Journal 3

"Video in the Age of Participation" by Glen Bull
THis article describes digital video. The article describes many online resources that can help teachers incorporate digital video in the classroom with very little difficulty. Glen Bull describes the National Geographic Society and their webcam monitoring a waterhole in Africa. This video is said to be so clear, those watching feel as if they are there. These sites encourage bookmarking and sharing which makes it very easy for teachers to get a hold of them and show it to students. The article also describes "YouTube". "YouTube is very popular today. More than 65,000 video clip per day are being uploaded to Youtubes streaming site." Although Youtube is for all videos, it would make finding educational video's a bit difficult to find. THe article made it very clear that although there are so many resources out there, it is up to the teacher to "link these resources to learning outcomes." THe resource I found most interesting was called The Discorvery Education unditedstreaming website. It is a grea resource for teachers because all of the resources "are keyed to content area and grade level with links to state standards." The site is filled with around 4,000 video programs. "THe 4,000 programs are seperated into 40,000 shorter segments that facilitate into lessons." Unitedstreaming also allows teachers and students to edit or change licensed unitedstreaming content. Teachers are able to revise content and repost it to the Den site. This article is a great resource for anyone teaching or looking into the teaching profession. It gives great examples of sites and information to help teachers use this technology in their classroom.
What if funding is a problem? Do teachers need a large amount of money to access these resources?
Nope! These great resources are free! They want to share their information with educators, anyone can go on these sites and look up photos or live footage and different places.
Are these site just for teachers or can students use them too?
Students are encourage to navigate these sites to find information on animals for a report or see what a different country looks like right in your home! The only problem with students using these sites would be when using Youtube, it is open to the public and anyone can post anything. Parents are strongly encouraged to watch over their childs navigation, we dont want them finding something inappropriate!