Students explore the concept of digital permanence through the lens of YouTube's first video, 'Me at the zoo', and analyze the tension between historical preservation and the 'Right to be Forgotten'.
A Speech & Debate/ELA lesson where students analyze 'Me at the zoo' to understand the differences between impromptu and prepared speaking, ending with a script-polishing activity.
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A Pre-K to 1st Grade lesson on listening and observing, featuring the 'Me at the zoo' video to teach about elephants and descriptive language.
A media studies lesson analyzing the first YouTube video as a historical artifact, exploring the shift to user-generated content and early internet culture.
A lesson analyzing 'Me at the zoo', the first YouTube video, to understand the evolution of digital communication, authenticity vs. production, and user-generated content.
A lesson on the historical significance of digital primary sources, focusing on the democratization of media through the lens of the first YouTube video.
A high school journalism lesson focused on concise storytelling and on-camera presence using a 19-second video constraint inspired by the first YouTube video.
A lesson exploring the transition from early user-generated content to modern professionalized influencer culture, centered around the first-ever YouTube video.
A media literacy lesson contrasting early user-generated content with modern standards, anchored by the first ever YouTube video.
A lesson for High School Media/Journalism students exploring the shift from raw, unedited vlogs to highly curated performative content on social media.
A 50-minute lesson for undergraduate marketing students exploring the concept of Minimum Viable Product (MVP) through the lens of YouTube's history and its first uploaded video.
A middle school lesson on digital footprints, focusing on the permanence of online content using the first YouTube video 'Me at the zoo' as a case study.
An undergraduate media studies lesson exploring the evolution of authenticity on social media, using the first-ever YouTube video as a case study for the 'aesthetic of banality' and the shift toward the creator economy.
A media literacy and research skills lesson for grades 3-5 where students verify claims from the first YouTube video, "Me at the zoo," using secondary sources.
A lesson for 3rd-5th graders on descriptive writing using the first YouTube video 'Me at the zoo' as a prompt. Students upgrade simple observations into exciting descriptions.
A media literacy lesson comparing early internet culture (specifically the first YouTube video) to the modern Creator Economy.
A lesson on analyzing early digital media as primary historical sources, focusing on the first YouTube video 'Me at the zoo'.
A lesson plan focusing on the evolution of user-generated content, starting with the first YouTube video 'Me at the zoo'. Students analyze early internet culture versus modern viral trends.
A media studies and history lesson exploring the shift from traditional media to user-generated content through the lens of the first YouTube video, 'Me at the zoo'.
A Kindergarten to 2nd-grade lesson where students observe elephants, learn about their trunks, and practice observation skills using the historic 'Me at the zoo' video.
A lesson regarding the evaluation of primary sources in the digital age, focusing on the first YouTube video.