YouTube+&+Storytelling

=**YouTube & Storytelling**=

In this assignment, we were to create two videos. The first was a Storytelling video and the second was a video in which we taught a lesson. Both videos had to be uploaded the class YouTube Channel.

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 * Storytelling:**

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 * Lesson:**

**URL's to CI350 Channel:** http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPLeJcG1vAU&list=UUnem8bm2o8MGsXZijsx5fKw&index= http://youtu.be/DZNEZv93u-0 **Reflection:** My overall opinion of this assignment is mixed with positive and negative feelings. While I think YouTube videos are very useful for students' learning, I find them very difficult to make. I would feel more comfortable making videos if I had a better concept of how to make them. I would love to understand how to use all of the tools in order to create a really good video. I found the storytelling video to be easier to make. However,it took me a long time to figure out how to use all of the tools on Movie Maker. For the lesson video, I use iMovie, which I thought was a little bit harder to figure out. I am not very good with making movies so this assignment was a real challenge to me. However, I think videos are a great way to get students engaged and involved in learning. If students are given information in a way they find interesting, in my experience, they are much more likely to comprehend the information. I would use YouTube in the classroom as a way to incorporate videos into my lesson plans. This breaks up lectures and entertains as well. Also, I would use YouTube videos as a way for students to actually record and upload videos for themselves. Then, we could watch their videos in class. I think YouTube best illustrates the pillar of character education. Through videos, students who cannot read are able to watch character education in action. Teachers can show clips of students, teachers, people in general doing the right thing, and students will learn character education by mimicking what they see. I would improve this assignment by showing us all of the tools used on Movie Maker. I would only change the better description of how to work YouTube and Movie Maker.I would not eliminate anything from this assignment. I would expand on YouTube videos you have created.