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“I Tube do You Tube? ’- How to Use ‘You Tube” as a Student Engagement Tool for the Millennial Student By: La Tishia Horrell M. S. Asst. Dept. Chair Social Sciences & Humanities Region 6

What do you know? n http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=d. GCJ 46 vy. R 9 o&feature=related

‘Millennial’ or ‘Digital Native Student’ n Generation born between 1981 - 2002 n Socially Networked n Team Oriented n Multi-taskers n Grew up with technology readily assessable (Elam, Stratton, & Gibson, 2007)

‘Millennial’ or ‘Digital Native Student’ n Like active learning and engagement in classroom (Wilson 2004) n Have a preference for multi-media learning (Skiba 2007) n Appreciate the use of teamwork, experiential activities and technology (Mc. Glynn 2005)

Millennials & Technology n Incorporation of technology into teaching by faculty is expected and desired (Wilson 2004) Have little patience with educational methods they see as outdated (Taylor 2007) n Will use the internet as an academic resource and database for knowledge n (Wilson 2004) n Spent their entire lives surrounded by and using technology (Prensky 2001)

Why use ‘You Tube’ n n A social phenomenon that cannot be ignored by educators (Skiba 2007) You Tube is one of the fastest growing websites (Trier 2007) n You Tube provides an opportunity for students to be creators not just viewers (Adam & Mowers 2007 and Skiba 2007) n Can create learning communities, stimulate discussion, and provide a means for active learning (Mc. Glynn 2005 and Skiba 2007)

Why use ‘You Tube’ n Helps students to relate life experience to material in which they are learning (Mc. Glynn 2005) n n http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=O 3 U 3 kiael. Qc Provides a number of ways to enhance teaching n You Tube has a variety of resources for any discipline (Mullen & Wedwick 2008) n No longer have to rely on tangible resources which may or may not be in use by others n You Tube can be used by multiple instructors at the same time (Mullen & Wedwick 2008)

The WHEN of ‘You Tube’ n To stimulate class discussion n n To gage learning and engage students in learning n n http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=r. Sz. Pn 9 rs Pc. Y http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=zn. Az. Mkn 5 Ey 0 To create a sense of community (Skiba 2007)

The WHEN of ‘You Tube’ n To heighten a sense of student creation/experimentation (Skiba 2007) Group projects n Alternative to written papers n n To combat the staleness of a traditional lecture-based classroom n n Engagement in active learning For dramatization and demonstration n Readily accessible

Ideas for the Classroom Class Starter n Discussion Trigger n Visual portrayal of Concept n Discussion Board Link n n n https: //dl. ivytech. edu/ Creative Project/Assignment n http: //www. youtube. com/ Embedded into presentation n External links on Blackboard n

The HOW of ‘You Tube’ n n http: //www. youtube. com http: //keepvid. com/ n n http: //www. downloadyoutubevideos. com/ n n n Copy and paste You Tube URL Save File Has a media player on site for download Copy and paste You Tube URL Save File http: //download. cnet. com/VLC-Media. Player/3000 -13632_4 -10267151. html

References n n n Adam, A. & Mowers, H. (2007). You tube comes to the classroom. School Library Journal. 53, 22. Elam, C. , Stratton, T. , & Gibson, D. (2007) Welcoming a new generation to college: the millennial students. Journal of College Admission. 195, 20 -25. Mc. Glynn, A. , P. (2005) Teaching millennials, our newest cultural cohort. Education Digest. 71, 12 -16. Mullen, R. & Wedwick, L. (2008) Avoiding the digital abyss: getting started in the classroom with you tube, digital stories and blogs. The Clearing House. 82, 66 -69. Prensky, M. (2001) Digital native, digital immigrants, part III: do they really think differently? Retrieved November 5, 2009, from http: //www. marcprensky. com/writing/Prensky%20%20 Digital%20 Natives, %20 Digital%20 Immigrants%20%20 Part 2. pdf

References Con’t n n Skiba, D. , J. (2007). Nursing education 2. 0: youtube. Nursing Education Perspectives. 28, 100 -102. Taylor, M. (2008). Meet the students: finding common ground between student and instructional goals. Retrieved November 5, 2008 from http: //www. taylorprograms. org/images/HLC_paper_08. pdf Trier, J. (2007) “Cool” engagements with youtube: part 1. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy. 50, 408 -412. Wilson, M. , E. (2004) Teaching, learning, and millennial students. Directions for Student Services. 106, 59 -71