Listen carefully to the lyrics as you watch. You’ll hear lines such as “Watching videos, hearings audio, yeah, we think they’re ok. But watching out own that we’ve created makes work feel like play!”

Who wouldn’t want to their students to feel this way about their own learning? Enjoy!

This first video is a mashup of the thousands of videos that were submitted from all over the world.

The orchestra rehearsed together for only three days before performing for sold out audiences at Carnegie Hall in New York City. This video shows highlights from the YouTube Symphony concert. There are interviews with the musicians as well as clips from the concert itself. You can watch the entire concert on YouTube here: Act One | Act Two.

Technology + Music = Amazing!

Joanna Gerakios and Tim DeCresie of Pitt County Schools shared numerous links to video sharing sites that could serve as alternatives to YouTube. They said that kids are already creating and revising video and multimedia content, usually at home, and it would be beneficial to them to make video creation and sharing available to them for school projects. Then they can share their projects with an authentic audience. This would also give educators the opportunity to teach what students can do legally.

They created a slideshow that they shared during their presentation:

Be sure to check out the information in this presentation! As our students are becoming more and more comfortable with creating, editing, and sharing their own videos, we need to find more safe resources for using videos in education.

More NCTIES Posts:

Opening Keynote
Photography Problems
Digital Tools for Digital Kids
Assessment with Technology
SmartBoard in Upper Elementary
Skype in the Classroom
More Than YouTube
Closing Keynote