YouTube Launches New Site Just for Teachers!!

 Check it out here!

It contains guides on how to use YouTube in the classroom, as well as curated video playlists that will be suitable for teachers to use. For teachers who have yet to really use YouTube it’s a great place to start. Experienced users may still learn something new.

You can also sign up to the YouTube Teachers Community and receive regular updates from the YouTube team, including tips and tricks for incorporating YouTube in your classroom, best practices from other teachers, and great new content uploaded on YouTube.

According to Mind Shift, the new teachers site is part one of two big YouTube projects for teachers. In the next couple of weeks, a bigger announcement will be made about huge changes that will address many of the concerns teachers have had about using YouTube videos in the classroom.

Don’t forget that there is also YouTube Edu which has lots of educational videos on it as well.

Thanks to the Whiteboard Blog for this tip!

Using ADDIE (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation) to Get a Date

We all know about ADDIE (The generic process traditionally used by instructional designers and training developers. The five phases—Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation—represent a dynamic, flexible guideline for building effective training and performance support tools), but someone has made a video showing how the model can be used to get a date.



The video is funny, clever and clearly explains the concept.  Enjoy!