RE: How Often Do You Watch Edutainment?
I love the video about boredom. It made me think further - about the many scientific advances and discoveries that were made during the "Enlightenment" period of the late 18th century, when many fairly well-off people had little to do in the long, candle-lit evenings except... invent steam engines!
I love edutainment videos. I've recently been enjoying the "Today I found out" channel. I like the presentation, which is very clear and articulate without being patronising. And the subjects are kind of unexpected and thought-provoking. I'm not overly keen on the kind of know-it-all "fill your brain with useless info" stuff, but each to their own.
I wasn't keen on "How Can We Grow Emotionally?" because the narrator sounds as if he's talking to a class of six-year-olds and the illustrations back this up.
I've made a couple of edutainment videos myself. One of them has had 11,500 views, which is teensy in YouTube terms, but I find it encouraging. They are time-consuming to make, though I enjoy doing it, so I'll probably make some more. I think we could do with some more female voices in this genre :)
Yeah, that certainly wasn't my favorite School of Live video, but I've watched so many of them (many of which have been very profound) that I've come to understand their style as part of their mission to slow things down a bit and treat existence a little bit more like children do. That may sound odd, but if you watch more of them then it starts to make a bit more sense.
Just watched a today I found out. I like it! English narrators always sound smart. Congrats on the video! Drop a link.
Thanks @lukestokes! Here's my humble effort: Why you need iodine: 10 things you didn't know about this essential nutrient.
I made it as part of a video diary series I did when I had thyroid problems. I did loads of research into it. I definitely plan to do more docuvids - the research and editing takes time, but I really enjoy doing it.