Month: December 2014

Here’s a big wake up call…

If you think you’re up with the times and know the kinds of things the students you teach are interested in, but you can’t recognise anybody or relate to anything in this YouTube Rewind 2014 video, then I’m afraid you are seriously deluding yourself.

I’m not saying that what is represented here reflects the lifestyle and viewing habits of every teenager, or that what they are watching is necessarily high brow culture, but this compendium of what has ‘made it’ on YouTube this year is something that I’m guessing a large proportion of your students could relate to. And maybe, just maybe, there’s some merit in understanding their culture and being able to converse with them about the things that pique their interest.

If you want to know more, visit the YouTube clip and click on ‘Show more’. You will find links to all of the featured YouTubers. Dang it, why don’t I just make it easy for you and paste the list in here:

Action Movie Kid https://youtube.com/theActionMovieKid
Aichi Ono https://youtube.com/SpinboyAichi0307
Amanda Steele https://youtube.com/MakeupbyMandy24
AmazingPhil https://youtube.com/AmazingPhil
Andy Raconte https://youtube.com/AndyRaconte
Anil B https://youtube.com/WaRTeKGaminG
Ape Crime https://youtube.com/ApeCrimeReloaded
Apollos Hester http://youtu.be/X7ymriMhoj0
Barely Political https://youtube.com/barelypolitical
Bart Baker https://youtube.com/BartBaKer
Bethany Mota https://youtube.com/Macbarbie07
Big Bird https://youtube.com/SesameStreet
Bilingirl https://youtube.com/cyoshida1231
Brett Nichols https://youtube.com/BrettNicholsOfficial
Brittani Louise Taylor: https://www.youtube.com/BrittaniLouis…
Carrie Fletcher https://youtube.com/ItsWayPastMyBedTime
Chris Hardwick https://youtube.com/Nerdist/
Colin Furze https://youtube.com/colinfurze
Conan O’Brien https://youtube.com/teamcoco
Conchita Wurst https://youtube.com/ConchitaWurst
Connor Franta https://youtube.com/ConnorFranta
Corridor Digital https://youtube.com/CorridorDigital
Cyprien https://youtube.com/MonsieurDream
daaruum https://youtube.com/daaruum
danisnotonfire https://youtube.com/danisnotonfire
Devil Baby https://youtube.com/devilsduenyc
Dodie Clark https://youtube.com/doddleoddle
Ella Caney-Willis https://youtube.com/EllaSaysHiya
Enjoy Phoenix https://youtube.com/EnjoyPhoenix
Epic Rap Battles https://youtube.com/ERB
Evan Edinger https://youtube.com/naveregnide
fouseyTUBE https://youtube.com/fouseyTUBE
Freddie W https://youtube.com/freddiew
Gabriel Valenciano https://youtube.com/iamgabvalenciano
Gal Volinez http://goo.gl/zPKRNo
Grace Helbig https://youtube.com/graciehinabox
Hajime https://youtube.com/0214mex
Hannah Hart https://youtube.com/MyHarto
Heart https://youtube.com/ThatsHeart
Hello Denizen https://youtube.com/HelloDenizen
Hikakin https://youtube.com/HIKAKIN
HolaSoyGerman https://youtube.com/HolaSoyGerman
How It Should Have Ended https://youtube.com/HISHEdotcom
IISuperwomanII https://youtube.com/IISuperwomanII
iJustine https://youtube.com/ijustine
Ingrid Nilsen https://youtube.com/missglamorazzi
iTakahashi https://youtube.com/iTakahashikun
JennXPenn https://youtube.com/jennxpenn.
Jenna Marbles https://youtube.com/JennaMarbles
Jimmy Kimmel https://youtube.com/JimmyKimmelLive
John Oliver https://youtube.com/LastWeekTonight
Kacy Catanzaro http://youtu.be/XfZFuw7a13E
Kid President http://goo.gl/D9e40D
Kingsley https://youtube.com/ItsKingsleyBitch
Kosuke https://youtube.com/user/pazudoraya
Kurt Hugo Schneider https://youtube.com/KurtHugoSchneider
Le Floid https://youtube.com/LeFloid
Luke Cutforth https://youtube.com/LukeIsNotSexy
Mamiruton https://youtube.com/TheMaxMurai
Manako (Q’ulle) http://goo.gl/EtLTpW
MasuoTV https://youtube.com/MasuoTV
Matt Bittner http://youtu.be/8UoJ-34Ssa0
Max Murai https://youtube.com/TheMaxMurai
Michelle Phan https://youtube.com/MichellePhan
Mika Shindate https://youtube.com/shindatemika
Niki Albon https://youtube.com/NikiNSammy
PDS https://youtube.com/PDSKabushikiGaisha
Pentatonix https://youtube.com/PTXofficial
PewDiePie https://youtube.com/PewDiePie
PrankvsPrank https://youtube.com/PrankvsPrank
Raphael Gomes https://youtube.com/ItsRaphaBlueBerry
Rhett & Link https://youtube.com/RhettandLink
Rosanna Pansino https://youtube.com/RosannaPansino
Sadie Miller https://youtube.com/amillerfull
Sam Tsui https://youtube.com/TheSamTsui
Sami Slimani https://youtube.com/HerrTutorial
Sammy Albon https://youtube.com/NikiNSammy
Sasaki Asahi https://youtube.com/sasakiasahi
Seikin https://youtube.com/SeikinTV
Sione Vaka Kelepi https://youtube.com/sionemaraschino
Sir Fedora https://www.youtube.com/SirFedora
SkyDoesMinecraft https://youtube.com/SkyDoesMinecraft
Smosh https://youtube.com/smosh
Stephen Colbert https://youtube.com/comedycentral
Steve Kardynal https://youtube.com/SteveKardynal
Stuart Edge https://youtube.com/stuartedge
The Fine Bros https://youtube.com/TheFineBros
The Gregory Brothers https://youtube.com/schmoyoho
The Slow Mo Guys https://youtube.com/theslowmoguys
Troye Sivan https://youtube.com/TroyeSivan18
Tyler Oakley https://youtube.com/tyleroakley
VlogBrothers https://youtube.com/vlogbrothers
Vsauce2 https://youtube.com/Vsauce2
Vsauce3 https://youtube.com/Vsauce3
WORLD ORDER https://youtube.com/crnaviofficial

Now there’s a bit of homework for the holidays. Enjoy!