When we talk about new media our part of our thought go unconsciously
to the social media. In fact, social media comprise the big portion of the new
media that have a significant attention currently. When I started look for resource for this
assignment I never imagine how many
application and web service that available today that consider social media. The
graphical illustrates the wide array of social media tools available today.
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Fred Cavazza, a French consultant in new media, breaks down the
various forms of social media into ten categories in his “Social Media
Landscape”: publication tools, sharing tools, discussion tools, social
networks, micro publication tools, social aggregation tools, live cast, virtual
worlds, social gaming and massively multiplier online gaming (MMO) (Cavazza
2008).
To decide what new media that I want to talk about I asked myself a
question what is the media that I get the most educational benefits from? I have
learned so many things outside classical classroom or workshop. Self-development is a part of human growth nowadays for most of
people. So, it is easy to judge social media based on their educational benefits.
I am not here to compare new media tools. But I need to choose tool that I think
it is useful.
In my opinion YouTube is contains a great and fabulous source of
educational information. YouTube was founded
in February 2005, YouTube allows billions of people to discover, watch and
share originally-created videos. YouTube provides a forum for people to
connect, inform, and inspire others across the globe and acts as a distribution
platform for original content creators and advertisers large and small. What
makes it the richest resource
of visual and video information.
YouTube
provide great opportunities to e-learning instructors to create a creative
method of e-learning. First, YouTube fill out of educational video clips and
educational channels. It has a significant number of partnerships with leading
universities in the world, which operate channels with full-length lectures. In
this case e-learning instructor can choose from a variety of options to determine
lesson’s resource. Second, many amateur people create instructional video to
share their experience in their field with other people. You can learn almost
any subjects of interest that consider as hoppy. For example, Photography,
internet design, graphic design, video editing, sound editing, computer maintenance,
music, different kind of workout sport. Yoga, languages and hundreds of
subjects and hoppy. Third, instructors can use thousands of educational
material available on YouTube to enhance critical thinking by asking students
to view two clips and answer questions based on a synthesis of both. It helps
them hone critical thinking and writing skills,. In a geographic lesion, instructors can take
the student to see natural phenomenon, common place or a city or country by displaying a video about that place this
usually available on YouTube. Instruction can also record his lecture and make
it available for students to revise the lecture as much as they need.
One great benefits of using YouTube in education is that it ensures
great student engagement and interest. YouTube in itself appeals for the majority of
young generation, using tools that attractive to students ensures more engagement
and interest. What is make YouTube is so
common is the ease of creating and sharing video clips. Instructors and student
can use their smart phone camera to record and share video clips among each
other. YouTube as well is a home of thousands of students’ projects.
YouTube as communication tool consider as two
way communication tools. It has a future that allow viewer to post a comments and
share information. However, YouTube is an open resource that means everyone can
watch and leave comments. Instructor can adjust the video settings so he or she
can preview and approve comments, video responses and ratings.
This prevents inappropriate comments from being published, and
deters the posters from trying again.
YouTube contains many features that could be
used to support educational activities. Channels where instructor can create
channel to group relating video to establish a rich course resource. Subscribe:
students can subscribe to content feeds. Comments: students can leave their comments
bout a video uploaded. Views: instructors can account the number of time a
video has been watched. Rating: video can be rated by students.
YouTube can be powerful
educational and motivational tools not in itself but how it is used. There are
many approaches that can be used to engage YouTube in the learning process and
activities. For example, instructors can allow their student to create a short
video as a part of assignment instead of traditional essay and share that with classmates
on YouTube. Creation video improves a student’s visual literacy, an important
skills in today’s electronic culture. YouTube can be used to create a learning
community where everyone has a voice every can contribute equally. Instructor
can also record a video of guest speaker and use the YouTube comments to create
some discussion. Pose a question
at the end of class that can be considered from distinct viewpoints and ask
your students to search for 2-3 video references relating to the different
perspectives. The use of video as a part of an anticipatory set to promote
discussion can be useful tool to engage with an audience already enamored with
the YouTube phenomenon (Duffy, 2008). YouTube can be used to support language learning. it is a strong tools
to teach language accent and vocabulary where instructors can bring into the
class a real native speaker for any language.
YouTube contains many features that could be
used to support educational activities. Channels where instructor can create
channel to group relating video to establish a rich course resource. Subscribe:
students can subscribe to content feeds. Comments: students can leave their comments
bout a video uploaded. Views: instructors can account the number of time a
video has been watched. Rating: video can be rated by students.
YouTube can be powerful
educational and motivational tools not in itself but how it is used. There are
many approaches that can be used to engage YouTube in the learning process and
activities. For example, instructors can allow their student to create a short
video as a part of assignment instead of traditional essay and share that with classmates
on YouTube. Creation video improves a student’s visual literacy, an important
skills in today’s electronic culture. YouTube can be used to create a learning
community where everyone has a voice every can contribute equally. Instructor
can also record a video of guest speaker and use the YouTube comments to create
some discussion. Pose a question
at the end of class that can be considered from distinct viewpoints and ask
your students to search for 2-3 video references relating to the different
perspectives. The use of video as a part of an anticipatory set to promote
discussion can be useful tool to engage with an audience already enamored with
the YouTube phenomenon (Duffy, 2008). YouTube can be used to support language learning. it is a strong tools
to teach language accent and vocabulary where instructors can bring into the
class a real native speaker for any language.
What I do not like about YouTube is the distraction that happens when you view a clip. I think the suggestions list that always appears beside the video raises intriguing for most of people that sometimes take student away from the video clip that they must watch. I do not think Blackboard has the future of video sharing. Student can provide a link to a video or podcast in a discussion board.
What I do not like about YouTube is the distraction that happens when you view a clip. I think the suggestions list that always appears beside the video raises intriguing for most of people that sometimes take student away from the video clip that they must watch. I do not think Blackboard has the future of video sharing. Student can provide a link to a video or podcast in a discussion board.
Useful link and resource
YouTube is certainly a major web service and can certainly be considered new media!
ReplyDeleteHi Ahmad
ReplyDeleteReally enjoyed the illustration on all the social media, it is amazing how much is available and what can be accomplished with the new media. YouTube is a great resource for educators and the public at large..You did a great job presenting your information and findings.