This week's question:
Today's students (and adults) enjoy watching videos on sharing sites such as YouTube, TeacherTube, and SchoolTube. Many visit video sharing sites as their first source to find "How To" videos and information, including academic help. Do you think teachers and students should be watching and/or creating online videos to share academic content? What advantages and disadvantages do you see to such a tool?

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I believe teachers need to be very careful when it comes to posting anything online for people, especially students to see. If the site is set up strictly as an academic support or teaching site then I see no problems. However, if a site is set up for students to visit to talk or post videos then there would have to be clear guidelines set up to protect the teacher or students for that matter. There are too many instances of teachers being acussed of unscrupulous things because of information found on sites such as YOU Tube. Technology is a great way to help our disconnected students want to connect to the learning environment. There just needs to be strong guidelines to keep everyone safe. Happy New Year everyone.

disadvantages are that it can mar the book-reading habit, paperwork but advantages are that students find it an easy,like vis-a-vis so more comprehensive way to learn and it enriches us technically also .

The internet is simply a source of information. Use of the internet to get, refine, or share a lesson is fine.Text, audio, and/or video is totally irrelavant. The informatioon is more important than the format. The only disadvantage is that the internet can be abused by students who will use it as shortcut to turn in work that is not their own. This has happened at a college I attended and resulted in failure and expulsion from the college of education and a suspesion from the university. If a techer is diligent and knows their students well enough, plaigarism and other forms of academic dishonesty will be discovered. In conclusion, information should be judged on its quality not its format or location on the internet. This question is so obvious it does not merit discussion on a professional website.

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