YouTube

www.youtube.com YouTube is the mother of all video sharing websites and one hell of a resource. Often overlooked as a place to watch kittens climb into boxes and egotistic vloggers to talk about themselves, however like most of the internet, once you wade through filth and trash you are presented with pure gold. YouTube has a simple website outlay, with easy searches and click and play functions. The YouTube library has well over 120, 000, 000 videos, with 13 hours of content being added each minute, so no matter what topic you are looking for it is highly likely you will find something helpful.

The website has a wealth of knowledge that is useful for special needs, for instance upon typing “Autism” into the search engine we are presented with 77, 100 videos, ranging from documentaries to personal accounts. To overlook YouTube as a legitimate resource due to its commercial nature is a real mistake.

YouTube can be used by both students and teachers, simply think of a topic you wish to research, type it into the search engine, click and go. The site can be used to build knowledge, enhance presentations, take a new perspective and break up the grind of book work.