You Tuber (2019-03)

BY JORDAN MAISON

EDUCATION

EDUCATION

From YouTube to the Classroom:

Expanding Your Educational Content

Educational videos can be a great resource in the online world, and they make for excellent con-

tent. If you’re passionate about education and spreading knowledge, however, you’ll want to take

your videos beyond the online space and get them directly into the classroom.

Video content in the classroom is

far from a new concept. “Reading

Rainbow,” “Magic School Bus” and

“Bill Nye the Science Guy” brought

educational content to a genera-

tion of students. As technology

continues to improve, this type of

content is more accessible than

ever before. It’s different than

just uploading a new video to YouTube, but the steps

below will put you on the right track.

KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE

Before you begin reaching out to schools and teach-

ers about using your educational videos in the class-

room, you need to know if they’ll even be allowed.

Each state has its own standards for what can (and

should) be taught at each grade level and this infor-