I think that Zamzar, teachertube, youtube, national geographic, etc. are tools that would be very useful in teaching. Using videos from youtube and teachingtube and converting them would make it very easy to show videos to students in class or email them to parents to watch with their students at home. Also, if you wanted to share a video with your co-workers to help them out in their classrooms using these tools would make it really easy. National Geographic is a fun way to teach students about the world around them. Using the interactive games makes learning fun and not just a chore. Parents could use it to help there students become more interested in what is being talked about in class. I could use National Geographic to reinforce what I am teaching in the classroom.
One of the cons to youtube would be that anyone can post videos on there and you don't always know if they're good. My neice likes to look at carebear videos on youtube and sometimes the videos that she pulls up have things that people have added in that are not good for kids to see. I think it's important to teach kids what to watch for so they know which videos not to click on and what to do if they happen to come across something online that is not good.
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