Tuesday, November 29, 2011

New YouTube Tool

If you have never used YouTube in the classroom or use it all the time, here's some exciting news.  YouTube has introduced a new feature called "annotations".  Now, users can add background information about the video, create stories with multiple possibilities (Choose-Your-Adventure), or link related YouTube videos all within the video itself.  Here's a screen shot:

video annotations
Here's an example of a very well-done Choose-Your-Adventure video:


To learn how to do it, click the link below: