It was interesting to note the number of video sharing sites available.The only one I had previously heard of was Vimeo. This is the site used by our school for sharing videos on our school website. This maybe because the DET blocks Youtube from student use.
I am quite familiar with Youtube and often find sites to help teachers in the classroom. All classrooms in our school have interactive white boards so youtube has replaced my collection of pictures and sometimes (but not often) replaces a book as well.
I thought this was a great way for students to show their learning as they help produce the video.
I think as we begin to have our students produce these great things it is important that we teach about copyright from an early age.
Mrs Yollis who teaches young students has recently written an excellent post called Using a Creative Commons Licence on her blog relating to copyright. To find the post open her blog and scroll down to find the post. It was written on April 22nd 2011 In this post she directs her students to flickercc where we can use images without fear of copyright infringment. Her post also shows another use for Youtube in the classroom.
When I investigated Teachertube I found this great video explaining Google Docs and its use in schools. I thought that would be a good one to share with staff.
A really great informative post. I love the Google Docs video & may just have to borrow that one!! Great to see you enjoyed checking out these sites further.
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