Thing #20

I love YouTube!  I use it all the time.  You can find old interviews, musical performances, "how to" tutorials, and hilarious parody's.  I once went through a phase where I couldn't get enough of old black and white 1950/60s educational videos.  You can also find documentaries.  Eyes on the Prize was one that I watched years ago in high school and fell in love with.  You can't always find copies of it in libraries, but you can find episodes of it on YouTube.  The clip I choose for this post is the movie trailer for the documentary/movie Dirt!  I've watched tons of documentaries over the years and this is one of the best.  My daughter actually found it on Netflix, watched it, and then begged me to sit down and watch it again with her.  When a kid wants to rewatch an educational movie that's a pretty high recommendation!  It combines science, environmentalism, world events, anthropology, history, and a number of other academic areas.  I will absolutely use this film in my classroom.
A few days after I had typed this post and saved it in my blogger my history professor was speaking to our class about the importance of clarity in our research papers.  He used a clip of Abbott and Costello to illustrate how important clarity can be in communicating.  I thought it was a fun idea and decided to add it to the previous YouTube link I included.

http://www.youtube.com/user/getdirty2009

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5P04stMTak