Presented by: Jennifer Fischer EDA 624 Summer 2012

Presented by: Jennifer Fischer
EDA 624
Summer 2012
Launch Date: March 6th, 2007
Goal: Provide an online community for sharing
‘credible’ instructional videos to enhance
professional development (post your own videos,
watch someone else’s videos etc.)
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Who thought of this? Jason Smith
a 14 year veteran teacher.
*picture courtesy of
http://www.education.vic.gov.au/researchinnovation/events/nextpracticeprogram/2009smith.htm
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It Is Free!!!!
-Teachers have access to resources
(videos, documents, audio recordings, reviews
etc.) to use to enhance instruction; that may not have been available otherwise. You
can sign up (to upload), but you do not have to create a sign up to watch
videos/embed videos etc.
 It Promotes 21st Century Learning
-Students are positively benefiting from having access to Teacher Tube. For
example, students can share videos/skits they created in their language arts class with
other students around the world. Math students could post/share Algebra songs they
wrote to assist with preparing for an upcoming assessment. Students can watch ‘safe’
videos as part of a lesson and collaborate with peers to reflect on the brief
documentary. Students can access teacher tube on their own devices (pending school
policy supports bring your own device) to conduct their own webquest/exploration.
Teachers can make their videos private and invite just their students to watch.
Teachers/students can expand communication.
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• Must Have Access to the Internet
-Some classrooms are not equipped with student computers w/internet
access; and some schools do not have access to mobile labs/computer labs.
Schools that do not have Bring Your Own Device and limited computer access
make it difficult to utilize Teacher Tube to the best of its abilities.
• Authenticity
-Teacher Tube was created BY a teacher FOR teachers, however, there is
limited information on the actual person(s) who post. My advice, preview all
Teacher Tube videos and compare the information to other credible
resources.
• A Few Quirks….
-It can take up to 24 hours to upload a video (it has to be previewed etc.).
There are advertisements included on the website (check to make sure its not
firewalled at your school). Limited content areas available (always in the
process of expanding)
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Example: You are an Algebra I teacher and part of
your students ‘Menu’ assignments for the month
could be to create a song relative to the content
learned in class. Students work in small groups
create their song and choose to upload it on
Teacher Tube. Other Algebra students are
required to go online and preview the song
before the upcoming quiz and write their
reflection of the song given the guidelines
by the teacher. I included (on the next
slide) an example of a math song I
found on teacher tube…….
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Example: You recently missed a faculty meeting that
reviewed how to implement Moodle into the
classroom. Another teacher handed you a piece of
paper with guidelines, but you are a visual learner
too. The CTE teacher in the building suggested you
visit a Moodle tutorial. Teacher tube was the perfect
solution…..I included a possible link on the next page
that could be helpful.
*Picture courtesy of http://moodle.com/
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Example: You are an elementary school teacher. As
part of your Unit on Nouns you decided to have
students participate in station rotations. At one
station students will have access to IPods or
computers with headsets. They will have to
listen to the Low Down Noun
Eater Song (courtesy of
Teacher Tube) and then
answer two or three
questions to demonstrate
their understanding of Nouns.
*Picture courtesy of
www.startl.org
Step 1: Visit the link
http://www.teachertube.com/
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Step 2: You can choose to signup, or navigate
the website w/o signing up. If you are
wanting to upload videos/audio you have to
create a username/password. Click on SIGN
UP in the top right corner, and begin filling in
the information.
Step 3-Navigating
-On the top of the Home page is the BLUE TOOL
BAR. Here you can choose VIDEO, DOCS, AUDIO,
PICTURE, PHOTOS, CHANNELS and
COMMUNITY—for faster navigation. OR feel
free to utilize the SEARCH BAR and type in a few
key words of what you are looking for ‘antibullying’ ‘50 states’ etc.
Step 4-Uploading
-Login in to your account.
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-Click the UPLOAD button. Choose a relative title,
you can give a description
(helpful for students/users),
you can give a tag (something
to direct people to your resource).
When you are done click Continue,
then click browse to locate your
resource. I would choose Private
click UPLOAD, fill in location details
and click Update when finished.
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http://www.teachertube.com/staticPage.php?
pg=help (This is a help section courtesy of
Teacher Tube. It includes common questions
and simple solutions)
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http://teachertube.blogspot.com/2007/04/s
haking-it-up-at-molholland-middle.html
(Visit this Blog, or other blogs, to learn how
schools are incorporating Teacher Tube)
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http://www.teachertube.com/pearsonlesson-plan.php (Lesson ideas courtesy of
Teacher Tube)
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Find them on FACEBOOK!!! Most people are
familiar with the social networking site.
Students/Teachers can visit the page for brief
history, as well as, find links to
articles/websites to learn more about Teacher
Tube!.
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I hope you found this ‘How To’ tutorial to be
an informative resource for your electronic
educator resource collection.