Sometimes I show short humorous videos at the beginning of class to get my students attention. They can sometimes lead to productive short "free" conversations if I follow them up with questions. I wanted to share these because every time I've shown them to my first grade high school ss's they get a laugh because in large part it is something they can relate to.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1h5TzdTq0oThere are 4 vids in this series but you can just follow the links in youtube for the rest.
If you can find some uses that are a little more academic more power to you.
I just had a class where I introduced the idea of something being "frustrating" and talked for a little bit about what things are "frustrating."
