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Wednesday, November 11, 2015

How YouTube for Teachers, a free video sharing website or platform, can be utilized to promote instruction in the blended learning classroom



When mentoring our pre-service and in-service teachers we need to describe and model both research-based and clinically tested best practices, and demonstrate how these best practices can be applied in the real (i.e. physical) and virtual (i.e. online) classroom for both teaching and teacher training. The combination of face to face instruction in a physical setting and online learning is called blended learning. In this section of the blog we will describe how the internet can serve as a supplemental resource for instruction and the mentoring of pre-service and in-service Jewish educators. In this post we will discuss how the web tool YouTube for Teachers, a free video sharing website or platform, can be used to promote instruction in the blended learning classroom.

Assumption: The teacher or mentor teacher has an interactive white board (i.e. SMART Board, Promethean, etc.), a Tablet PC (also called a Slate or Blade), a computer presenter or computer with internet access attached to an LCD projector in the classroom. It would be ideal if students or mentees had access to their own laptop computers or iPads. Given parental and school approval, and the development of specific guidelines, smartphones can be used to enhance instruction as well.

Note: Although YouTube for Teachers can be applied in the Judaic Studies blended learning classroom, it can be also be used for training pre-service and in-service Jewish educators for professional or staff development. It is our hope that Jewish educators around the globe will form an online community of practice, a CoP, a group of people who share an interest, a craft, and/or a profession, to enhance the delivery of instruction and training of Jewish educators. For example, here is a CoP you might want to join. 

Note: YouTube for Teachers can be used in a face to face and virtual classroom.

What is YouTube for Teachers?

YouTube for Teachers is a website or platform where educators discuss how to use YouTube to enhance classroom learning.

YouTube for Teachers  “was created to help teachers leverage video to educate, engage and inspire their students. Here you will find tips and tricks for bringing YouTube into the classroom, as well as over 400 video playlists curated by CUE and aligned with the Common Core. YouTube.com/Teachers is part of YouTube's larger educational initiative, YouTube EDU, featuring more than 700K educational videos created by leading experts and organizations such as PBS, TEDEd, and Khan Academy”.

Where is YouTube for Teachers  located on the web?

How YouTube for Teachers, a free video sharing website or platform, can be utilized to promote instruction in the blended learning classroom

Click on the links below to find resources explaining how YouTube for Teachers can be used to promote instruction in the face to face and virtual classroom:


On the next blogpost we will discuss how YouTube for Teachers, a free video sharing website or platform, can be utilized to promote Judaic instruction and to mentor/train Jewish educators.

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