Thing #18

YouTube is great for many things. It can be educational and purely entertaining. There are so many things to explore that it can take a good chunk of time. What I have been amazed about is how many of my 3rd graders are always watching YouTube videos. I even had a student do their non-fiction book report on a YouTube video. It is an amazing tool and I really want to embrace it. It does take filtering, but I think that it can be worth it. It has many possibilities for instruction, projects and student work!
I chose this site because it is of one of my students and his submission to the Imagination Fair at our school. He was so proud to show it to our class. Bravo Alex!

The second one I picked because I just liked it around the holidays!