Is YouTube Making Us Smarter? | Idea Channel | PBS by pbsideachannel:
Did you know there’s a place where you can learn just about anything you’d like? It’s true! It’s called YOU TUBE!!! Sure, YouTube has hundreds of thousands of hours of deliciously time-wasting content, but it’s a whole lot more than just a black hole of pet videos and FAIL clips. If you know where to go, YouTube has some of the best educational content on the planet! And although watching Kahn Academy all day might be a bit dry, the creativity of YouTube creators has allowed “education” to be transformed in variety of amazing and engaging ways. YouTube probably won’t replace schools anytime soon, but it’s a pretty rad alternative. So time to stop watching cat videos and get your learn on!
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Youtube People:
Brady Haran
Numberphile http://www.youtube.com/numberphile
Deep Sky Videoshttp://www.youtube.com/deepskyvideos
Vsauce
http://www.youtube.com/vsauce
http://www.youtube.com/vsauce2
http://www.youtube.com/vsauce3
Smarter Everyday http://www.youtube.com/smartereveryday
ViHart http://www.youtube.com/vihart
ASAP Science http://www.youtube.com/ASAPScience
CGPGrey http://www.youtube.com/CGPGrey
CrashCourse http://www.youtube.com/CrashCourse
MinutePhysics http://www.youtube.com/MinutePhysics
Sci Show http://www.youtube.com/SciShow
Veritasium http://www.youtube.com/Veritasium
Teachers with YouTube Channels
Amor Sciendi http://www.youtube.com/amorsciendi
Bozeman Biology http://www.youtube.com/bozemanbiology
Keith Hughes http://www.youtube.com/hughesdv
More assets:
http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm
https://www.edx.org/
https://www.coursera.org/
Music:
Roglok: http://vimeo.com/musicstore/track/21166
Level 5: Room for the Homeless http://www.jamendo.com/en/list/a101325/level-5
Chiptune – Kenzalol http://soundcloud.com/chiptune/kenzalol
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