YouTube is a video sharing website media sites online is the largest and most popular in the world of the internet. Current youtube users spread across the world from a variety of ages, from children to adults. Youtube users can upload video, video search, watch videos, discussion/q & a about video and share video clips for free. Every day there are millions of people accessing youtube so it's not wrong if Youtube very potential to be utilized as a medium of instruction.
The Introduction Of YouTube
As the development of the age that makes the onset of competition in terms of information technology. YouTube comes with every amenity that was given. YouTube is social media for online video sharing the largest and well known in the internet world. YouTube was founded in February 2005. User media sharing this video spread across the world from various ages.
YouTube is a video-sharing service that allows users to send a private video developed, from animation to tape, and various video learning that we can get there. YouTube is a social application that allows users to share and form communities around their content. In addition we can also watch and share videos for free.
The purpose of utilizing youtube as the medium of instruction is to create the conditions and atmosphere of learning that is engaging, fun and interactive.
Learning videos on youtube can be used for interactive learning in the classroom, for both students as well as teachers themselves through online and offline presentations. Utilization of youtube as a medium of learning can be used at any time without the limited sporting space and time provided computer or media presentations linked to the internet.
Why choose youtube as a medium of instruction? Because youtube has several advantages as a medium of instruction, namely:
- Potential i.e. youtube is the site of the most poluper in the world of internet is currently capable of providing edit value against education/education.
- Practical i.e. youtube is easy to use and can be followed by all circles including students and teachers.
- Informative i.e. youtube provide information about the development of science education, technology, culture, etc.
- Interactive i.e. youtube facilitates us to discuss or do the questioning even reviewing a video learning.
- Sheareable i.e. youtube has HTML links, Embed video code learning can in sheare in social networking such as facebook, twitter and also your blog/website.
- Economical i.e. youtube free for all walks of life.
The benefits of Youtube
By using youtube pembeljaran media, we will be able to benefit from the use of youtube for the advancement of learning in the science of geography:
- As a strategy of good learning and teaching as well as to obtain the reference in the process of teaching and learning in terms of understanding the process and cause a scene.
- Do know in detail about the information sharing process of natural disaster or natural events that relate to geography.
- Via youtube learning process can be more practical and efficient, because in the memhami process of natural events an event we can mlihat in detail from the video. Without having to practice.
CONCLUSION
Over time, the world of education follows the changes in terms of any element in the learning process. Those changes demand that the existence of the improvement in the educational elements of the science of geography was no exception. Not only the quantity but the quality will generate in also very in junjung to see the potential of the individual graduates field of study geography. Therefore education using a variety of instructional media, one of them with YouTube media acquired we use through internet access. Everything on the internet related to geography in expected able to understand by students so that's what we get we can visulisasikan in the life around.
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