I have mixed feelings about Youtube and its uses in the classroom. I have friends who have posted video of their children on youtube, and I enjoy being able to see my friends from other parts of the country. I also explored different videos from my Facebook account. There was a fun one posted by a friend of mine that did a parody on the song "In New York..." and changed the words to fit New Hampshire. I have also looked at some political posts through youtube.
However, I do not like some of the comments that are posted on youtube. I also don't like how anyone can see these and post anything that they want. For example, many students are taking what people say on youtube as fact instead of opinion. This scares me because I think it is getting harder for students to tell the difference between fact and fiction on the internet.
Although I had a lot of fun exploring youtube, I think the jury is still out on how I would use this with my elementary students.
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I do understand your caution. There are a couple of ways to get around the comments. First, if you embed the video into a blog or wiki, it only embeds the video, so you lose the comments and related videos, which can also be rather inappropriate. Second, if you download the video as a file you will lose the comments and related videos. You also can store the video for use year after year.
ReplyDeleteIs there a limit on how long something is stored on youtube?
ReplyDeleteNot that I am aware of. My bother has things from years ago.
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