YouTube has earned a reputation for featuring brain cell-slaughtering fare such as the truly abysmal Fred and playing host to the some of the most depressingly stupid comments this side of Yahoo! News. But for every participant liberally dishing out misspelled racist, sexist and homophobic talking points, there is at least one whose channel genuinely offers something provocative and educational. For teachers hoping to infuse multimedia into their classrooms, YouTube makes for an excellent starting point. Plenty of universities, nonprofits, organizations, museums and more post videos for the cause of education both in and out of schools. The following list compiles some of the ones most worthy of attention, as they feature plenty of solid content appealing to their respective audiences and actively try to make viewers smarter.
"YouTube has recognized the problems educators are facing and has also come up with a solution. YouTube has recently launched education related sectionsin which only educational content is permitted."
The YouTube Channel for Loudoun County Public School's AT Team. Find over 70 instructional videos arranged into playlists including but not limited to…
Read&Write for Google Chrome Tutorials
Read&Write Tutorials
Read&Write Student Testimonials
Communication Strategies
Foldables
This 5-part series of YouTube videos will walk Scratchers through the steps to create a simple animation where sprites speak and move from scene to scene.
This YouTube channel has numerous singalong musical animated videos created by Barefoot Books that are great for switch users or beginning mouse users!
This YouTube video shows ActivInspire's math tools, including a calculator, ruler, protractor, dice, compass, and more! Make math lessons engaging and interactive! Students who have difficulty handling math manipulatives may have more success using these virtual tools on a computer or on a Promethean board.