Collaborative Tool

Collaborative Tool

YouTube.com

(private accounts)

http://support.google.com/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=157177 or click here

 

 

Tool functionality: video sharing website, includes video blogging, podcasts, movie/t.v. clips, etc. Content is uploaded by individual users or other organizations. Also, a social network where people can create profiles and make comments.

Tool restrictions: YouTube might be blocked on school computers (even on teacher computers), would be more useful on a Smartboard or projector instead of just a computer screen. Private accounts can have up to only 50 users. You can only share with people who have a YouTube account.

 

In YouTube private accounts only those you invite are able to see what you post. Videos do not show up on playlists. The thumbnails will not appear in any of YouTube's public spaces.

 

In my school many times we say to each other "sounds like a great lesson, wish I could have seen it." Then we try our best to describe it and explain what the students were doing. Using a private YouTube account, teachers can see it for themselves without having to come in your classroom. Teachers can create videos, slideshows, or just audio with pictures of themselves or of their class. There can be certain activities or lessons you wish to share with your colleagues, but they can't make it in to watch you teach it. If you have a private YouTube account, other teachers can watch your lesson. Teachers can also video students doing an activity and students in other classrooms can watch what they did. Also, there are many educational videos on YouTube that teachers can share with each other.

Sample Video Clips from YouTube (these are not private videos, anyone can access)