Thing 21

Well, this has been an exercise in frustration! I'm sure that with more use, it would become easier to embed video into a blog or wiki. At least I'm hoping that would be the case for a techno-novice such as me.

Videos could be used in the classroom to present materials in different ways. For example,on Teacher Tube, I learned about a multiplication grid. It was fascinating. There was also an Abbot and Costello video on doing multiplication incorrectly. Hilarious. It could engage students easily. The same video could be used in a social studies class to discuss WWII, starting with demographics of military personnel, draft vs. volunteer military service, etc.

You Tube is blocked for student access in our district. However, it is available for teachers, so it would more likely be used in large-group instruction rather than individual access. I jumped through hoops trying to make Firefox work. When this project is completed, I'll try again. I didn't actually try either Vixy or Zamzar because it was so easy to download things to Real Player, for which I have a subscription.