Video Sites!

Video sites are very helpful when it comes to teaching.  They can help make the content relevant by putting it into movie form.  It grabs the visual learners in a classroom and makes it much more interesting than just listening to a teacher lecture the entire time.

I do have concerns about certain sites.  Youtube and Google videos are available to most any person anywhere.  They are not language or content protected.  Any person can upload to these sites.  Most school systems have these sites blocked from being used.  My concern about trusting these videos is showing material that is inappropriate to students.

My thoughts on teachertube are very good.  It is dependable and secure.  The videos that are on this site are all learning videos.  You do not have outside material floating around.  I see the value in using this in a classroom. The videos are able to explain certain content in ways that may be difficult for a teacher to do alone.  Some of them have cartoon characters explaining the material which interests the students.  I will love using this in my future classroom. 

I have also been lucky enough to be set up by a librarian with a Discovery video account.  These are not blocked by school systems either and remind me a lot of teacher tube.  I will depend on these sites for teaching way more than the others.  I feel that any way to make learning fun is the best way to go!!!