In this podcast, Kevin Honeycutt skypes Amanda Marrinan from Australia about her Youtube class. Amanda describes the natural disaster that has taken place in Morton bay leaving the entire area flooded badly. She says that 80% of Queensland is completely flooded. Families have had to deal with losing there belongings and all sorts of other troubles. Amanda’s youtube class allows students to be in class without actually being in the classroom. She explains that the kids are the center of the room. Some parents are nervous about their child’s faces being online. But Amanda argues that her class keeps things safe. She says that the outcomes of the youtube class are nothing but positive. Students who had trouble writing their thoughts were able to truly shine when they could verbal express their feelings through the technology. The class uses document cameras, and Amanda says she has to gradually convince parents that nothing bad is going to happen. Some teachers won’t try something new until they know everything about it. Amanda says she’s not afraid to make mistakes. She say’s “If your not making mistakes you’re not learning.” She has the children make blogs and allows the students help each other. By doing this, everyone learns together, even her herself. Together they are also learning to use Skype. The main thing she stresses is that we can learn more from failure than success. Check out more about her classroom and how it works!
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