I’ve been having fun lately discovering videos on YouTube that I can use in my courses. For example, there are a host of commercials that give clues on Canadian identity.
However, not all videos are good. When I was doing my education degree, they warned us to never, ever, ever show a video to a class that we hadn’t previewed. This video, a Brief History of the United States in 3 Minutes, is a case in point. Those it’s funny as anything (and you can largely figure it out even though it’s in French) it’s hopelessly lopsided in its portrayal of American history. I suppose it’d be a great video to watch if you were going to talk about bias in your sources.
Web Tools for the class are cool, but you still need to treat them with caution.
That french was great.