Friday, September 24, 2010

YouTube Instructional Videos

YouTube has created a new avenue for teaching by allowing users to post instructional videos such as the one imbedded here. Today, someone wanting to know how to do almost anything can search for a corresponding video. Well-made videos provide a very effective way to deliver educational material worldwide because of their ability to present information visually as well as orally or in text form. Unfortunately, so many videos are posted that someone searching for information may spend considerable time sifting through the bad ones before they discover the right one for them. Fortunately, someone looking for information has several opinions and alternatives to choose from all in the same place.
The selected video provides clear instructions in all three of the forms listed above and the video is of good quality, an important factor in determining whether someone will spend time watching it. While searching for this video, I encountered numerous similar videos of varying qualities; however, I also discovered several ways to accomplish the same task.  

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