I actually already had an account at YouTube. I do not use it much as I do not even own a video recorder. I think I took a little video of my son playing in his band one night off my camera.
YouTube is restricted in my district. I would not be able to use this resource at the moment. I am working on finding a way for teacher access to it as I believe it could be a valuable resouce! There are all kinds of ways I could use YouTube in my science and drama class.
I can see why the district may want to filter it and this causes an issue. I am not sure I would be able to assign students to upload and/or watch videos from YouTube at home due to these restrictions. I could possibly look into downloading videos I find from home and then showing them in class. I found some great ones of Diet Coke/Mentos that I would like to use for our chemical change unit.
I was able to log into teachertube.com and schooltube.com with no problem. I have heard of these sites. I played around a bit and can see that I can find similar "topics" that I could use in my classroom.
With the use of teachertube and schooltube, I really do not see why I would have any use for YouTube, except to say that there might be a "better" video out there. YouTube is definately used by everyone. I could definately see working with students to create a drama video for use in our elementary schools. This would be a great way to utlize technology and to create a community amongst our schools.
My 3 cents....
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