Back to School Week: Learning with YouTube
Monday, August 19, 2013
This week, stay tuned to the Google Canada blog as we profile tips, tricks and other useful information for students, parents and teachers as everyone gets ready to head back to school. For today's first post in the series, we look at some terrific educational content on YouTube and explore how YouTube can help students of all ages find inspiration or a little after-school help online.
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Ever since Sal Khan uploaded his first video (on Least Common Multiples) to YouTube in November 2006, the demand for educational content on YouTube has been growing and growing - to billions of views last year. In fact, education is one of the fastest growing categories on YouTube.
Video has its own unique educational properties, lending itself to a self-paced, customized learning experience. Video can bring lessons to life and help parents to explore their children’s interests.
Thousands of teachers from all over the world are also turning to YouTube to share their expertise and reach a global classroom - 80% of views on YouTube’s EDU videos come from outside the U.S. This new generation of teachers is sharing videos on everything from language to science techniques to music theory.
YouTube EDU has over 400 colleges and universities in the US and Canada with varying content. There are also a number of YouTube partners both from both countries that have popular educational videos, including some of the channels below.
The “next Sal Khans” are here. Meet a few Canadian YouTubers making great educational videos:
On YouTube.com/EDU, many Canadian universities are using online video to reach beyond the four walls of the classroom including University of Waterloo, University of British Columbia, Dalhousie University and McGill University.
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Ever since Sal Khan uploaded his first video (on Least Common Multiples) to YouTube in November 2006, the demand for educational content on YouTube has been growing and growing - to billions of views last year. In fact, education is one of the fastest growing categories on YouTube.
Video has its own unique educational properties, lending itself to a self-paced, customized learning experience. Video can bring lessons to life and help parents to explore their children’s interests.
YouTube EDU has over 400 colleges and universities in the US and Canada with varying content. There are also a number of YouTube partners both from both countries that have popular educational videos, including some of the channels below.
The “next Sal Khans” are here. Meet a few Canadian YouTubers making great educational videos:
- ASAP Science: Created by Mitchell and his friend, Gregory Brown, graduates from the University of Guelph with a passion for science, their videos include Periodic Table Song, The Scientific Power of Thought and the age-old question, "Which Came First the Chicken or the Egg?"
- Dr. Mike Evans: Dr. Mike Evans and Nick de Pencier are working to build their YouTube channel into a “Medical School for the Public.” Their white board illustrations are visual lectures that are both high quality and highly engaging. Check out 90:10 The Single Most Important Thing You Can Do For Your Stress, and What is The Best Way To Detect Melanoma.
- Pancake Manor: Zach and Reggie are puppets that sing educational songs for kids & their awesome parents. Always a fan of Jim Henson, Billy Reid wanted to create a destination for families online. With entertaining and educational songs like "The Planets" for kids, their programs are popular across the world, even receiving videos from a classroom of kids in Istanbul, Turkey, singing the song from the video, “Shapes.”
- Minute Physics: Animator and genius, Henry Reich teaches complex physics in minute-long segments with quick drawings and speedy explanations. His short videos inspire awe and also make you wonder why your college physics lecture needed to be three hours long. He has also recently launched MinuteEarth (short lessons about the planet).
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