A video from week 1 of our Web 2.0 course said the following about YouTube... "More video was uploaded to YouTube in the last 2 months than is ABC, NBC and CBS had been airing new content 24/7/365 since 1948.” That is 70 years of major networks' content crammed in to 2 months of uploading. Our YouTube Adventure this week challenged us to explore all of this content, and I'm thankful we were given a purpose to start with. Searching for videos on Twitter tools, Wikis and other Web 2.0 tools proved there is a definite niche for technology in education. Creating playlists to organize these videos makes sense and was a helpful way keep track of good videos. I've been working on playlists for use in Social Studies. Check these out... Just this week a co-worker and I began an online summer class called Prove You're a Rockstar that teaches educators how to create and use digital portfolios. Here's the first video in a playlist of 7. Last, but not least, I had to have a little fun with YouTube this week. I don't know that I have ever sat down with the intention of exploring YouTube, but it was pretty enjoyable. Usually, I find a video I'm looking for, like students using it as a search engine, and move on. I found gold when I stumbled upon FIFATV's channel. They have playlists for each World Cup soccer team. I highly recommend taking the time to sift through Twitter, not just to learn, but to have some fun too. Twitter adventure continuedAs I began putting my YouTube playlists together for the week, I discovered that Twitter posted every time I added a video to a playlist. I knew I had the option to post to Twitter when I uploaded my own video, but I think this became overwhelming. I don't even remember connecting my Twitter accounts with my YouTube channel, so I had to Google how to change that setting. I see the value in the instant sharing, but I don't think my PLN needed to know every time I added a video to a new playlist.
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