“I Tube do You Tube?’- How to Use ‘You Tube” as a Student Engagement Tool for the Millennial Student By: La Tishia Horrell M.S. Asst. Dept. Chair Social Sciences & Humanities Region 6

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‘Millennial’ or ‘Digital Native Student’ Generation born between Socially Networked Team Oriented Multi-taskers Grew up with technology readily assessable (Elam, Stratton, & Gibson, 2007)

‘Millennial’ or ‘Digital Native Student’ Like active learning and engagement in classroom (Wilson 2004) Have a preference for multi-media learning (Skiba 2007) Appreciate the use of teamwork, experiential activities and technology (McGlynn 2005)

Millennials & Technology Incorporation of technology into teaching by faculty is expected and desired (Wilson 2004) Have little patience with educational methods they see as outdated (Taylor 2007) Will use the internet as an academic resource and database for knowledge (Wilson 2004) Spent their entire lives surrounded by and using technology (Prensky 2001)

Why use ‘You Tube’ A social phenomenon that cannot be ignored by educators (Skiba 2007) You Tube is one of the fastest growing websites (Trier 2007) You Tube provides an opportunity for students to be creators not just viewers (Adam & Mowers 2007 and Skiba 2007) Can create learning communities, stimulate discussion, and provide a means for active learning (McGlynn 2005 and Skiba 2007)

Why use ‘You Tube’ Helps students to relate life experience to material in which they are learning (McGlynn 2005) Provides a number of ways to enhance teaching You Tube has a variety of resources for any discipline (Mullen & Wedwick 2008) No longer have to rely on tangible resources which may or may not be in use by others You Tube can be used by multiple instructors at the same time (Mullen & Wedwick 2008)

The WHEN of ‘You Tube’ To stimulate class discussion PcY PcY To gage learning and engage students in learning 5Ey0 5Ey0 To create a sense of community (Skiba 2007)

The WHEN of ‘You Tube’ To heighten a sense of student creation/experimentation (Skiba 2007) Group projects Alternative to written papers To combat the staleness of a traditional lecture-based classroom Engagement in active learning For dramatization and demonstration Readily accessible

Ideas for the Classroom Class Starter Discussion Trigger Visual portrayal of Concept Discussion Board Link Creative Project/Assignment Embedded into presentation External links on Blackboard

The HOW of ‘You Tube’ Copy and paste You Tube URL Save File Has a media player on site for download Copy and paste You Tube URL Save File Player/ _ html Player/ _ html

References Adam, A. & Mowers, H. (2007). You tube comes to the classroom. School Library Journal. 53, 22. Elam, C., Stratton, T., & Gibson, D.,D. (2007) Welcoming a new generation to college: the millennial students. Journal of College Admission. 195, McGlynn, A., P. (2005) Teaching millennials, our newest cultural cohort. Education Digest. 71, Mullen, R. & Wedwick, L. (2008) Avoiding the digital abyss: getting started in the classroom with you tube, digital stories and blogs. The Clearing House. 82, Prensky, M. (2001) Digital native, digital immigrants, part III: do they really think differently? Retrieved November 5, 2009, from %20Digital%20Natives,%20Digital%20Immigrants%20- %20Part2.pdf

References Con’t Skiba, D., J. (2007). Nursing education 2.0: youtube. Nursing Education Perspectives. 28, Taylor, M. (2008). Meet the students: finding common ground between student and instructional goals. Retrieved November 5, 2008 from Trier, J. (2007) “Cool” engagements with youtube: part 1. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy. 50, Wilson, M., E. (2004) Teaching, learning, and millennial students. Directions for Student Services.106, 59-71