A lesson exploring the transformation of digital media production through the lens of YouTube's first video, 'Me at the zoo', contrasting early raw footage with modern high-production content.
A media literacy lesson comparing early internet culture (specifically the first YouTube video) to the modern Creator Economy.
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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 lesson for elementary students exploring the permanence of the internet through the first-ever YouTube video, 'Me at the zoo', teaching the concept of a digital footprint.
A lesson exploring the psychological shift in social media from documenting the world to documenting the self, anchoring on the first YouTube video from 2005.
A lesson where high school students analyze the first YouTube video, "Me at the zoo," as a historical primary source to understand the evolution of digital media, authenticity, and the attention economy.
A middle school lesson plan exploring how digital media has evolved from the authentic, unscripted early days of the internet to the highly produced content of today, centered around analyzing the first YouTube video 'Me at the zoo'.
A short high school warm-up focused on developing media literacy skills by identifying bias, loaded language, and selective data in articles about climate change.
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This lesson introduces business students to the concept of a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) through the historical lens of YouTube's first-ever upload, challenging them to prioritize core functionality over perfection.
A high school history and media literacy lesson where students evaluate 'Me at the zoo' as a primary source, acting as digital archaeologists from the year 2124 to analyze early 21st-century culture and technology.
A sociology and technology lesson analyzing the concept of 'Digital Footprint' and internet permanence through the lens of the first-ever YouTube video, 'Me at the zoo'. Students explore the shift from unscripted early internet content to modern curation and reflect on their own digital legacies.
A lesson for high school Media Studies/History students analyzing the shift from broadcast to social media through the lens of the first YouTube video, 'Me at the zoo'. Students evaluate the impact of User-Generated Content (UGC) and compare early digital media to modern trends.
A lesson regarding the evaluation of primary sources in the digital age, focusing on the first YouTube video.
A High School History lesson exploring the shift from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0 through the lens of primary source analysis, featuring 'Me at the zoo' as a historical artifact of digital democratization.
Students analyze the evolution of digital media by comparing the first-ever YouTube video, 'Me at the zoo,' with modern production standards, focusing on production quality, scripting, and the concept of user-generated content.
A high school Computer Science lesson connecting the history of YouTube's first video to concepts of bandwidth, data compression, and internet infrastructure evolution.
A lesson where students analyze the first-ever YouTube video to learn about unscripted oral communication and then perform their own 20-second observational vlogs.
A media studies lesson exploring how early platform limitations shaped internet culture, anchored by 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 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.
Students explore the concept of digital primary sources by analyzing the first-ever YouTube video as a historical artifact and creating their own museum-style documentation for contemporary digital media.