Sunday, April 25, 2010

Journal # 10

Smile You're on School Tube

Zdrojewski, R. (2009-2020, December/January). Smile you are on school tube!. Learning and Leading with technology, 37(4), Retrieved from http://www.iste.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=December_January_No_4_4&Template=/MembersOnly.cfm&NavMenuID=4450&ContentID=24839&DirectListComboInd=D


The author of this article explains about SchoolTube which is a video –sharing website for kids and teachers to share their media. The media that is upload must be approved by registered teachers, fallow local school guides and meet high standards. The content of shooltube is wide from classroom video projects, school TV newscast, music videos. Students who appear online have to turn in a permit slip from their parents, videos can not be downloaded. This web site has a lot of value because students can create videos that that ties to the educational program, upload them, and watch the video when it is suddenly show up.

When are the projects available?
When a video is up loaded the schooltube sends an e-mail confirmation then it is processed. Once the video is processed and approved it can go live in minutes. All the projects are available 24/7 so kids can see it anytime.

What kinds of formats are accepted?
Any kind of video format is accepted so students and teachers do not have to worry about encoding. The uploading process is very easy.

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