Marc Prensky. Make Those You Tubes! More Sharing = Faster Learning.
I read the article where Marc Prensky suggests that all teachers and students should use YouTube or similar video sharing communities for learning. According to Prensky, it is important to use the means because many of the world's most important people (politicians, teachers, thought leaders, etc) have posted their thoughts on such websites. He also suggests that for searching information a person should use video search engines together with text search.
I think that in a way it makes sense, because there are different learning styles. By viewing videos, visual and aural learners would gain more from such learning, for example how-to videos would teach exactly what to do, contrary to only textual information where you have to guess the movements. Even more, this means is a cheap way to upload videos and share them online with the whole world. Most of the people have some kind of a camera to record, and a possibility to use a computer. There are free programs that enable video downloading and uploading, and it is amazing that today's Digital Natives have great interest in digital technology. Teachers who upload some kind of useful content can contribute to the whole world. Students can share their achievements and get peer feedback, which at some point is very important.
Materials used: AOPA Online: Your Student's Style
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