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There are a large number of video sharing sites available online (you can see a list here). YouTube is currently top dog serving up over 1 million video views a day and allowing users not only to upload their own video content easily, but also embed clips into their own sites. You can read more about the history of YouTube here. Due to restrictions within many schools regarding access to YouTube, it is recommended that you explore the education-friendly TeacherTube as YouTube will most likely prove too problematic for most school environments. If you can explore it in you own time it is highly recommended that you do so.
Do some searching around YouTube or TeacherTube yourself and see what the site has to offer. You'll find everything from 1970s TV commercials to library dominos. See also:
Why Let Our Students Blog - more of a slideshow but still worth seeing!
Think Before You Post - important message on cyber-safety
Learning to Change Youtube Video- with Australian Educators
Rowan Atkinson - School Master
Sir Ken Robinson - Do schools kill creativity
...and just for a bit of nostalgic fun, Cookie Monster
Of course, like any free site you'll also find a lot stuff not worth watching too. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't explore and see for yourself what the site has too offer.
Update your blog!
Explore TeacherTube and YouTube and see if you can find a clip worth adding to your blog.
Create a blog post about your thoughts on these sites.
What do you like or dislike about them?
Why did you choose that particular clip to share on your blog?
Do you see a place for these tools in the classroom?
OPTIONAL: Try placing the video inside your blog using the copy and paste code for the "Embeddable Player."
NOTE: Videos, like music downloads, are bandwidth hogs. It is recommended that you complete this exercise during light Internet usage times.
