Teachers and YouTube: What are they watching?

by: Michael Johannes

Typically, most teachers wouldn’t have the necessary time to be able to watch YouTube with their busy lives.  They mainly have to grade and create work for their students which can take up to hours depending on how much work the teachers assign to their students.  When teachers do have free time, some of them may not watch YouTube because they wouldn’t find their enjoyment there.

There are so many topics to watch on YouTube that teachers could watch anything, it depends on their interests of what they want to watch on YouTube.  

WHS social studies teacher Mr. Sand said, “I watch a lot of travel videos.” He uses YouTube for travel since he goes on a lot of vacations to places.  He likes to plan out his vacations and uses YouTube in that aspect by understanding the areas he is going to.

WHS Tech Ed teacher Mr. Sikora said, “I watch a variety of topics, from news, automotive and entertainment.” He uses YouTube for church as well ever since the pandemic started.

Some teachers try to make their job easier to do and they do that by using videos to teach the students.  There are so many videos on YouTube that some teachers could only use YouTube to teach their students on a topic.

Mr. Sand said, “I use it a lot.” He uses YouTube a lot to show videos to his students because it is better to see videos about the topic that he is teaching and the topic he is teaching is better to be seen then told.

Mr. Sikora said, “I use YouTube for teaching almost every class.” With what he teaches it is better for him since he can look for YouTube videos that will help him explain his lesson plan instead of taking the time to show his students what to do.  There are also things that he can show on YouTube but can’t do in school, like showing what a factory looks like.

YouTube is widely used across the world and many teachers use it as well.  Many people watch different videos and there is nobody out there who has watched the same exact videos and if somebody watches a lot of YouTube then you can get a good grasp on what that person likes.

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