YouTube

I value this tool as a great resource.
Recently I completed my first prac in a private p to 12 school. The students did not have access to YouTube, however the teachers did. I was given the opportunity to teach the English Communications class to year 12 students. They were all boys and so keeping them engaged was always going to be difficult. Their future assignment was to give a 5 minute 'how to' presentation.
So sticking with this theme I used YouTube to locate some video presentations that set good and bad examples. We explored presentations that focused on certain themes, such as the use of signs, voice volume, clarity of instructions, boring or engaging.
This was so much fun. I selected a YouTube video that explained 'how to do the moonwalk'. I chose this as the school formal was just around the corner and the video also focused on other parts of speech presentation that were important for the class to experience in order for them to acheive a good result.
I didn't attend the formal, however I did hear that the boys made a galant attempt at the moonwalk.

You can give it a go yourself by checking out the instructions on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EEynvjfljU

Have fun and let me know how you go.