YouTube and TeacherTube the k-12 classroom

[Cyndi Danner-Kuhn]

OK, well, I suspect you have all watched something on YouTube by now. And there is even a TeacherTube. True there is a ton of stupid stuff on YouTube, but there is also a great deal of great educational stuff you could use in the classroom. The problem is schools have it blocked. So you have to find a work around. There are always lots of ways to accomplish a task, so let's learn one. Open the attached document for links and how-to instructions below.

I want you to go to YouTube and/or Teacher Tube and find three videos you could use in your curriculum or classroom. Post them in the video section of this site. Make sure you look at your classmates videos and do not post the same ones. NO DUPLICATES. I have also posted a couple, make sure you watch them as well. Then, in this discussion I want you to reflect on using YouTube and TeacherTube and what was your ah ha moment and why you selected the three videos you did to post. How will you use this when you become a teacher?

[Brandi Patterson]

http://www.teachertube.com/flvideo/1383.flv
http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=a21425a59afb269c2a14
http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=10a1287274ecf02dccb5

I chose the above sights because they deal with the everyday challenges that ESL students face everyday. One of the videos where it shows the students working in a classroom together shows English speakers what it could be like in their classroom if they have never had non English speakers in their classes before.