Again, I have never used or been introduced to podcasting. I wasn't sure what it was or if I would want any part of it. But, WOW!!! How exciting...again I am amazed at the unlimited supply/information that is out there for people to use. I can hardly wait for school to start (well okay, I can wait, but I am excited to use this in my classroom). I have never explored YouTube very much (I thought it had mostly inappropriate videos prior to this). I think that video sharing would be great for classrooms. I know many times when you do a classroom play or project or even a party their are parents that want to attended, but are unable to do so. What a great way to involve parents even more in their child's life when they are away from them.
I choose the flylady video because I have been a huge flylady fan for years. I never knew I could find her on YouTube!! Flylady has played a part of my life for many years as I try to raise kids, work, meet family needs and work needs...her advise is wonderful.
I think people are more likely to watch a video when it is embedded compared to linking it. Embedding seemed simple (hopefully I did it correctly). I was the same as embedding photos, but it was with a video.
YouTube can be used in the classroom, but in my classroom it would only be allowed to be used by me. As I said before I feel YouTube has some inappropriate videos that I would not want students to be accessing in my classroom. (This is where embedding the video would come in handy instead of linking the site.)
Wow! I've never seen FlyLady before--very cool!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad that you pointed out that YouTube has a reputation of being full of inappropriate content. There are definitely some questionable videos on the site, but I feel that there's a lot of informative, educational stuff out there, too! Podcasts can be much the same; for every high quality, well-produced podcast, there are about fifty cruddy ones! It's SO worth it to find the really great ones, though!
You did a great job embedding your video, and you picked up on something that not many people did when completing this assignment. Embedding a video means having more control over what your students can see--you don't have to risk sending them to YouTube on their own to hunt down a video; they can view it without ever leaving your page!
Great job! Thing 6 complete!