YouTube!

This is just an ABC song I found. I think it is a simple video without too much animation for the children to focus and sing along with. I realise it is American therefore they may pronounce their letters slightly differently. To use this in an Australian school with young children I would try to find one with an Australian accent. Although I seem to be contradicting myself in some way, as I am from England and have an English accent, but I am not changing my accent for the young children (or so I think)

YouTube is full of videos, I have to admit I can spend literally hours watching clips and videos of shows. I enjoy watching English comedy shows from back home as they are just hilarious!! Although with all online sites if you were to ask the children to find a suitable video you would have to monitor them carefully. As I was just trying to find a video of Measurement for Math and much more things appeared than just measuring height and weight!! I have now learnt not to be so innocent when using such worldwide, public websites!!

"Having the video accessible online allows the students to watch it as many times as they like and where they like. This offers opportunities for students who missed your classes, as well as providing opportunities for deeper reflection outside of your classroom." (Aldred, 2010) Providing the children with the opportunity to watch the videos you use in class can easily extend their knowledge. They can also keep watching it until they fully understand. I am now a great believer in blogs and I know I will definitely be using them in my everyday classroom. Whether it is a daily blog written by myself to inform parents of what the class did today, display examples of work and the videos we watched. Or a blog that the student's personally contribute to. Either way the children (if they have access to a computer) will be able to re-cap and re-watch lessons! Fabulous!

References

Aldred, S. (2010). Applying digital pedagogies 4: videos. Retrieved from CQ University e-courses, FAHE11001 Managing E-Learning, http://moodle.cqu.edu.au/mod/resource/view.php?id=53489