I am thankful that our school and Dept of Education have – so far at least – chosen to keep YouTube and many other social networking sites open in our schools. These are increasingly powerful tools that I hope we can continue to use as learing tools.

Now I see that a new, education-friendly alternative is out there. Teacher Tube bills itself as a teacher/student friendly site that is moderated for content. It is something that wehave needed for a while!
At last week’s Literacy and Learning Conference here in Fredericton, I used a slightly modified “New Brunswick” version of Karl Fisch’s “Did You Know” presentation to open the first day. Needless to say, it blew away many in the audience, and was discussion fodder for much of the next two days.

I see now that a newer, abbreviated offspring, named “Shape It Up” has appeared on Teacher Tube this morning. It’s kind of cool, the music is jazzier…and it works. But I still like Karl’s better.

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