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By: La Tishia Horrell M.S. Asst. Dept. Chair Social Sciences & Humanities Region 6

“I Tube do You Tube?’- How to Use ‘You Tube” as a Student Engagement Tool for the Millennial Student. By: La Tishia Horrell M.S. Asst. Dept. Chair Social Sciences & Humanities Region 6. What do you know?. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o&feature=related.

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By: La Tishia Horrell M.S. Asst. Dept. Chair Social Sciences & Humanities Region 6

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  1. “I Tube do You Tube?’- How to Use ‘You Tube” as a Student Engagement Tool for the Millennial Student By: La Tishia Horrell M.S. Asst. Dept. Chair Social Sciences & Humanities Region 6

  2. What do you know? • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o&feature=related

  3. ‘Millennial’ or ‘Digital Native Student’ • Generation born between 1981-2002 • Socially Networked • Team Oriented • Multi-taskers • Grew up with technology readily assessable (Elam, Stratton, & Gibson, 2007)

  4. ‘Millennial’ or ‘Digital Native Student’ • Like active learning and engagement in classroom (Wilson 2004) • Have a preference for multi-media learning(Skiba 2007) • Appreciate the use of teamwork, experiential activities and technology(McGlynn 2005)

  5. Millennials & Technology • Incorporation of technology into teaching by faculty is expected and desired (Wilson 2004) • Have little patience with educational methods they see as outdated (Taylor 2007) • Will use the internet as an academic resource and database for knowledge (Wilson 2004) • Spent their entire lives surrounded by and using technology (Prensky 2001)

  6. Why use ‘You Tube’ • A social phenomenon that cannot be ignored by educators (Skiba 2007) • You Tube is one of the fastest growing websites (Trier 2007) • You Tube provides an opportunity for students to be creators not just viewers (Adam & Mowers 2007 and Skiba 2007) • Can create learning communities, stimulate discussion, and provide a means for active learning (McGlynn 2005 and Skiba 2007)

  7. Why use ‘You Tube’ • Helps students to relate life experience to material in which they are learning (McGlynn 2005) • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3U3kiaelQc • Provides a number of ways to enhance teaching • You Tube has a variety of resources for any discipline (Mullen & Wedwick 2008) • No longer have to rely on tangible resources which may or may not be in use by others • You Tube can be used by multiple instructors at the same time (Mullen & Wedwick 2008)

  8. The WHEN of ‘You Tube’ • To stimulate class discussion • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSzPn9rsPcY • To gage learning and engage students in learning • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znAzMkn5Ey0 • To create a sense of community (Skiba 2007)

  9. The WHEN of ‘You Tube’ • To heighten a sense of student creation/experimentation (Skiba 2007) • Group projects • Alternative to written papers • To combat the staleness of a traditional lecture-based classroom • Engagement in active learning • For dramatization and demonstration • Readily accessible

  10. Ideas for the Classroom • Class Starter • Discussion Trigger • Visual portrayal of Concept • Discussion Board Link • https://dl.ivytech.edu/ • Creative Project/Assignment • http://www.youtube.com/ • Embedded into presentation • External links on Blackboard

  11. The HOW of ‘You Tube’ • http://www.youtube.com • http://keepvid.com/ • Copy and paste You Tube URL • Save File • Has a media player on site for download • http://www.downloadyoutubevideos.com/ • Copy and paste You Tube URL • Save File • http://download.cnet.com/VLC-Media-Player/3000-13632_4-10267151.html

  12. References • Adam, A. & Mowers, H. (2007). You tube comes to the classroom. School Library Journal. 53, 22. • Elam, C., Stratton, T., & Gibson, D.,D. (2007) Welcoming a new generation to college: the millennial students. Journal of College Admission. 195, 20-25. • McGlynn, A., P. (2005) Teaching millennials, our newest cultural cohort. Education Digest. 71, 12-16. • Mullen, R. & Wedwick, L. (2008) Avoiding the digital abyss: getting started in the classroom with you tube, digital stories and blogs. The Clearing House. 82, 66-69. • Prensky, M. (2001) Digital native, digital immigrants, part III: do they really think differently? Retrieved November 5, 2009, from http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/Prensky%20-%20Digital%20Natives,%20Digital%20Immigrants%20-%20Part2.pdf

  13. References Con’t • Skiba, D., J. (2007). Nursing education 2.0: youtube. Nursing Education Perspectives . 28,100-102. • Taylor, M. (2008). Meet the students: finding common ground between student and instructional goals. Retrieved November 5, 2008 from http://www.taylorprograms.org/images/HLC_paper_08.pdf • Trier, J. (2007) “Cool” engagements with youtube: part 1. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy. 50, 408-412. • Wilson, M., E. (2004) Teaching, learning, and millennial students. Directions for Student Services.106, 59-71

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