Thing #22 - 23 things

School Tube, Teacher Tube, TED and YouTube all have useful features and lots of potential depending on what you need. Right now none of them are blocked at my school but because of Internet access speed you can not always view them at school. One of my concerns with YouTube is that some of the comments and videos that are posted are not always appropriate for school and there doesn't seem to be a way to filter the good from the bad when students have access. I work with freshman, so the teachers and I talk to the students about appropriate content, usage and making good choices. School and Teacher Tube are nice because they filter themselves but they don't yet have the variety of content that make them the first stop. I did enjoy some of the student posted projects and I like that fact that they can be shared there instead of YouTube because of the controls. I am more comfortable sending a student to School and Teacher Tube than YouTube but because of the choice on YouTube we often use it. TED is great for some serious, upper level content and I like the fact that they make it easy to download the video for viewing later. I think all of these services are going to continue to grow in importance for education.