Julia McIntyre, Language Arts teacher, uses YouTube in her flipped classroom. Will Blaylock, Chief Information Officer, said. “We have teachers who have said that they have videos that they want their students to watch that are on YouTube ,” Mr. A flipped classroom is when a teacher posts a video for their students to watch as homework and then go over what the students learned in class. “Last year I watched a lot of Crash Course chemistry to help me prepare for the final.”įlipped classrooms are a big part of the reason teachers wanted YouTube available for their students. “It’s a good way to go over notes in classes I’ve already done,” Hindersman said. Students can also use YouTube educationally, for example, Christian Hindersman (11) uses Crash Course for different educational topics. Students can learn anything on YouTube from playing guitar to knitting. “Then we need to focus on teaching good use of the resources that we have and having a positive digital footprint.”

The more we open things up that we use on a daily basis outside of school the better,” Mrs. “I am an advocate for opening up technological resources to staff and students. YouTube being unblocked gives students more freedom in how they study at school. It is hard to learn French without having someone speak it with you.” I was looking for a lot of French videos for pronunciation. “I couldn’t get on and watch videos when I had free time,” Kaitlyn Frerking (10) said, “And when I actually wanted to do work for a class I couldn’t do it because YouTube was blocked and it made things a lot harder. No longer will teachers have to log in to computers for students so the students can access blocked topics while researching. RSD unblocked YouTube for its students in middle and high school, May 2014.Ĭampus is a bit more secure, ironically, now that the world of YouTube is open to secondary students.

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