Steady as You Go: Camera Stability Without a Tripod

DIY Tripods| How to Stabilize Your Camera without Buying a Tripod

Richard Bennett

Oct 26, 2023• Proven solutions

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When you’re trying to grow a channel on YouTube it can feel like equipment is a barrier, but it shouldn’t be. If you can’t afford a high-end tripod, for example, there are loads of ways to get by without one.

DIY Your Video with Wondershare Filmora

Wondershare Filmora has the best video stabilization tool is your videos have a bad frame or were recorded in dim lights. If a video is shot in bad weather or unfriendly situation where you don’t have all the equipment required for a quality recording, Wondershare Filmora can help you in the background to edit your videos like a pro. And it has all the relevant tools like effects, transitions, background removal, overlays, and background music that could turn your normal video to a professional one.

Here are 3 of our favorite DIY tripods.

DIY smartphone tripod using binder clips or hair clips

You’re a solo operation and your best camera is on your phone. That’s pretty common.

If you have a DSLR then you can set it down on any stable surface while filming yourself, but your phone can’t stand up by itself. It needs something or someone to hold it. Do you just accept that and shoot everything as a selfie?

No. No, you don’t, because there are common household items that can help you out of this problem. For this DIY tripod, you need either 2 binder clips or 2 ‘claw clips’ (also called ‘hair jaws’).

Hold your phone in landscape mode (horizontally, so it’s long rather than tall) and attach clips to the bottom corners. If you are worried about scratching your screen, fold up some paper to place between your clip and your phone.

Here it is with binder clips:

And here it is with hair clips:

Now you can set your smartphone upon any stable surface, like a table or a stack of books.

Here are some more cool ideas!

DIY adjustable tripod using books and a towel

You’ve probably heard a million times that you can stabilize your camera by sitting it down on any stable surface – on your desk, on a stack of books, up in a tree, etc. This is very true!

But if you can use any stable surface, why do people buy tripods?

Because it isn’t convenient to rearrange your furniture whenever you want to make a video, and also because tripods are adjustable. You can change their height, you can use them to pan or tilt, and it’s pretty easy to move them a bit forwards or backward while you’re setting up your shot.

To get similar functions from the ‘any stable surface’ solution you can use a table, a stack of books, and a towel.

1. Set up the area where you’re going to sit while you’re filming on one end of the table.
2. Put the towel down over the approximate spot you want your camera to be.
3. Stack your books on top of the towel.
4. Put your camera on top of the books.

Now if your camera isn’t up high enough, or is too high, you can adjust it just by adding or taking away books. If you want to move it closer or farther away from you, just pull the towel forwards or backward.

DIY gripping ‘Gorillapod’ using wire and tape

Gorillapod’s are cool because you can use them like normal tripods, carry them around like selfie sticks, or attach them to things like fences and posts. Here’s how you can make something similar using wire, electrical tape or duct tape, and a 1/4 bolt.

Your wire should be fairly stiff and you’ll need three pieces the same length, which should be at least 10 inches. Old clothes hangers work well. This needs to be something strong enough to support the weight of your camera, but soft enough that it’s not impossible for you to bend.

All of your supplies plus the finished product.

Readying your legs

Step 1: Bend 2 inches at one end of each wire into a ‘U’ shape. You will probably need pliers for this.

Step 2: Pick up one of your pieces of wire and wrap one end with electrical tape. Go around 5-10 times (to prevent it from coming undone at the end) and then, without cutting your tape, start moving up and wrapping the rest of your wire. Stop before your ‘U’ section.

Repeat this with the other two wires.

Attaching your legs

Step 1: Place the ‘U’ section of a leg against your bolt. The bolt’s threading should be pointing away from the leg. Now, use your tape to attach them. Wind it around 2 or 3 times, then repeat the process with both of the other legs individually.

Step 2: After all the legs are attached, wrap some more tape around all 3 as tightly as you can.

Your camera will mount onto the bolt! You’ll be able to use this as a normal table-top tripod or use the flexible legs to grab onto different things like a Gorillapod. Read more at Instructables.

Note: make sure the bolt is a fit for your camera before you get too far into this process.

Richard Bennett

Richard Bennett is a writer and a lover of all things video.

Follow @Richard Bennett

Richard Bennett

Oct 26, 2023• Proven solutions

0

When you’re trying to grow a channel on YouTube it can feel like equipment is a barrier, but it shouldn’t be. If you can’t afford a high-end tripod, for example, there are loads of ways to get by without one.

DIY Your Video with Wondershare Filmora

Wondershare Filmora has the best video stabilization tool is your videos have a bad frame or were recorded in dim lights. If a video is shot in bad weather or unfriendly situation where you don’t have all the equipment required for a quality recording, Wondershare Filmora can help you in the background to edit your videos like a pro. And it has all the relevant tools like effects, transitions, background removal, overlays, and background music that could turn your normal video to a professional one.

Here are 3 of our favorite DIY tripods.

DIY smartphone tripod using binder clips or hair clips

You’re a solo operation and your best camera is on your phone. That’s pretty common.

If you have a DSLR then you can set it down on any stable surface while filming yourself, but your phone can’t stand up by itself. It needs something or someone to hold it. Do you just accept that and shoot everything as a selfie?

No. No, you don’t, because there are common household items that can help you out of this problem. For this DIY tripod, you need either 2 binder clips or 2 ‘claw clips’ (also called ‘hair jaws’).

Hold your phone in landscape mode (horizontally, so it’s long rather than tall) and attach clips to the bottom corners. If you are worried about scratching your screen, fold up some paper to place between your clip and your phone.

Here it is with binder clips:

And here it is with hair clips:

Now you can set your smartphone upon any stable surface, like a table or a stack of books.

Here are some more cool ideas!

DIY adjustable tripod using books and a towel

You’ve probably heard a million times that you can stabilize your camera by sitting it down on any stable surface – on your desk, on a stack of books, up in a tree, etc. This is very true!

But if you can use any stable surface, why do people buy tripods?

Because it isn’t convenient to rearrange your furniture whenever you want to make a video, and also because tripods are adjustable. You can change their height, you can use them to pan or tilt, and it’s pretty easy to move them a bit forwards or backward while you’re setting up your shot.

To get similar functions from the ‘any stable surface’ solution you can use a table, a stack of books, and a towel.

1. Set up the area where you’re going to sit while you’re filming on one end of the table.
2. Put the towel down over the approximate spot you want your camera to be.
3. Stack your books on top of the towel.
4. Put your camera on top of the books.

Now if your camera isn’t up high enough, or is too high, you can adjust it just by adding or taking away books. If you want to move it closer or farther away from you, just pull the towel forwards or backward.

DIY gripping ‘Gorillapod’ using wire and tape

Gorillapod’s are cool because you can use them like normal tripods, carry them around like selfie sticks, or attach them to things like fences and posts. Here’s how you can make something similar using wire, electrical tape or duct tape, and a 1/4 bolt.

Your wire should be fairly stiff and you’ll need three pieces the same length, which should be at least 10 inches. Old clothes hangers work well. This needs to be something strong enough to support the weight of your camera, but soft enough that it’s not impossible for you to bend.

All of your supplies plus the finished product.

Readying your legs

Step 1: Bend 2 inches at one end of each wire into a ‘U’ shape. You will probably need pliers for this.

Step 2: Pick up one of your pieces of wire and wrap one end with electrical tape. Go around 5-10 times (to prevent it from coming undone at the end) and then, without cutting your tape, start moving up and wrapping the rest of your wire. Stop before your ‘U’ section.

Repeat this with the other two wires.

Attaching your legs

Step 1: Place the ‘U’ section of a leg against your bolt. The bolt’s threading should be pointing away from the leg. Now, use your tape to attach them. Wind it around 2 or 3 times, then repeat the process with both of the other legs individually.

Step 2: After all the legs are attached, wrap some more tape around all 3 as tightly as you can.

Your camera will mount onto the bolt! You’ll be able to use this as a normal table-top tripod or use the flexible legs to grab onto different things like a Gorillapod. Read more at Instructables.

Note: make sure the bolt is a fit for your camera before you get too far into this process.

Richard Bennett

Richard Bennett is a writer and a lover of all things video.

Follow @Richard Bennett

Richard Bennett

Oct 26, 2023• Proven solutions

0

When you’re trying to grow a channel on YouTube it can feel like equipment is a barrier, but it shouldn’t be. If you can’t afford a high-end tripod, for example, there are loads of ways to get by without one.

DIY Your Video with Wondershare Filmora

Wondershare Filmora has the best video stabilization tool is your videos have a bad frame or were recorded in dim lights. If a video is shot in bad weather or unfriendly situation where you don’t have all the equipment required for a quality recording, Wondershare Filmora can help you in the background to edit your videos like a pro. And it has all the relevant tools like effects, transitions, background removal, overlays, and background music that could turn your normal video to a professional one.

Here are 3 of our favorite DIY tripods.

DIY smartphone tripod using binder clips or hair clips

You’re a solo operation and your best camera is on your phone. That’s pretty common.

If you have a DSLR then you can set it down on any stable surface while filming yourself, but your phone can’t stand up by itself. It needs something or someone to hold it. Do you just accept that and shoot everything as a selfie?

No. No, you don’t, because there are common household items that can help you out of this problem. For this DIY tripod, you need either 2 binder clips or 2 ‘claw clips’ (also called ‘hair jaws’).

Hold your phone in landscape mode (horizontally, so it’s long rather than tall) and attach clips to the bottom corners. If you are worried about scratching your screen, fold up some paper to place between your clip and your phone.

Here it is with binder clips:

And here it is with hair clips:

Now you can set your smartphone upon any stable surface, like a table or a stack of books.

Here are some more cool ideas!

DIY adjustable tripod using books and a towel

You’ve probably heard a million times that you can stabilize your camera by sitting it down on any stable surface – on your desk, on a stack of books, up in a tree, etc. This is very true!

But if you can use any stable surface, why do people buy tripods?

Because it isn’t convenient to rearrange your furniture whenever you want to make a video, and also because tripods are adjustable. You can change their height, you can use them to pan or tilt, and it’s pretty easy to move them a bit forwards or backward while you’re setting up your shot.

To get similar functions from the ‘any stable surface’ solution you can use a table, a stack of books, and a towel.

1. Set up the area where you’re going to sit while you’re filming on one end of the table.
2. Put the towel down over the approximate spot you want your camera to be.
3. Stack your books on top of the towel.
4. Put your camera on top of the books.

Now if your camera isn’t up high enough, or is too high, you can adjust it just by adding or taking away books. If you want to move it closer or farther away from you, just pull the towel forwards or backward.

DIY gripping ‘Gorillapod’ using wire and tape

Gorillapod’s are cool because you can use them like normal tripods, carry them around like selfie sticks, or attach them to things like fences and posts. Here’s how you can make something similar using wire, electrical tape or duct tape, and a 1/4 bolt.

Your wire should be fairly stiff and you’ll need three pieces the same length, which should be at least 10 inches. Old clothes hangers work well. This needs to be something strong enough to support the weight of your camera, but soft enough that it’s not impossible for you to bend.

All of your supplies plus the finished product.

Readying your legs

Step 1: Bend 2 inches at one end of each wire into a ‘U’ shape. You will probably need pliers for this.

Step 2: Pick up one of your pieces of wire and wrap one end with electrical tape. Go around 5-10 times (to prevent it from coming undone at the end) and then, without cutting your tape, start moving up and wrapping the rest of your wire. Stop before your ‘U’ section.

Repeat this with the other two wires.

Attaching your legs

Step 1: Place the ‘U’ section of a leg against your bolt. The bolt’s threading should be pointing away from the leg. Now, use your tape to attach them. Wind it around 2 or 3 times, then repeat the process with both of the other legs individually.

Step 2: After all the legs are attached, wrap some more tape around all 3 as tightly as you can.

Your camera will mount onto the bolt! You’ll be able to use this as a normal table-top tripod or use the flexible legs to grab onto different things like a Gorillapod. Read more at Instructables.

Note: make sure the bolt is a fit for your camera before you get too far into this process.

Richard Bennett

Richard Bennett is a writer and a lover of all things video.

Follow @Richard Bennett

Richard Bennett

Oct 26, 2023• Proven solutions

0

When you’re trying to grow a channel on YouTube it can feel like equipment is a barrier, but it shouldn’t be. If you can’t afford a high-end tripod, for example, there are loads of ways to get by without one.

DIY Your Video with Wondershare Filmora

Wondershare Filmora has the best video stabilization tool is your videos have a bad frame or were recorded in dim lights. If a video is shot in bad weather or unfriendly situation where you don’t have all the equipment required for a quality recording, Wondershare Filmora can help you in the background to edit your videos like a pro. And it has all the relevant tools like effects, transitions, background removal, overlays, and background music that could turn your normal video to a professional one.

Here are 3 of our favorite DIY tripods.

DIY smartphone tripod using binder clips or hair clips

You’re a solo operation and your best camera is on your phone. That’s pretty common.

If you have a DSLR then you can set it down on any stable surface while filming yourself, but your phone can’t stand up by itself. It needs something or someone to hold it. Do you just accept that and shoot everything as a selfie?

No. No, you don’t, because there are common household items that can help you out of this problem. For this DIY tripod, you need either 2 binder clips or 2 ‘claw clips’ (also called ‘hair jaws’).

Hold your phone in landscape mode (horizontally, so it’s long rather than tall) and attach clips to the bottom corners. If you are worried about scratching your screen, fold up some paper to place between your clip and your phone.

Here it is with binder clips:

And here it is with hair clips:

Now you can set your smartphone upon any stable surface, like a table or a stack of books.

Here are some more cool ideas!

DIY adjustable tripod using books and a towel

You’ve probably heard a million times that you can stabilize your camera by sitting it down on any stable surface – on your desk, on a stack of books, up in a tree, etc. This is very true!

But if you can use any stable surface, why do people buy tripods?

Because it isn’t convenient to rearrange your furniture whenever you want to make a video, and also because tripods are adjustable. You can change their height, you can use them to pan or tilt, and it’s pretty easy to move them a bit forwards or backward while you’re setting up your shot.

To get similar functions from the ‘any stable surface’ solution you can use a table, a stack of books, and a towel.

1. Set up the area where you’re going to sit while you’re filming on one end of the table.
2. Put the towel down over the approximate spot you want your camera to be.
3. Stack your books on top of the towel.
4. Put your camera on top of the books.

Now if your camera isn’t up high enough, or is too high, you can adjust it just by adding or taking away books. If you want to move it closer or farther away from you, just pull the towel forwards or backward.

DIY gripping ‘Gorillapod’ using wire and tape

Gorillapod’s are cool because you can use them like normal tripods, carry them around like selfie sticks, or attach them to things like fences and posts. Here’s how you can make something similar using wire, electrical tape or duct tape, and a 1/4 bolt.

Your wire should be fairly stiff and you’ll need three pieces the same length, which should be at least 10 inches. Old clothes hangers work well. This needs to be something strong enough to support the weight of your camera, but soft enough that it’s not impossible for you to bend.

All of your supplies plus the finished product.

Readying your legs

Step 1: Bend 2 inches at one end of each wire into a ‘U’ shape. You will probably need pliers for this.

Step 2: Pick up one of your pieces of wire and wrap one end with electrical tape. Go around 5-10 times (to prevent it from coming undone at the end) and then, without cutting your tape, start moving up and wrapping the rest of your wire. Stop before your ‘U’ section.

Repeat this with the other two wires.

Attaching your legs

Step 1: Place the ‘U’ section of a leg against your bolt. The bolt’s threading should be pointing away from the leg. Now, use your tape to attach them. Wind it around 2 or 3 times, then repeat the process with both of the other legs individually.

Step 2: After all the legs are attached, wrap some more tape around all 3 as tightly as you can.

Your camera will mount onto the bolt! You’ll be able to use this as a normal table-top tripod or use the flexible legs to grab onto different things like a Gorillapod. Read more at Instructables.

Note: make sure the bolt is a fit for your camera before you get too far into this process.

Richard Bennett

Richard Bennett is a writer and a lover of all things video.

Follow @Richard Bennett

Learning Leaders: Most Influential Edu Tutorials YT

Top 10 Educational YouTube Channels

Richard Bennett

Mar 27, 2024• Proven solutions

There are many benefits that come with using educational YouTube channels to study and learn for both students and teachers. Video has a transformative way of learning which has been proven to encourage flipped classroom models where students have a chance to digest the lecture content at their pace, besides delving deeper into the content during class time. Below is a short preview of the specific benefits that using YouTube has for teachers and their students-:

• YouTube videos inspire and engage students in ways not possible with traditional lecturing methods.
• Using educational YouTube channels assists in mastery learning in instances where technical or complex topics are being studied.
• YouTube learning facilitate thinking and problem solving amongst the students
• Educational YouTube channels provide a vast resource for research on a myriad of subjects and topics
• Videos can be downloaded and accessed with great convenience, whether online or offline.
• They enable the teachers to reach millions of potential students in different countries across the globe.
• The engaging nature of videos makes them to be a more effective way of learning
• Educational YouTube channels can be used to create an archive of free learning resources which both the students and teachers can access without having to pay.

Top 10 Educational YouTube Channels

Below are the top ten educational YouTube channels that both students and teachers will find useful-:

1.Massachusetts Institute of Technology Channel

Massachusetts Institute of Technology is one of the most premier higher learning centers in the world and so it is justifiable for it to have one of the best educational YouTube channels in the internet. The channel avails a wide variety of educational videos, cutting across various disciplines and anyone can access them without paying any tuition fees.

2. The University of California, Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley is another top public research and teaching institution in the United States and it also has one of the best educational YouTube channels in the internet. Just like the MIT channel, UC channel avails thousands of quality educational videos cutting across a plethora of subjects. All the materials are available to the general public for free and they are systematically arranged to help you progress from one level to another. However, UC Berkelyey course content on its channel is unavailable from 2017, March 15. And the UC Berkeley’s Webcast and Legacy Course Capture Content is available to UC Berkeley community members with an active CalNet and bConnected (Google) identity now.

3. TechnoBuffalo

TechnoBuffalo is one of the most comprehensive YouTube educational channels dedicated to everything that deals with electronics. It presents reviews on various electronic products, besides showing the workings of the various products. It also has practical videos as well as first look videos on the latest technology and gadgets.

4.ASAP Science

Just as the name suggests, ASAP Science is a science-themed educational YouTube channels. It primarily shows videos on the practical application of science in our everyday life. Within the channel, learners will find strange and interesting videos teaching different ways on how science impact on the day to day lives of people.

5. Sick Science

This is a leading educational YouTube channels for those interested in intriguing scientific experiments and demonstrations. The videos in this channel are clearly and thoroughly explained and they cover a wide variety of topics. One thing that you will find amazing about this channel is that most of the experiments are very safe and can be done by anyone at home.

6. BBC Earth

BBC Earth is some of the few educational YouTube channels dedicated to promoting different education programs, especially those that are usually shown on BBC Earth television channel. The nature of the content of the videos in this channel includes research, nature and natural history videos, with some dating back to fifty years ago.

7. Veritasium

Veritasium is an educational YouTube channel where complex issues are dissected in consumable content to help those interested in learning. The channel has partnered with some of the big brands to bring more educational content and offer a great deal of useful information to their subscribers.

8. SmarterEveryday

With 3.1 million subscribers, there is no doubt that SmarterEveryday is amongst the top educational YouTube channels you will ever come across. The channel is created and run by an engineer whose goal is to educate people by exploring the world through scientific demonstrations then explaining his processes and findings on the channel.

9. The Game Theorists

This educational YouTube channel is all about video games where it tries to separate the fact from the fiction in the development of the video games, especially the science behind the development of the cars seen in the video games.

10.Speak English with Misterduncan

This is an awesome educational YouTube channels for anyone who is interested in learning English as a second language. Most of the videos contained in the channel teach about definitions of words, idioms as well as silent letters. What student find most amazing in this channel is the subtitles at the end of the screen to aid learning more about spelling and pronunciation of what is being taught.

Conclusion

YouTube has become a beloved educational resource for both students and teachers across the globe. It makes the process of teaching and learning so simple that most people no longer find learning to be an arduous task it used to be in the past. Besides, there are a plethora of educational YouTube channels with hundreds of high quality educational materials available to the general public for free. Irrespective of your interest of study, you can always find several educational YouTube channels to use in your learning journey.

If you are a YouTube or want to make a tutorial by your own, we recommend you to try Wondershare Filmora , which is easy to use yet powerful enough, it also allows you to record the PC screen which is very practical for tutorial video making.

Richard Bennett

Richard Bennett is a writer and a lover of all things video.

Follow @Richard Bennett

Richard Bennett

Mar 27, 2024• Proven solutions

There are many benefits that come with using educational YouTube channels to study and learn for both students and teachers. Video has a transformative way of learning which has been proven to encourage flipped classroom models where students have a chance to digest the lecture content at their pace, besides delving deeper into the content during class time. Below is a short preview of the specific benefits that using YouTube has for teachers and their students-:

• YouTube videos inspire and engage students in ways not possible with traditional lecturing methods.
• Using educational YouTube channels assists in mastery learning in instances where technical or complex topics are being studied.
• YouTube learning facilitate thinking and problem solving amongst the students
• Educational YouTube channels provide a vast resource for research on a myriad of subjects and topics
• Videos can be downloaded and accessed with great convenience, whether online or offline.
• They enable the teachers to reach millions of potential students in different countries across the globe.
• The engaging nature of videos makes them to be a more effective way of learning
• Educational YouTube channels can be used to create an archive of free learning resources which both the students and teachers can access without having to pay.

Top 10 Educational YouTube Channels

Below are the top ten educational YouTube channels that both students and teachers will find useful-:

1.Massachusetts Institute of Technology Channel

Massachusetts Institute of Technology is one of the most premier higher learning centers in the world and so it is justifiable for it to have one of the best educational YouTube channels in the internet. The channel avails a wide variety of educational videos, cutting across various disciplines and anyone can access them without paying any tuition fees.

2. The University of California, Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley is another top public research and teaching institution in the United States and it also has one of the best educational YouTube channels in the internet. Just like the MIT channel, UC channel avails thousands of quality educational videos cutting across a plethora of subjects. All the materials are available to the general public for free and they are systematically arranged to help you progress from one level to another. However, UC Berkelyey course content on its channel is unavailable from 2017, March 15. And the UC Berkeley’s Webcast and Legacy Course Capture Content is available to UC Berkeley community members with an active CalNet and bConnected (Google) identity now.

3. TechnoBuffalo

TechnoBuffalo is one of the most comprehensive YouTube educational channels dedicated to everything that deals with electronics. It presents reviews on various electronic products, besides showing the workings of the various products. It also has practical videos as well as first look videos on the latest technology and gadgets.

4.ASAP Science

Just as the name suggests, ASAP Science is a science-themed educational YouTube channels. It primarily shows videos on the practical application of science in our everyday life. Within the channel, learners will find strange and interesting videos teaching different ways on how science impact on the day to day lives of people.

5. Sick Science

This is a leading educational YouTube channels for those interested in intriguing scientific experiments and demonstrations. The videos in this channel are clearly and thoroughly explained and they cover a wide variety of topics. One thing that you will find amazing about this channel is that most of the experiments are very safe and can be done by anyone at home.

6. BBC Earth

BBC Earth is some of the few educational YouTube channels dedicated to promoting different education programs, especially those that are usually shown on BBC Earth television channel. The nature of the content of the videos in this channel includes research, nature and natural history videos, with some dating back to fifty years ago.

7. Veritasium

Veritasium is an educational YouTube channel where complex issues are dissected in consumable content to help those interested in learning. The channel has partnered with some of the big brands to bring more educational content and offer a great deal of useful information to their subscribers.

8. SmarterEveryday

With 3.1 million subscribers, there is no doubt that SmarterEveryday is amongst the top educational YouTube channels you will ever come across. The channel is created and run by an engineer whose goal is to educate people by exploring the world through scientific demonstrations then explaining his processes and findings on the channel.

9. The Game Theorists

This educational YouTube channel is all about video games where it tries to separate the fact from the fiction in the development of the video games, especially the science behind the development of the cars seen in the video games.

10.Speak English with Misterduncan

This is an awesome educational YouTube channels for anyone who is interested in learning English as a second language. Most of the videos contained in the channel teach about definitions of words, idioms as well as silent letters. What student find most amazing in this channel is the subtitles at the end of the screen to aid learning more about spelling and pronunciation of what is being taught.

Conclusion

YouTube has become a beloved educational resource for both students and teachers across the globe. It makes the process of teaching and learning so simple that most people no longer find learning to be an arduous task it used to be in the past. Besides, there are a plethora of educational YouTube channels with hundreds of high quality educational materials available to the general public for free. Irrespective of your interest of study, you can always find several educational YouTube channels to use in your learning journey.

If you are a YouTube or want to make a tutorial by your own, we recommend you to try Wondershare Filmora , which is easy to use yet powerful enough, it also allows you to record the PC screen which is very practical for tutorial video making.

Richard Bennett

Richard Bennett is a writer and a lover of all things video.

Follow @Richard Bennett

Richard Bennett

Mar 27, 2024• Proven solutions

There are many benefits that come with using educational YouTube channels to study and learn for both students and teachers. Video has a transformative way of learning which has been proven to encourage flipped classroom models where students have a chance to digest the lecture content at their pace, besides delving deeper into the content during class time. Below is a short preview of the specific benefits that using YouTube has for teachers and their students-:

• YouTube videos inspire and engage students in ways not possible with traditional lecturing methods.
• Using educational YouTube channels assists in mastery learning in instances where technical or complex topics are being studied.
• YouTube learning facilitate thinking and problem solving amongst the students
• Educational YouTube channels provide a vast resource for research on a myriad of subjects and topics
• Videos can be downloaded and accessed with great convenience, whether online or offline.
• They enable the teachers to reach millions of potential students in different countries across the globe.
• The engaging nature of videos makes them to be a more effective way of learning
• Educational YouTube channels can be used to create an archive of free learning resources which both the students and teachers can access without having to pay.

Top 10 Educational YouTube Channels

Below are the top ten educational YouTube channels that both students and teachers will find useful-:

1.Massachusetts Institute of Technology Channel

Massachusetts Institute of Technology is one of the most premier higher learning centers in the world and so it is justifiable for it to have one of the best educational YouTube channels in the internet. The channel avails a wide variety of educational videos, cutting across various disciplines and anyone can access them without paying any tuition fees.

2. The University of California, Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley is another top public research and teaching institution in the United States and it also has one of the best educational YouTube channels in the internet. Just like the MIT channel, UC channel avails thousands of quality educational videos cutting across a plethora of subjects. All the materials are available to the general public for free and they are systematically arranged to help you progress from one level to another. However, UC Berkelyey course content on its channel is unavailable from 2017, March 15. And the UC Berkeley’s Webcast and Legacy Course Capture Content is available to UC Berkeley community members with an active CalNet and bConnected (Google) identity now.

3. TechnoBuffalo

TechnoBuffalo is one of the most comprehensive YouTube educational channels dedicated to everything that deals with electronics. It presents reviews on various electronic products, besides showing the workings of the various products. It also has practical videos as well as first look videos on the latest technology and gadgets.

4.ASAP Science

Just as the name suggests, ASAP Science is a science-themed educational YouTube channels. It primarily shows videos on the practical application of science in our everyday life. Within the channel, learners will find strange and interesting videos teaching different ways on how science impact on the day to day lives of people.

5. Sick Science

This is a leading educational YouTube channels for those interested in intriguing scientific experiments and demonstrations. The videos in this channel are clearly and thoroughly explained and they cover a wide variety of topics. One thing that you will find amazing about this channel is that most of the experiments are very safe and can be done by anyone at home.

6. BBC Earth

BBC Earth is some of the few educational YouTube channels dedicated to promoting different education programs, especially those that are usually shown on BBC Earth television channel. The nature of the content of the videos in this channel includes research, nature and natural history videos, with some dating back to fifty years ago.

7. Veritasium

Veritasium is an educational YouTube channel where complex issues are dissected in consumable content to help those interested in learning. The channel has partnered with some of the big brands to bring more educational content and offer a great deal of useful information to their subscribers.

8. SmarterEveryday

With 3.1 million subscribers, there is no doubt that SmarterEveryday is amongst the top educational YouTube channels you will ever come across. The channel is created and run by an engineer whose goal is to educate people by exploring the world through scientific demonstrations then explaining his processes and findings on the channel.

9. The Game Theorists

This educational YouTube channel is all about video games where it tries to separate the fact from the fiction in the development of the video games, especially the science behind the development of the cars seen in the video games.

10.Speak English with Misterduncan

This is an awesome educational YouTube channels for anyone who is interested in learning English as a second language. Most of the videos contained in the channel teach about definitions of words, idioms as well as silent letters. What student find most amazing in this channel is the subtitles at the end of the screen to aid learning more about spelling and pronunciation of what is being taught.

Conclusion

YouTube has become a beloved educational resource for both students and teachers across the globe. It makes the process of teaching and learning so simple that most people no longer find learning to be an arduous task it used to be in the past. Besides, there are a plethora of educational YouTube channels with hundreds of high quality educational materials available to the general public for free. Irrespective of your interest of study, you can always find several educational YouTube channels to use in your learning journey.

If you are a YouTube or want to make a tutorial by your own, we recommend you to try Wondershare Filmora , which is easy to use yet powerful enough, it also allows you to record the PC screen which is very practical for tutorial video making.

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Mar 27, 2024• Proven solutions

There are many benefits that come with using educational YouTube channels to study and learn for both students and teachers. Video has a transformative way of learning which has been proven to encourage flipped classroom models where students have a chance to digest the lecture content at their pace, besides delving deeper into the content during class time. Below is a short preview of the specific benefits that using YouTube has for teachers and their students-:

• YouTube videos inspire and engage students in ways not possible with traditional lecturing methods.
• Using educational YouTube channels assists in mastery learning in instances where technical or complex topics are being studied.
• YouTube learning facilitate thinking and problem solving amongst the students
• Educational YouTube channels provide a vast resource for research on a myriad of subjects and topics
• Videos can be downloaded and accessed with great convenience, whether online or offline.
• They enable the teachers to reach millions of potential students in different countries across the globe.
• The engaging nature of videos makes them to be a more effective way of learning
• Educational YouTube channels can be used to create an archive of free learning resources which both the students and teachers can access without having to pay.

Top 10 Educational YouTube Channels

Below are the top ten educational YouTube channels that both students and teachers will find useful-:

1.Massachusetts Institute of Technology Channel

Massachusetts Institute of Technology is one of the most premier higher learning centers in the world and so it is justifiable for it to have one of the best educational YouTube channels in the internet. The channel avails a wide variety of educational videos, cutting across various disciplines and anyone can access them without paying any tuition fees.

2. The University of California, Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley is another top public research and teaching institution in the United States and it also has one of the best educational YouTube channels in the internet. Just like the MIT channel, UC channel avails thousands of quality educational videos cutting across a plethora of subjects. All the materials are available to the general public for free and they are systematically arranged to help you progress from one level to another. However, UC Berkelyey course content on its channel is unavailable from 2017, March 15. And the UC Berkeley’s Webcast and Legacy Course Capture Content is available to UC Berkeley community members with an active CalNet and bConnected (Google) identity now.

3. TechnoBuffalo

TechnoBuffalo is one of the most comprehensive YouTube educational channels dedicated to everything that deals with electronics. It presents reviews on various electronic products, besides showing the workings of the various products. It also has practical videos as well as first look videos on the latest technology and gadgets.

4.ASAP Science

Just as the name suggests, ASAP Science is a science-themed educational YouTube channels. It primarily shows videos on the practical application of science in our everyday life. Within the channel, learners will find strange and interesting videos teaching different ways on how science impact on the day to day lives of people.

5. Sick Science

This is a leading educational YouTube channels for those interested in intriguing scientific experiments and demonstrations. The videos in this channel are clearly and thoroughly explained and they cover a wide variety of topics. One thing that you will find amazing about this channel is that most of the experiments are very safe and can be done by anyone at home.

6. BBC Earth

BBC Earth is some of the few educational YouTube channels dedicated to promoting different education programs, especially those that are usually shown on BBC Earth television channel. The nature of the content of the videos in this channel includes research, nature and natural history videos, with some dating back to fifty years ago.

7. Veritasium

Veritasium is an educational YouTube channel where complex issues are dissected in consumable content to help those interested in learning. The channel has partnered with some of the big brands to bring more educational content and offer a great deal of useful information to their subscribers.

8. SmarterEveryday

With 3.1 million subscribers, there is no doubt that SmarterEveryday is amongst the top educational YouTube channels you will ever come across. The channel is created and run by an engineer whose goal is to educate people by exploring the world through scientific demonstrations then explaining his processes and findings on the channel.

9. The Game Theorists

This educational YouTube channel is all about video games where it tries to separate the fact from the fiction in the development of the video games, especially the science behind the development of the cars seen in the video games.

10.Speak English with Misterduncan

This is an awesome educational YouTube channels for anyone who is interested in learning English as a second language. Most of the videos contained in the channel teach about definitions of words, idioms as well as silent letters. What student find most amazing in this channel is the subtitles at the end of the screen to aid learning more about spelling and pronunciation of what is being taught.

Conclusion

YouTube has become a beloved educational resource for both students and teachers across the globe. It makes the process of teaching and learning so simple that most people no longer find learning to be an arduous task it used to be in the past. Besides, there are a plethora of educational YouTube channels with hundreds of high quality educational materials available to the general public for free. Irrespective of your interest of study, you can always find several educational YouTube channels to use in your learning journey.

If you are a YouTube or want to make a tutorial by your own, we recommend you to try Wondershare Filmora , which is easy to use yet powerful enough, it also allows you to record the PC screen which is very practical for tutorial video making.

Richard Bennett

Richard Bennett is a writer and a lover of all things video.

Follow @Richard Bennett