In the course of a client conversation, I learned about Teacher Tube, a new site for the sharing of instructional videos. As the site says:
TeacherTube was the idea of Jason Smith, a 14-year veteran educator. Jason has been a teacher, coach, campus administrator and district administrator in public schools. He asked the question, "Why can't teachers, students, and schools utilize the power of the read/write web for learning?" To overcome barriers, he decided to just create a site and get started trying to help. He turned to his brother, Adam, who is a younger, digital native, with technical skills. Adam used his skills to develop the site and found a web host. Soon, Jason's wife, Jodie, joined the team to start populating the site with videos and help improve the communication. She too has 14 years of experience in education as a classroom teacher, campus technology integrator, and district curriculum coordinator.
This is a great idea and as companies such as Yahoo look to build out social communities for teachers, they should look to sites such as Teachertube for inspiration.
Friday, October 5, 2007
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