Thing #22

I was glad to learn about TeacherTube and SchoolTube as alternatives to YouTube. All three have potential as teaching tools if one has the time to sort through to find a valuable clip. It's good for students to see "real world" examples of whatever the lesson might be about as well as use a technology familiar to them. In my case, I taught speech communications classes, so using some clips on overcoming public speaking fears or showing positive speaking examples would have been a nice complement to our class discussions. Again, I'm currently not teaching, but my husband is a teacher and is allowed to use YouTube clips in his classroom to complement his curriculum. He mentioned, though, that he always views the entire clip before showing it to students to make sure ALL the content is appropriate and applicable. We've actually used YouTube at home with my son who loves watching the Magic School Bus episodes. The downside is that each episode is divided into three sections, but he's just excited to watch it!