We’ve been busy making plans for our YouTube project! Today we created a YouTube account that will be a place for us to put our videos. Sharifa is on YouTube all the time, it’s something she really enjoys. This project will let us become creators of YouTube videos instead of just viewers. Sharifa is planning to make weekly videos about opinions, things that go on in her day that are “totally amazing,” random stuff, and anything else that is interesting or exciting. Sharifa says, “people don’t express themselves face to face anymore, YouTube is the new way.” We both think YouTube is a really cool place to express yourself- ” If YouTube was cut off for a week, people would go crazy!!” We also think that YouTube can be a really useful resource. For example, Sharifa learned how to play the chorus of Katy Perry’s “Firework” on the clarinet from a YouTube video, and she learned how to tie knots. Sharifa uses YouTube as an educational tool. She watches “Minute Physics,” and has learned about dark matter or how hydrogen has a sound! She also watches videos like “America’s History in a Nutshell,” that relate to things she’s learning in school. We also think YouTube can just be really fun and funny!

Here’s an example of a MinutePhysics video that explains how observation impacts an experiment:

Here’s a video that’s just kind of goofy! But it also expresses interesting ideas about new technology and how it can be kind of crazy!

And here’s a video of GlitchMob a band that Sharifa discovered on Pandora and then found on YouTube! YouTube is a great resource for music too!