Thing 9!

I must admit I've spent a bit of time on YouTube in the past, but mainly to either watch music videos, or to watch some ridiculous funny clip my husband finds on there. I like how easy it is to find things of interest, but at the same time (like anything else on the internet, it seems) there is just so much stuff that if you're not really specific, you end up with a lot of random stuff that doesn't necessarily apply to what you're looking for. However, I did find some things that would be useful for my students. I think some of the best were ones that showed demonstrations that I'm unable to do in the classroom due to safety reasons- there are some really cool videos of explosions and other things that do a great job of not only telling my students about concepts but also showing them I'm fairly certain it's restricted in our building, but it's still something that I could link to on our class blog that they could look at outside of school. I like that YouTube (unlike TeacherTube) doesn't make you sit through an ad before the video begins... that drove me a little crazy, especially when I wasn't sure the video I was waiting for was what I really wanted.