Mawe TTL
Mawe TTL
Mawe TTL
a. Describe the online resource (what it is, how it is used, is it free or not, website or location
of the resource)
-YouTube is a free video-hosting website that allows members to store and serve video content.
YouTube members and website visitors can share YouTube videos on a variety of web platforms by using
a link or by embedding HTML code. YouTube is used to search for and watch videos, create personal
YouTube channel, upload videos to your channel, like/Comment/share other YouTube videos, users can
subscribe/follow other YouTube channels and users, create playlists to organize videos and group videos
together. YouTube is found in the menu of our mobile phones and can be found from browser of a PC or
Laptop
b. Discuss how you can use this in your classroom when teaching a topic in your own field of
specialization.
When teaching students, a lesson using YouTube the following would be the way to do it;
-Ask your students to create ‘About Me’ videos and share with the class.
- Create a playlist of videos you are going to use in lessons.
-Encourage your students to subscribe to relevant subject related channels or playlists.
-Showcase student work by creating a course channel. Use TED talk videos (or other relevant
videos) as a focus for discussion.
- In place of a face to face presentation ask students to screencast* their presentation with a
voice over.
-Create how to guides to introduce new concepts. Produce video summaries of assessment
briefs and the marking criteria.
- Use video to give students feedback (this could be a screencast with voice over). Ask students
to reflect on this feedback as a video and embed in their digital portfolio.