YouTube Founders Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim
From the Series STEM Trailblazer Bios
Have you ever watched a home video that went viral on the Internet? Then you’ve probably heard of the company YouTube.
YouTube was created by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim in 2005. When these three friends wanted to share a video from a party, they realized they were on to something. They thought other people would want an easy way to share videos online too. The website they built quickly became the most popular online video community in the world. But how did they go from tech-savvy young adults to founders of one of the Internet’s most visited sites ? Discover how Chen, Hurley and Karim came together to build an international platform for video sharing.
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| Interest Level | Grade 2 - Grade 5 |
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| Reading Level | Grade 4 |
| Genre | Science |
| Category | 5 Kinds of Nonfiction, 5KN: Narrative Nonfiction, STEM, STEM: Interdisciplinary |
| Copyright | 2014 |
| Publisher | Lerner Publishing Group |
| Imprint | Lerner Publications ™, LernerClassroom |
| Language | English |
| Number of Pages | 32 |
| Publication Date | 2014-01-01 |
| Reading Counts! Level | 4.7 |
| Text Type | Narrative Nonfiction |
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| BISACS | JNF007090, JNF061010, JNF012010 |
| Dewey | 384.3'3 |
| Dimensions | 7 x 9 |
| Lexile | 780 |
| Guided Reading Level | T |
| ATOS Reading Level | 4.9 |
| Accelerated Reader® Quiz | 163027 |
| Accelerated Reader® Points | 0.5 |
| Features | Bibliography/further reading, Glossary, Index, Reviewed, Sidebars, Source notes, Table of contents, Teaching Guides, Timeline, and eSource |
Author: Patricia Wooster
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STEM Trailblazer Bios
Read about the life stories and significant contributions of some of today’s most accomplished figures in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) fields. Narrative nonfiction text explores key details from each person’s life, often… View available downloads →
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School Library Journal, Series Made Simple
“Fact boxes of additional information, quotations, and well-produced and clearly captioned, full-color photographs are interspersed throughout the attractive layout.” —School Library Journal, Series Made Simple
