Youtube is the second largest search engine in the world and serves more than 2 billion videos per week. We scanned the site for teacher-inspired stories and found hundreds of videos. Here are some of our favorites:
1. Teacher Gets a Haircut for Africa
As a teacher, your place in the lives of students can transcend the role of educator. The most memorable and influential teachers often become positive role models for their students and exemplify values and morals for their students to emulate. One teacher took it upon herself to impart a lesson of charity and global awareness to her students in an unconventional way.
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2. Teacher Fired Over Facebook Post
Social media networks like Facebook and Twitter have revolutionized the way we communicate. Along with many advantages these online people-connectors provide, they also bring with them many hazards. What you put on your Facebook page or what you tweet to a friend can oftentimes become public, no matter how private you thought it was initially. The teacher in this video found out about the pitfalls of Facebook the hard way.
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3. Professor Destroys Laptop
Across the country, schools are integrating technology into the classroom. In some schools, laptops have become more prevalent than No. 2 pencils. Some teachers hold that the technology in the classroom is doing more harm than good, providing yet another distraction and stunting students’ ability to work off-screen. In this clip, a teacher makes his stance on laptops very clear and makes the experience — well — educational.
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4. Teacher Gets Creative on April Fools’ Day
Teachers constantly search for innovative ideas to inspire and engage their students. A hands-on project or a field trip helps students interact with material in an experiential way. This teacher grabs his students attention and their imagination with a little computer magic.
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5. From the Classroom to the Operating Room
Teaching is not brain surgery, but the right word of encouragement from a teacher can be as important as a surgeon’s steady hand. One New Jersey science teacher found out how a compliment he gave a student inspired the youngster to become a neurosurgeon.
