Comments on: The teaching part of teaching history with YouTube. http://moreorlessbunk.wordpress.com/2008/04/16/the-teaching-part-of-teaching-history-with-youtube/ "History is more or less bunk." - Henry Ford, 25 May 1916. Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:46:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Jonathan Rees http://moreorlessbunk.wordpress.com/2008/04/16/the-teaching-part-of-teaching-history-with-youtube/#comment-158 Jonathan Rees Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:04:39 +0000 http://moreorlessbunk.wordpress.com/?p=72#comment-158 Robert: It's the relationship between the introduction before the clip, the clip itself and the discussion (however brief) afterwards, that has made this most useful for me in my classes. Video is a lot more gripping than music, and I should add that I've never shown more than ten minutes of one or more clips in one period, leaving plenty of time for more conventional instruction. Robert:

It’s the relationship between the introduction before the clip, the clip itself and the discussion (however brief) afterwards, that has made this most useful for me in my classes. Video is a lot more gripping than music, and I should add that I’ve never shown more than ten minutes of one or more clips in one period, leaving plenty of time for more conventional instruction.

]]> By: robertdfeinman http://moreorlessbunk.wordpress.com/2008/04/16/the-teaching-part-of-teaching-history-with-youtube/#comment-157 robertdfeinman Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:10:14 +0000 http://moreorlessbunk.wordpress.com/?p=72#comment-157 When I took music "appreciation" in college there were two approaches. In one the instructor would bring a phonograph into class and play some selection and then discuss what was heard. Sometimes the discussion was very enlightening, but usually most of the class sat their bored (and most of them were actually music majors). What are you supposed to do while listening? In the other we were told to go to the music library and listen to a piece. I heard one of the most memorable pieces this way for the first time. I still remember the experience. With the advent of the internet it would seem that there is less need to take up class time showing material, just have students watch it on their own. Obviously this only works for material that is online, but using YouTube as the example guarantees this. So what is the advantage of showing material in class? If you are afraid that the students won't watch on their own, then this seems like punishing the diligent to ensure that the slackers do the work. When I took music “appreciation” in college there were two approaches. In one the instructor would bring a phonograph into class and play some selection and then discuss what was heard. Sometimes the discussion was very enlightening, but usually most of the class sat their bored (and most of them were actually music majors). What are you supposed to do while listening?

In the other we were told to go to the music library and listen to a piece. I heard one of the most memorable pieces this way for the first time. I still remember the experience.

With the advent of the internet it would seem that there is less need to take up class time showing material, just have students watch it on their own. Obviously this only works for material that is online, but using YouTube as the example guarantees this.

So what is the advantage of showing material in class? If you are afraid that the students won’t watch on their own, then this seems like punishing the diligent to ensure that the slackers do the work.

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