From Teachers's Pet to YouTube Star - 3 Education Channels to Watch Remember that kid back in school who was always much more interested in a certain topic than the rest of us? Those eager beavers and teacher’s pets were not the most popular people to hang out with, but when tests and exams were on the horizon, everyone was their best friend. These were the students who could explain the boring or complicated subjects to the rest of us in easy and understandable ways. In the past couple of years YouTube has created a whole new platform for people with these skills. I think the best education channels that are currently on YouTube are created by folks who would have been the classic teacher’s pet. The important thing is that the content of the videos isn’t dumbed down, I even think it’s the contrary. Today, I would like to introduce you to some of my favorite education channels. The Vlog Brothers Founded in 2005 The Vlog Brothers started as a video blog series of Hank and John Green. Crash Course Crash Course currently features two separate shows. SciShow
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8 TED Talks You Need to Share with Your Students Using multimedia in the classroom has become imperative in the 21st century classroom. Students tend to show more engagement and motivation when you play a video in the class.Given this importance of audio visual materials in education, more and more websites are created to provide video resources for educators. I have already compiled a list of 80 educational video resources to make it handy for teachers and even students to access the different video platforms and browse the materials they want. TED ( Technology, Entertainment, Design ) is one of my favorite video resource I use quite often. Anyway today I am sharing with you some of the most inspirational videos on TED. 1- Jim Toomey: Learning from Sherman the shark 2- Adora Svitak: What adults can learn from kids 3- Arthur Benjamin does "Mathemagic" 4- Pattie Maes and Pranav Mistry demo SixthSense 5- William Kamkwamba on building a windmill 6- Anna Deavere Smith: Four American characters 7- Chris Abani muses on humanity