You might have noticed that YouTube made some layout changes. One of those changes included altering the sharing menu and moving the location of the embed codes for videos. Someone emailed me this morning asking for help on finding the location of the embed codes for YouTube videos. I made the following short screencast to explain where to find and how to use YouTube embed codes.

Applications for Education

YouTube embed codes make it possible to include a video in your blog posts and on your website. I often include videos in blog posts as a way to provide audio and visual explanation of a concept that I have written about. I also use videos in classroom blog posts to spark discussion in the comments section of a blog post.