YouTube for Teens Review

I have another product to share with you from Timberdoodle, YouTube for Teens!  YouTube for Teens is a 12-week interactive course that equates to a 1-semester elective credit from Film School 4 Teens.

In this course, teens will learn about choosing a content area, shooting and editing quality footage as well as optimizing their channel in a safe way.  Basically everything they need to know to create and get a YouTube channel running.  I appreciate that it challenges them to think about if their channel has intrinsic value and helps improve people's lives 😉.

This online course is geared for ages 12 and up or 7th grade and beyond.

I printed the PDF workbook and put it in a binder for the kids to use as they work through this course.

Inside our binder, including the Table of Contents

As mentioned previously this is a 12-week course so it is broken into 12 sections.

Damon Evans is the director of YouTube 4 Teens and he walks you through the lessons.

Above you can see YouTube channel examples found in Section 1.  Also notice on our dashboard that there is a progress bar in the top left hand corner that tracks your completion of this course.  Above it shows 8%.

Working through Section 1 of our binder.

Each of the 12 sections includes videos with lessons and interviews with established YouTubers.  I love that it lays out tasks and assignments clearly.  I also like that as you progress through the course you follow a case study of a few teens establishing their own channel.

Okay, there are 12 sections, how are they broken down?

• Section 1 covers the introduction and overview of this course and has you determine your why.
• Section 2 encourages you to choose your topic and write a purpose statement.
• Section 3 is about planning your videos and organizing your ideas.
• Section 4 is about choosing your tech and selecting your gear.
• Section 5 is about editing your videos and choosing your software.
• Section 6 is about shooting a VLOG and taking a video for your channel.
• Section 7 is about editing 4 YouTube and editing the video you took.
• Section 8 is about starting your own channel.
• Section 9 is about optimizing your videos.
• Section 10 is about creating revenue streams.
• Section 11 is about marketing your channel and choosing your marketing strategy.
• Section 12 contains final instructions for launching your channel!

This course is straightforward.  You watch the video lectures (which are fun and engaging), complete your assignment questions and work through the deep thought questions for every section.  These action steps need to be completed before moving onto the next section.  And at the end of it all, you will have your own YouTube channel or understand how to create one if you desire.  I love that this course is fresh, fun and emphasizes safety on a platform that is not always safe.  And while this is a 12-week course, I don't see any problem with taking it a little slower if you need to.  We are going a little slower mainly because the oldest 3 have such varying schedules and I really wanted them to work on this course together.  I have since decided to have them work through it individually when they have time and then they can confer together as needed.  On a side note, I have enjoyed working through this course as well.  My YouTube channel is in dire need of help and revamping and this is a great opportunity for me to do that so stay tuned for more on that in the near future 😉.

 

YouTube for Teens is currently a part of Timberdoodle's 10th Grade Curriculum Kit.  This is such a fun elective and we highly recommend it!  I'm looking forward to seeing my teenagers final creation.

Disclosure:  Huge shout out to Timberdoodle for selecting me as a Timberdoodle Blogger.  I received YouTube for Teens in exchange for my honest review.  All opinions are my own.