Thing #20

I love YouTube!  One afternoon I needed to find a clip of a SpongeBob episode to go along with a lesson I was giving the next day (it's a long story...just trust me that it was relevant...haha).  I looked everywhere and could not find what I needed...and then it hit me...search YouTube, of course!  So I did and found exactly what I needed.  When my freshman began a unit in grammar to review the eight parts of speech, I used YouTube videos (like the one embedded above) to show the fun School House Rocks! videos on the eight parts of speech.  I embedded the popular "Conjunction Junction" for your viewing pleasure...go on, watch it, you know you want to!!! 

Anyway, I'd never let my students run loose on YouTube, but I know it does serve an educational purpose and it is great for educators to include visual aids in their lessons (the kids love watching, too!).