 ICT integration significantly expands the possibilities of the educational process and broadens the scope of the educational sphere as a whole. Publicly available resources like email, blogs, forums, online applications, video hosting sites can form the foundation for building open learning and education. Informational educational technologies for learning foreign languages are the focus of this study. The article presents the results of a theoretical analysis of content that is both personalized and didactic in nature, as well as certain aspects of the practical use of commonly used YouTube video materials in the process of teaching German as a first or second foreign language in higher education, specifically at a pedagogical university. Considering the practical experience of using the materials from several relevant thematic YouTube channels with a fairly large constant audience, a concise didactic analysis of their products is presented in recommendations on converting video content into methodological material within the context of a practical course of German language by future teachers are offered. As a result, the following tasks can be addressed, expanding the vocabulary, semanticizing phraseological units, constant figures of speech, cliches, developing pronunciation skills, expanding linguistic competency, improving listening and speaking skills, increasing motivation to. This article was authored by Ol V Korna, Vita Amaniak and Alexander Diakitol. We are article.tv, links in the description below.