The Progression of YouTube

Title: Progression of the Numa Numa YouTube
Description: Students learn how a simple music video released by a Former-Russian-Province Boy Band can generate a global exchange of ideas in the form of YouTube Videos.

  • 2003 – Eastern European Band O-Zone releases a song titled “Dragostea din Tei”
    YouTube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mdb0B3Ib2gE
  • 2004 – 19 year-old Gary Brolsma of New Jersey hears the song and records himself lip-sinching to the lyrics with his new webcam
    A Japanese Cartoon Copycat Video is released at this time
  • December 6, 2004 – Gary uploads the video to internet video site Newgrounds.com
    He calls it the ‘Numa Numa Dance’
  • January 2005 – The video is seen by millions of people
  • 2005 – Video sharing website YouTube launches
    Gary’s Numa Numa Dance Video on TouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60og9gwKh1o
  • The ‘Numa Numa Dance’ inspires thousands of copycat videos… and is eventually downloaded over 700 million times itself
  • Chinese Cartoon YouTube Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8skO9d6lg4
  • Japanese Dance YouTube Video (yes, that is a man): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERzTfsFpSaY
  • Chinese Dance Music Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jH0sezjtBDo
  • Korean Dance Music Video
  • US Navy Numa Numa Video
  • Balan – Sugar Tunes (Numa Numa) Compilation Video:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5y4wehtHgw
    Integration: This evolution of YouTube is  unique way to get students thinking about how IT brings about a global exchange of ideas.
    Update: My classes made our own Numa Numa Video for the eInstruction makeover Contest!
    http://eimakeover.shycast.com/contestant/372/
    It was our first video production with mostly borrowed equipment, but my classes had so much fun creating the video!

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