Week 9 Thing #20 YouTube

YouTube is a great resource that can be used in a variety of ways.  I have successfully used YouTube to bring history alive.  I read the book, The Song and Dance Man to second graders.  The story refers to vaudeville.  Before reading, I now show a YouTube clip of some vaudeville acts. Students are better able to understand what the Song and Dance did when he was young.  

After watching some of the library videos, I am considering producing a video about what goes on in the library to show at a school board meeting.  It seems that elementary libraries are becoming a place for students to go while their teachers have planning and nothing more. Showing them may be more effective than telling them that we are so much more.