Things #20

The you tube and teacher tube sites are a great way to find unique and diverse ways to introduce and reinforce concepts. I especially like the various approaches to topic found on both sites. Some are very creative in their approach and others are basic introductions to concepts.

The teacher tube site, of course, narrows the search results and is education specific. You may have to search more for age appropriate videos, but that is not difficult or time consuming. Tags will give huge hints to the intended audience.


One can find any topic, narrow or broad. I searched for videos on autism and found ABA lessons, as well as lectures. I searched for terms like math and science, but discovered that searching for specific concepts, like fractions, returned better results. Below is the link to a video introducing fractions. The approach is attention grabbing (as we all hope our lesson are). There are also follow-up video/lessons on speicifc types of fractions. A teacher could easily use these as


http://teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=211&title=Basic_Math__Lesson_6___Introduction_to_Fractions

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