2. Fun Facts . . .
Google bought YouTube There is so much video on
for 1.6 Billion Dollars in YouTube that it would take
2006. 1700 years to watch all of it.
The first video uploaded YouTube has
was called “Me at the approximately 2 billion
zoo” by Jawed. views per day!
The most popular video The most watched
is “Lady Gaga Bad music video is Justin
Romance.” Bieber’s song “Baby.”
The most watched video that is not music is
“Charlie Bit my Finger” with 317 million views.
3. Strengths
• It is a cost free site for •Students can easily find
students to use. multiple videos of the topic
they are searching for.
• Can help students learn • YouTube settings allow
about cultures – global Students to set their account to
community. private!
4. Weaknesses
• Students may get • The comment boxes
distracted – may want under the videos –
to look up their can use inappropriate
favorite video. language for children.
• Because there are • Not all information
so many videos – time may be accurate.
consuming!
• For students to lok up videos at home they would need
computer and internet access which they may not have.
5. Opportunities
• Gives students the ability to learn in different ways: Visual,
Audio, and kinesthetic.
•It can allow the student to learn in new ways and be creative
while doing so!
• Gives the students opportunities to have fun in ways they
may not even realize they are learning.
6. Threats
• Inappropriate things may come across the
site which parents and teachers may find to
be threatening to their child or student.
• But overall there are not too may threats, but
students can find the opinions of the videos
presented on YouTube to be threatening.
