Being a person who is dyslexic, visuals are always a plus when you are in a class that has a lot of reading encompassed in the curriculum. So I decided to check out Teachertube for instructional video for a couple of things that I couldn't quite wrap my mind around in the reading. In a word. . .sucky!!!!! I was really disappointed with the lack of educational information available on the site. (especially since it is a site that my campus doesn't have a block on it) I have tried to rephrase and use advance search methods and nothing viable come up. Cute little inspirational ‘you can do it’ videos seem to plague the site, but nothing that will assist educators with the use of technology in the classroom.
Youtube on the other hand has so many tutorials that they put the aforementioned site out of business. For example, I have a very good friend who is an awesome cake decorator and she wanted to borrow my cricut machine to make some stencils. I thought that teachertube would have something useful about this equipment since so many teachers use it for the classroom. Youtube had an instructional video on exactly what she wanted to use it for and gave me some really neat ideas for decorating my classroom. I have considered contacting who ever maintains the site to see if there is anyway they can raise the bar on the quality of video they get on the site. But I am sure this request would be better if it came from someone who actually is comfortable editing video. I may not be the best person for the job.
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