Journal #3 Internet killed the Video star

Video in the Age of Participation
By: Glenn Bull

Video in the age of participation is a very informative article about how video on the internet is thriving and how we as educators can use it in our classrooms to make class fun and exciting while being educational in subject matter and internet safety.

Question: Is you tube safe for classroom use along with other educational web sites?

YouTube is most definitely the next big thing in videos on the internet but I don’t think that it is a place that teachers should be sending their students for assignments. There is a vast amount of inappropriate videos posted by the minuet on YouTube, web sites like Discovery Education are a must safer and more education friendly for the class room.

Question: Is it possible that with combined efforts, we may shrink the gap between the explosion in use of video on the Internet at large and effective use in schools?

I think so, with sites like The Discovery Educator’s Network (DEN) and other classroom friendly video sites students will be able to learn how to effectively use video and be able to judge which sites are acceptable for school use and which are better for home viewing.
A new generation of Web 2.0 sites also provide online digital video editing, enabling teachers and students to create montages of video clips on the Web. MotionBox, JumpCut, and VideoEgg offer free sites that let people upload, store, and edit videos. These services are bringing us closer to constructing an index of attributes relevant to specific instructional objectives. If this capability is combined with a video rating system, digital video may quickly become significantly more useful in schools.