These video sharing sites provide quite a range of information and resources. There is so many resources available, these sites help sort it out for the busy teacher.
The ideas behind Next Vista are admirable; the free online library is a great concept. The site was easy to navigate but unless I missed something it seems quite limited. I did find some information pertinent to a project one of my summer school kids is working on. I am working with 7th and 8th grade students and the video on communism would be a great resource for their research.
TeacherTube has a multitude of great videos. Navigating the sight was easy enough. It would however be helpful if they were broken up into categories according to subject and grade level. Back to my summer school class, we have a student who is reluctant to participate in some of our activities and these videos might engage him. I think I will try teacher tube when we have the computer lab tomorrow, I’ll let you know how it goes.
I am not a big fan of YouTube only because there are so many inappropriate videos on it and it takes me forever to find the videos that apply to the subject I am working on. There are however pertinent videos and I have seen them used in a global and science classroom setting.
Clipblast is another good site which has videos categorized well and is easily navigable. The best part about Clipblast is that it has videos from the other sites just easier to find. Clipblast would be a great way to find current events and a given topic. The one annoying glitch is that you have to watch commercials before your clips, but they are free.
My two favorite sites are Clipblast and TeacherTube.
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I'm glad you found some things that you could use right away with your summer school students. How did it go?
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