Benefits of using youtube

• Youtube is free, there are no fees to pay for using youtube, So, You should not worry if you are starting out and experimenting with its use, You can practice and test your own creative ways of doing videos and see how the market reacts for free.

• It provides a wide range of entertaining and interactive videos that can use for both recreational and educational purposes.

• Youtube is easy to use even for those who have no computer skills at all and allows people to upload, and share videos in no time. Addtionally, they can browse content without any struggle.

Ways it can be used in the teaching and learning process

• Teachers can use the youtube platform to project entertaining videos on any topic they want to. To provide students with general information on the topic they are teaching and to cater to visual and auditory leaners.

• Teacher can send students links to different youtube videos and have them increase their knowledge of a topic outside of class time.

• It can be used by the teacher to do research on the content he/she plan on using.

English Literature Lesson

A Literature teacher could first find a youtube video from youtube which contains clips of different actors from a movie. He/she could then use those clips as an engagement activity for their lesson about characterization. The teacher will instruct the students to give a detailed description of each actor they see in the youtube video.