Thing 19: Video Sharing
OK, time’s up!!! You can get lost in both You Tube and Teacher Tube. Searching for both professional and personal interests – no question, a huge variety of resources available. I have used both resources previously – for the most part, searching for appropriate video content to support professional development classes I teach and to “enhance” presentations for the media specialists in our district.
I continue to search for effective resources for the Information Literacy class I teach so of course, that was my direction for my search in You Tube. Copyrights Made Simple by Christopher Mast was a very direct approach with the creator being the focus of the entire video. Very straightforward and honest – he even explains Creative Commons and warns to follow their guidelines as well. There were quite a few choices for Information Literacy. Discover Information Literacy was again a very straightforward explanation of what this topic is, what skills students will need for their future and our responsibility to teach these skills.
On a personal level, we just had our grandchildren visit last week and the youngest one is taking swimming lessons – he loves the pool and the beach. Sure enough, there was a video on How to Teach Kids to Swim: Teaching a Child the Back Float. Brief in length but very effective with an instructor and child demonstrating different techniques. For those same grandchildren, I create a gift at Christmas for each child. I’m working on a quilt for one of them and I was able to find a 5 minute video on Quilt Binding.
Teacher Tube narrows the “hits” so I know the results I get will be right on topic. Again, my search was for Copyright, Information Literacy, Books and Media Centers. There were quite a number of appropriate resources that I can incorporate. I’m not confident yet of my skills to produce something that I would post on Teacher Tube – I guess I’m not ready to share yet. It does help the confidence to see the variety on videos posted because a part of me does say “I could do that”. We have created several short Camtasia movies to use for training textbook administrators in our district that we’ve posted on our district network. That’s where my focus would be – training on software or online resouces our district provides for staff and students.
A video I enjoyed on Teacher Tube was on Banned Books. A media specialist produced it for specific book titles challenged at her middle school as well as other book titles that had been banned throughout the United States. Hope you enjoy!
