Students will recognize and practice civic responsibility in the community, state, and nation. Objective 3 Investigate and show how communities, state, and nation are united by symbols that represent citizenship in our nation.

Education Technology:                                                                                                 Standard 8 Use technology resources (e.g., calculators, data collection probes, videos, educational software) for problem-solving, self-directed learning, and extended learning activities. (5, 6)

ISTE:                                                                                                                                  Knowledge Constructor Students critically curate a variety of resources using digital tools to construct knowledge, produce creative artifacts and make meaningful learning experiences for themselves and others.

The tool that I chose to use was YouTube.  This was a great and fun tool to use.  I can use this tool now as a student when I want to learn more about what I am learning in my classes, YouTube has millions of videos on any and every type of subject.  I will use this as a future teacher to help illustrate the subjects that i am teaching.  There as so many great videos that people make that can be used to help teach.  

Pros of this tool are that there are millions of videos available to choose from on any subject that you need.  A lot of the videos that are available are made by other teachers, which is great because then you know that you are getting all or most of the information that you are needing.  

Cons of this tool are that there are some videos that people put on YouTube that are inappropriate so you need to view the videos that you are showing  students at least once, if not multiple times.  You would also need to set guidelines and safety features on what the students can view and search for.  

I will use this tool in my classrooms to show information to my students.  It would be a great way for them to access more information.  I could give them more videos that I would like them to watch where they could learn more.  As well as using other users videos, I could make my own videos that the students could watch as well.    

My student will be able to use this tool if they need more information in certain areas.  It would be a great tool or resource for them to use when they need more information or more clarification.  It would also be a good place to make videos that my students could make for projects or fun.