Teachertube

The first of the three tools that I choose to review for my technology blog was teacher tube. Teacher tube is a website model after the popular video sharing website youtube. Teachtube layout and navigation is much like that of youtube’s. The site has a search box where the user may type in anything academic interest, press enter and the site will retrieve numerous videos dealing with that topic.

The site does offer more then just videos. On the top of the web page, the user will find several other options that include blogs, photos, documents and channel. The channel option is a why of narrowing your searches by grade level or age. These “channels” range from an elementary school one to a university one.

The usefulness of a site is teachertube is boundless. Educators can have access to relevant technological sources for just about any subject by just visiting teachertube. If a teacher needs an informative video of the Cold War, teachertube is an excellent place to start. One of the many advantages to this site is that it cuts out the non relevant videos. If you were to type “Cold War” in youtube’s search engine, you’d get clips about cold cuts and you’d have to spend time sifting through a lot of videos, most of which wouldn’t be helpful. With teachertube, you can be confident that the videos with be on topic.