As we already can see YouTube has become one of the most sought after resources for videos and podcasts. YouTube has grown so strong that some of the videos placed in the website have hit more than a million hits. So many people participate on YouTube and it has become a strong venue to expose music education. One example that many people can remember is the 6th grader Grayson Chance who performed his arrangement of Lady Gaga’s paparazzi at a district chorus festival in Oklahoma. Although it might just be thought as a popular video, we can see the general picture for music education. Without the proper music education this young student wouldn’t probably have able to perform the way he did. Children like him become poster children for music education. We can also see the power of YouTube through these performances and educators can use YouTube to promote their programs to many people. YouTube is one of the advancements in technology that we can think of in helping expose music and music education to the public. When searching YouTube you can also find a diverse range of videos show you how to play instruments to how to prepare lesson plans and different activities that can be used in classes. Educators can share their ideas with their peers and at same time gain ideas by watching these videos. YouTube has become an important source for music educators, it provides a variety of ways to share ideas, communicate with other educators and even demonstrate ideas through podcasts and videos. Now a day when one wants to search a video one of the first websites they go is YouTube. For music education we can find a ton of information including performances, how tos and many other videos that we might be searching for.
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