href="http://www.teachertube.com">Training with TeacherTube</h3>

Appeal to the visual learners in your classroom by showing tutorial and instructional videos on TeacherTube.com. Kids will appreciate the change of pace from books to screen every once in a while and may be more likely to tune into the message. Here, you can watch Obama's Address to schoolchildren, just in case your class missed it on Tuesday. Or view instructional videos like the PB & J Writing Workshop.



TeacherTube says, "Our goal is to provide an online community for sharing instructional videos. It is a site to provide anytime, anywhere professional development with teachers teaching teachers. As well, it is a site where teachers can post videos designed for students to view in order to learn a concept or skill."

Anyone who has registered with the site can upload videos, documents, photos or audio as long as they address specific learning objectives or offer professional development for educators. Teachertube is generally considered good at detecting and deleting adult content and obvious copyright violations.

<p style="text-align: justify;">Teachertube has several channels that are useful for teacher training. The Professional Development section has content related to best practices and teacher motivation. Career and Technology Education (CATE) contains many how-to videos relevant for the classroom, while the Teachertube Tutorials section provides advice on making better videos and uploading them. There are also channels dedicated to subjects, such as English or Mathematics, or age groups, such as elementary or university students.

The quality of videos on Teachertube varies widely depending on the skill of their creators. Some videos are nearly of professional quality while others look like they were shot on the fly with a mobile phone. Since the contributors are also responsible for the video's title and key word tags, searching for specific content can be difficult and time consuming. An additional weakness is that downloading and streaming are slow compared to other sites.

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