In Focus: A Youtuber - teacher’s handbook

Year 5 - Computing

Lesson1🚖

What is a vlogger (or YouTuber)?

The driving question for today’s lesson.

What is a Vlog?

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design your front cover

This book is about filming and this should be reflected in the cover design.

Think about your design, colour, fonts, emojis and

positioning.

5

What is a VLOG?

A Vlog is simply a blog that includes video content.

The first vlog can be traced back to 2000. A guy called Adam Kontras set up a blog to keep his friends up to date with his journey to Los Angeles. This blog included a video smuggling a cat into a ‘no pets’ hotel and the vlog was born.

Vlogging really took off after YouTube was launched in 2005 and the rise of the Smartphone which provides easy access to those who want to vlog. The smartphone also allowed vloggers to film their daily experiences.

Today 44% of all internet users watch a vlog at least once a month.

🎥 🎥What is a Youtuber?

🤔What is a Vlogger?🤔

Do you like to watch any YouTubers? If you do write their names in this box and explain what their channel is about.

What is a VLOG?

Who is Daniel Middleton?

How does DanTDM engage with his audience?

Now that you have watched the video, what was the purpose of it? Was it factual, funny, sad? 🤔

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DanTDM commentates on popular games such as Minecraft. What does commentate mean? Can you give examples of anything you watch that includes commentary?

What is a VLOG?

Vlog

(DL) I can explain what the term vlogger means.

Lesson2🚖

Why are YouTubers popular? How do they make money

as a YouTuber?

The driving question for today’s lesson.

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What is a VLOG?

Why are YouTubers so popular?

What is a VLOG?

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A Billion pound industry

Name Earnings 2017

Daniel Middleton £12.3 million

Evon Fong £11.6 million

Dude Perfect £10.5 million

Markiplier £9.3 million

Logan Paul £9.3 million

PewDiePie £9 million

Jake Paul £8.6 million

Top Earning Vloggers 2017

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Average earning of a nurse in the UK £23,919. To earn the money that Daniel Middleton earned in 2017 it would take a nurse 514 years.

Let’s Investigate: How do YouTubers make money? 🔎

Being a youtuber

Let’s Investigate: Is there a negative side to being a YouTuber? Explain what some of the negatives may be.🔎

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Being a youtuber

Online Bullying

(DL) I can explain what online bullying is and discuss empathy and effects.

(DL) I can critically analyse the positives and negatives on being a vlogger.

Lesson3🚖

When you put your life on the internet what can go

wrong?

The driving question for today’s lesson.

As a successful vlogger you live your life in public and this can mean that you have very little privacy. Vlogging is a more personal experience than other forms of social media as viewers can see the vlogger and engage with their personality.

This is something that popular Youtubers and married couple 👫 Archie Deyes and Zoella have complained about. They even took to Twitter to ask fans to stop coming to their house and peering through their windows.

What value do you place on your privacy?

What can go wrong?

Dangers of Daily Vlogging

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Let’s Investigate: What happened when it all went wrong for Logan Paul?🔎

Using the internet find out what video got Logan Paul in trouble? Explain what he did in the box below:

Do you think it was appropriate for him to post the video he did? Explain why.

Why do you think he broadcast this video online? Do you think he thought of the consequences of posting it?

Being a youtuber

Let’s Investigate: What happened when it all went wrong for Kanghua Ren?🔎

Using the internet find out what video got Kanghua Ren in trouble? Explain what he did in the box below:

What is the possible punishment for his ‘prank’ which he broadcast online?

Why do you think he broadcast this video online? Do you think he thought of the consequences of posting it?

Being a youtuber

Digital Footprint

(DL) I can identify risks when putting content online.

Lessons 4 & 5🚖

What does it take to create a Vlog?

The driving question for today’s lesson.

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🎥Let’s Create: Your task is to create a Youtube stye video aimed

at your parents from one of the following topics: 1. Explaining what a YouTuber is, what they vlog about and

what the pros and cons of being a Youtuber is. 2. Your School, make a vlog about what makes your school so

special, all the amazing things that take place in school. 3. Your Favourite Computer Game/Pop Star.

Being a youtuber

How hard can it be?

How long do you think an average vlog takes to create?

The average Youtuber says it will take 2-3 hours for a simple short vlog. More complex vlogs can take anything from 2-3 days to 2-3 weeks.

So what do you do to create a vlog? How do you decide on the purpose of the vLog? What equipment do you need? Can you think of anything else you would need to consider?

Once you’ve answered these questions you will need to decide on whether to write a script or not. REMEMBER you do not want any periods of silence in your videos so while you may not want to write a script you will need to be able to speak for 2-3 minutes without any uneasy silences. That can be tough but a script can help with that.

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You will work in pairs to create your video.

This video explains some of the things we will need to consider when making our videos such as lighting & Audio

Creating your video

Who would like to share their video?

Record

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Next we need to edit your video. Each group should ensure they use transitions, text and filters in their video.

Don’t forget we are learning how to use this app so experiment with all the different features of the app!

editing your video

Who would like to share their video?

(DL) I can create a subject specific vlog.

(DL) I can edit my vlog.

Lesson6🚖

Would you like to be a Vlogger when you grow up?

The driving question for today’s lesson.

Time for reflection

Add you video to your book if you are able to.

Now lets watch your video and critique it.

• Is the camera steady or does the person who is filming it shake a little? How could you resolve that?

• What’s the sound quality like? Can you hear your voice, is it at the same level throughout? Is there an echo to your voice? Is there any background noise?

• What about the quality of your picture? Does it look professional? How does the colour compare to the colour quality of say your HD TV at home?

• What’s happening in the background of your video? Does the setting reflect the image you want to portray?

What would you do differently next time?

Do you want to be a Vlogger when you grow up?

A survey of 1,000 children in 2017 found that YouTuber was the top career choice for children when they grow up. Second on the list was vlogger/ blogger. Is it something you would like to do?

You have to be 13 to have an account on YouTube so if you want to do it start planning and thinking now. What do you want to blog about, research the current market, who are the best bloggers out there now? What do they do that attracts people to their vlog?

Start making your own videos using commentary to describe what they are doing. The biggest challenge for vloggers is commentating on the video while doing a task so start practising now if this is a career you’d consider for the future.

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When you are older would you like to be a YouTuber?

Explain your answer.

🤔What would the theme for your YouTube broadcast be?

Do you want to be a Vlogger when you grow up?

🎥 🎥What advice would you

give anyone who is considering becoming a

YouTuber?

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Do you want to be a Vlogger when you grow up?

Who would like to share their thinking?

Edit

(DL) I can construct a persuasive argument for or against becoming a vlogger.