YouTube is a site where you can view, host and share videos. If you want to use a video, you can either link to it on the YouTube site or embed it into a web page or blog. It is therefore a useful resource of user-generated video content.
| Website: | www.youtube.com |
| Cost: | Free |
| Availability: | Online |
| Top 100 Tools 2012: | 2 |
| Top 100 Tools 2011: | 2 |
| Top 100 Tools 2010: | 2 |
| Top 100 Tools 2009: | 3 |
| Top 100 Tools 2008: | 18 |
| Top 100 Tools 2007: | 22= |
Comments from some of those that selected YouTube as one of their Top 10 Tools
- “great instructional videos on how to use blogs, etc.; plus lots of fun things to use to start classes and gain student attention” Sarah Davis
- “You can learn almost anything on YouTube”. Henrique Rabello
- “there are so many treasures waiting to be found ” Jochen Robes
- “YouTube does for video what SlideShare does for presentations. There are excellent video clips online with enhance classes and training, and I love the ability to embed videos into blogs, wikis, or learning management systems” Britt Wattwood
- “The ability to quickly create a small learning piece and then distribute it to thousands of people instantaneously is great for quick pieces of instruction. I embed YouTube and TeacherTube videos into wikis and blogs all the time.” Karl Kapp
A Practical Guide to the Top 100 Tools for Learning
Find out how to use the Top 100 Tools for personal learning and productivity, for professional development, in educational and training and for workforce collaboration
The Guide provides essential information about each of the tools and includes curated links to other excellent and useful resources. Find out more here.
