Google has supported education worldwide through numerous schemes, from Google Apps Edu, Google Teachers Academy, Google Science Fair and loads more. Earlier this year, those selected to attend the Google Teachers Academy and become Google Certified Teachers were also invited to attend a separate training for teaching with YouTube.
Now, Google has launched the channel YouTube Teachers. It covers tutorials on how to create a channel, ideas on how to use YouTube in the classroom and even video production tips from screencast tools to lighting.
From cheaper digital cameras with HD video recording capabilities to easy-to-use video editing software that even my mother could use, it is becoming increasingly easy for anyone to make a video and share it with the world. Even Mac OS X Lion now comes with built-in screencasting capabilities. Just as blogging first liberated the armchair journalists and writers to shift from information consumption to information creation, YouTube and improved technologies are allowing everyday users to create videos of their own.
As these technologies continue to improve we’ll start seeing not only teachers creating more content, but also students. Instead of presenting with a PowerPoint slides, students can create videos or use tools like Present.me to create pre-recorded video presentations.
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