Classes with YouTube

History
YouTube, the latest gift / threat is a free video-sharing Web site that can quickly become a popular way to upload to become share, view and comment onvideo clips. With more than 100 million viewings a day and more than 65,000 videos uploaded daily, the web portal for teachers with a growing amount of visual information when share with a classroom full of young multimedia enthusiasts. (Dyck, 2007) in San Mateo-based YouTube is a small privately funded company. The company was founded by Chad Hurley and Steven Chen.The company has more than $ 11 million funding from Sequoia
Capital, the company that loads also provided initial venture capital to Google, the founders had initially a competition the posting of videos. The competition has attracted the attention of the masses, Google, Google Inc. acquired the company in October 2006 for $ 1.65 billion in Google stock.
Since early 2006, YouTube has come to take the leading position in online video with 29% of the U.S. multimedia entertainment market.YouTube videos account for 60% of all videos viewed online. . . The site specializes in short, usually 2 minutes, homemade, comic videos from other users. YouTube serves as a quick entertainment break or viewers with broadband computer connections at work or at home. (Reuters, 2006)
In June (2006), 2.5 billion videos were viewed on YouTube. More than 65,000 videos are now uploaded daily to YouTube. YouTube provides nearly 20 million unique users per month, according to Nielsen / NetRatings. (Reuters, 2006) Robert Hinderliter Kansas State University has developed an interesting video on YouTube.com history. The segment can be found on the website YouTube.com.
Impact of YouTube in the classroom
"The growing adoption of broadband with a dramatic push by content providers to promote online video combined has helped to pave the way for embracing mainstream audience for online video playback. The majority of adult Internet users in report to the United States (57%), watching or downloading some type of online video content and 19% do so on a typical day. (Madden, 2007). Daytona Beach college students indicated that a majority of the student videos see on a weekly basis. College teachers can rise to the capital of the display online videos byincorporating their use in the classroom.
Communication research on the use of visual material to complement presentations by early explorers and Aristotle supported. "Although the old speakers were not aware of our current research-image memory, they know the importance of the vitality. They knew that the audience were more likely to pay attention and visual images painted by the speaker to be convinced. In his Rhetoric (Book III , ch 10-11) Aristotle describes the meaning of words and graphic metaphors should, "the course before our eyes." It Graphics defined as "making your hearers see things." (Hamilton, 2006)
"Today's public presentations expected to be enhanced visually, whether they communicated in the form of a lecture, a business report or a public speech can be. What is more, the public can expect from today complement to the speaker visually, such as presentations outrageously with a level of sophistication 10 years ago. "(Bryden, 2008)
The increased use of visuals convincing effect. For example, one study found the University of Minnesota, the increased power of persuasion with visuals by 43 percent (Simons, 1998). Today's audiences to multimedia events that used to bombard the senses.They often assume that a formal presentation must be accompanied by some visual element. . . Presenters, the visual aids were used and perceived as more professional, better prepared and more interesting than those who did not use visual aids. One of the easiest ways you can contribute to the success of a speech can prepare an interesting and powerful visual aids. Unfortunately, many speakers are either not use visual aids or those who are to be understood overcrowded, outdated or difficult. (Ober, 2006)
"The adage" A picture says a thousand words "is usually true. A view of the right brain / left brain explained theory about why visuals speed listener understanding. While the left hemisphere specializes in analytical processing, the right hemisphere in simultaneousspecialized processing of information and pays little attention to detail. speakers who ask loaded no visual aids or just charts with statistics using the audience left brain to do all the work. After a while, suffers also a good left-brain thinkers from information overload, beginsto make errors in reasoning, and loses interest. "shutting down the system." In computer terminology, the right brain, but can quickly grasp complex ideas presented in graphical form. "(Hamilton, 2006)
"Process Most people and store information best when they receive them in multiple formats show. Research shows that we are only about 20 percent of what we hear, but more than 50 percent of what we see and hear to remember. Further we remember about 70 percent of what we see, hear, and actually do. messages, the visually enhanced and otherwise often more credible than those that are simply verbalized. As the saying goes, "seeing is believing." (O 'Hair, 2007) The majority of students attending college in Daytona Beach, respondents stated a preference for audio / video supplements, oral presentations.
YouTube videos can accelerate understanding and add interest. Effective integrateing a YouTube video in public can understand and understanding of issues in the debate to support. YouTube videos can also improve public memory. Communication Research results show that visual images to improve audience recall. YouTube videos can decrease your presentation time. Effective use of a YouTube video, viewers can understand complex issues and ideas. YouTube can also be used to add credibility to a speaker. Professional looking graphics can improve oral presentation.