Friday 8:30 - 9:30 am

Presenter: Steve Dembo

Director of Online Community and Social Media ● Discovery Education

Presenter’s Role: Featured Speaker

Every student has a camera in their pocket and easy access to video tools that rival professional movie studios. How do we use these powerful technologies in the classroom? Explore non-traditional ways to harness the power of digital storytelling to tap into student creativity throughout the curriculum.

Session Outline: This session explores a series of about 30 different YouTube videos and genres. We will analyze the original 'viral' video itself, and then break down what's great about it and how we can use simple technologies to replicate the primary ideas, often for free.

The session starts out with a breakdown of why YouTube is so significant to students and educators, the legislation which dictates whether it needs to be blocked or not and alternatives for people that are unable to make use of it. Then we begin exploring different genres of videos within YouTube including mashups, stop motion, green screen, typography, lip dubs and many more. For every video explored, specific suggestions will be made for adapting it for classroom use. 

Audience: All Audiences

Expertise: All levels

Strand: Teacher-Lib

Content: Library Media

A former kindergarten teacher and school Director of Technology, Discovery Education’s Director of Social Media Strategy and Online Community Steve Dembo is a pioneer in the field of educational social networking. Among the first educators to realize the power of blogging, podcasting, Twitter, and other Web 2.0 technologies to connect educators to one another and create professional learning communities, Dembo has been instrumental in the explosive growth of the Discovery Educator Network and its online presence at http://community.discoveryeducation.com/. Dembo is a course designer and adjunct professor for Wilkes University where serves as instructor for the Internet Tools for Teaching class in the Instructional Media degree program. In 2010, the National School Board Association named Dembo as one of "Twenty to Watch," a list honoring individuals who are finding innovative ways to use technology to increase classroom learning.