Thing #18

Youtube and Teachertube are definitely addicting! I found everything on Youtube from Promethean demonstrations to technology inspiration for the classroom. I included Technology in the 21st Century here and posted Hope for Technology in the Sandbox. My favorite how-to video is one by Johnny Lee that shows how to make an interactive whiteboard using a Wii remote. Just for fun, I also found one on how to crochet a hackey sack. My sons would love it (although they probably wouldn't make one themselves). :-)

I thought it was pretty funny when I typed "technology in the classroom" as a search for videos and the 2nd one that came up was the "Walkthroughs and Learning Objectives" done by Mesquite ISD! This is a great lesson in being careful what you let people video! You never know where it is going to turn up! I also found more technology inspiration videos for the classroom. In addition I found one on how to create groups in Teachertube.

Both of these sites can be a great resource in the classroom from finding inspiration for teachers and students to showing them how to do a task. I like the idea of creating groups for classroom videos. Videos and links can be embedded into presentations. (Although, I believe that Youtube is blocked with our district filter - not sure about Teachertube - so this could cause a problem with linking to them). Another idea that would really appeal to students would be to create their own video to post to one of these sites (although district guidelines must be followed before posting students online). Lots of topics could be covered this way and again, you're meeting students where they are and using technology that they use at home!

Technology in the 21st Century by abby1drew