'Keeping up with the times': JCC welding instructor turns class labs into global YouTube hit
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When Associate Professor of Welding Brent Harkness started his YouTube channel, he did so to give students a virtual option for lessons. More than 6 million views later, his goal of teaching hasn't changed.With the help of one of his students at Jamestown Community College, Harkness launched TVWeld in 2015."When I first started teaching here, I never wanted to become a stale instructor, so I've always tried to adapt with the times," Harkness explained. "Make sure that I'm keeping up with the times as far as instruction, what kids are into, what students are into, how teaching has evolved over the years."WATCH: Keeping up with the times: JCC welding instructor turns class labs into global YouTube hit Keeping up with the times: JCC welding instructor turns class labs into global YouTube hitHarkness' original goal was to upload labs from his class."That's how it all started," he said. "Then it kind of went into some different paths as it developed."One of those different paths includes sh