I went looking for a Common Craft video on YouTube because I have enjoyed all of their lessons "in plain English" throughout this blog project. I initially thought I'd add Electing a US President in Plain English because the election is right around the corner, but I instead decided to add this one on zombies because it's super silly and it's going to get me in the mood to carve pumpkins with my kids this afternoon.
Like with many other things, YouTube is a tool. There is a lot of inappropriate and even harmful things to be found on YouTube (I recently did a special education project on EBD and found a ton of "thinspiration" videos to give encouragement for girls with anorexia to continue not eating). There is a lot of very useful things on YouTube, too. For example, those Common Craft videos are wonderful! If only I had "biology in plain English" last year!
I can see myself using YouTube in the classroom if there was a video that made a lesson more "plain English."
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