First two PLN

Crash Course: An educational YouTube channel

1. YouTube - Crash Course

Even though I have already showed that Youtube was apart of my PLN, I didn't specify what channels I watched. That was because I did not have a lot of channels that were more than entertainment. That was when I found Crash Course, an educational YouTube channel that educates its subscribers on a variety of subjects like politics, science, history, and many many others.

How did you find/create/use this resource? I just googled "Educational Youtube channels." I enjoy Crash Course the most because they do multiple subjects with the same veracity as some specialized channels.

What prompted you to find/create/use this resource? I was tired of finding channels that either specialized in one subject, or they were very casually in one subject.

What did you learn from this resource? I have learned that there is a lot more channels solely for educational use than I thought, especially when you see on the right side of the photo. It shows that they are a ton more channels than just them.

How will you benefit from this resource in your future teaching? I can benefit from these channels in the sense that I will be able to help other educators. Crash Course, and their subsidiary channels, have talked about topics within most subjects that are within high school curriculum. If I want to look for a video on a subject in my field, or another teacher needs help finding one, we could search on this channel.

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2. TED.com

Ted.com TED talks were always the thing that, personally, I thought professors/teachers used when they could not speak about a concept themselves. I felt it the same way I do when someone uses a long video within their presentations: It's just there to pad out time. After exploring the site a bit more, I have come to realize that I was very much wrong.
It is a place where people go to to talk about concepts that are much bigger, much broader, and something that cannot be explained by just one teacher.

How did you find/create/use this resource? I found this website from back when I was in highschool. Teachers were very enthusiastic about the website because it gave them a connection to the opinions of some of the leading minds in the world.

What prompted you to find/create/use this resource? What prompted me to actually look through it more was the use of it during multiple classes. This was not a website that was just for one subject, or just one concept. It was compiling a bunch of different subjects, from different sides of the spectrum, and I thought that it was amazing because think of how much work it takes to even build up a small conference in other places. This organization is serious about teaching concepts.

What did you learn from this resource? In regards to my field, English education, some of the videos have shown me that I have to be more critical about the education system, and that I need to look at it deeper than just its surface. Specifically Ken Robinson's "Do schools kill creativity?"

How will you benefit from this resource in your future teaching? I will benefit from this resource in my school years from now on because it is another voice, another perspective, from a highly accredited mind that will teach their ideas to my students. It is the answer to teacher's woes when they wished to hear insight from qualified minds, but they were always out of reach. Now they are not out of reach.