A Thing: The 20th. (YouTube.)

I'm going to start this entry off on a nostalgic note, by sharing with you, one of the first education tools I ever used.

That's right, folks.  A School House Rock jingle about the Preamble to the Constitution of the United States of America.  I learned this song when I was about nine years old, when I had to recite the Preamble from memory in front of my fourth grade class.  It proved to be an excellent tool, after all, seeing as I remembered the whole thing then, and still cannot seem to get the song out of my head, today.  However, the point of this post is not to bring you School House Rock jingles.  It is to bring you what brought you the School House Rock jingle.  (YouTube.)

YouTube is close to being the most commonly-used websites in the world.  It is a hub for video hosting, sharing, and searching, and a personal favorite site of mine.  I think that videos are an extremely useful, and borderline essential teaching tool, nowadays.  I always look forward to days when we watch videos in classes of mine, and I look forward even more to days when we get to make videos.  YouTube is quite user-friendly and offers help and support, if it is still not friendly enough.  I think that my school's library might do well to imitate YouTube's intuitive style and attractive layout.

Think about ways you could implement YouTube in your classroom, and as soon as you get the chance, (so long as your school does not have "parental control" sort of blockage which prevents you) do it!  This could be just what your classroom needs to spice up the curriculum with a little multi-medial zest.