Teachertube

[|Teacher Tube] //** --Video, audio, and more for educators **//

**Description:** TeacherTube.com began in 2007 as the creation of Jason Smith, an experienced educator, with the goal of providing “an online community for sharing instructional videos” (TeacherTube, 2010). It is a website that focuses on sharing educational information for and with teachers: providing video, audio, documents, photographs, and blogs. Similar to YouTube but with a solely educational focus, it has over 500,000 members who can upload, download, and view all types of educational media. The site allows users various options when uploading media including album, title, description, tags, category, subcategory, public/private sharing, allowing comments, allowing ratings, and allowing embedding on external sites. With the channels feature, users can connect to video, audio, photos, documents, and blogs on 23 different topics such as NASA, News ands Journalism, and Career and Tech Education.

**What makes it a web 2.0 tool:** TeacherTube is a wonderful example of a Web 2.0 tool. The technology tool centers on the sharing of user-created information; almost all of the content is created by and for users. It has many Web 2.0 features, including tags, public/private sharing, allowing comments, allowing ratings, and allowing external sites to embed the video/audio/document/photo. Whether posting a video, commenting on a photo, or reading a blog, people who visit TeacherTube constantly interact with each other through the numerous contributions. These interactive features combine to make TeacherTube a model Web 2.0 tool that educators can enjoy using, contributing to, and sharing with students and faculty alike.

1.) TeacherVision - TeacherVision contains tools and resources (graphic organizers, lesson plans, quizzes, etc.) for teachers on TeacherTube that are organized by grade, subject, theme, and more. 2.) RSS Feeds – TeacherTube allows users to subscribe to separate RSS feeds for video, audio, and photos so that users can receive only what they want. 1.) Dedicated to educational videos 2.) Contains more than videos (audio, documents, photos) 3.) Free 4.) Monitored 5.) Contains lesson plans 6.) Links to other sites 7.) Ability to embed in blogs, wikis, or other websites 8.) E-mail features 9.) Ability to create or join community groups 1.) Visible unaffiliated advertising 2.) Inconsistent video quality (not all high quality) 3.) May take time to download 4.) Monitoring of uploads is done after the upload instead of before being viewable 5.) Does not offer option to filter GoogleVideo/YouTube videos
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 * Comparison to similar Web 2.0 tools **
 * [|SchoolTube]
 * SchoolTube is very similar to TeacherTube in that it hosts educational videos for K – 12 schools. Schooltube, however, contains only videos, unlike the multiple formats that TeacherTube offers. SchoolTube brands itself as “the place for students and teachers to share videos online” (SchoolTube, 2010). The layout is much more appealing than TeacherTube and could interest both students and educators. SchoolTube, unlike TeacherTube, has a store where members can make purchases and a gaming section. While SchoolTube does not have the range of media that TeacherTube has, the videos on SchoolTube are student-produced, making them easy for students to relate to and learn from.

> [|YouTube]
 * [|WatchKnow]
 * WatchKnow is directed by Dr. Larry Sanger, a co-founder of Wikipedia and has videos arranged in over 3,000 education-related categories (Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi, 2010). It is similar to both TeacherTube and SchoolTube in that it focuses on educational videos. Like the others, WatchKnow is a free site. The front page has a directory that allows users to filter by age and subject, which is a feature that the TeacherTube and SchoolTube do not showcase. This feature allows educators to easily find the perfect resource. Also, WatchKnow allows users to search WatchKnow, YouTube, TeacherTube, SchoolTube, and GoogleVideo all from the site. It also has a button that makes WatchKnow school accessible by filtering out YouTube and GoogleVideo, an excellent feature that reduces school use problems and should be included on the other tools.
 * YouTube is a Google-owned video-sharing website with a vast array of videos and topics. It is faster and has a bigger audience than any of the sites based solely on educational resources (TeacherTube, SchoolTube, WatchKnow). While YouTube has educational videos, and many of the videos on TeacherTube and the others come from YouTube, it is not dedicated to educational videos and information. Additionally, anyone can upload videos and YouTube is not monitored. Because of this, YouTube is often blocked in schools.
 * [|GoogleVideo]
 * GoogleVideo is very similar to YouTube and is owned by the same company. It was developed prior to Google’s purchase of YouTube in 2006. Like YouTube, it does not focus on educational videos and is often blocked in schools. GoogleVideo is also less of a Web 2.0 tool than the others since it no longer allows users to upload videos.

Learning Connections

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References, Articles, etc

American Association of School Librarians. 2010. //Standards for the 21st century learner//. Retrieved from http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/guidelinesandstandards/learningstandards/standards.cfm

Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi. 2010. //WatchKnow//. Retrieved from http://www.watchknow.org/

Google. 2010. //GoogleVideo//. Retrieved from http://video.google.com/?hl=en&tab=wv

International Society for Technology in Education. 2010. //ISTE|NETS for students 2007//. Retrieved from http://www.iste.org/content/navigationmenu/NETS/forstudents/2007standards/nets_for_students_2007.htm

New York State Education Department. 2009. //NYS learning standards: CI & IT: NYSED//. Retrieved from http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/standards.html

SchoolTube. 2010. //SchoolTube//. Retrieved from http://www.schooltube.com/

TeacherTube. 2010. //TeacherTube//. Retrieved from http://teachertube.com/

YouTube. 2010. //YouTube.// Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/