SchoolTube

==SchoolTube is one of my favorite web 2.0s that my middle-school students enjoy regularly. Just as the name suggests, SchoolTube is similar to YouTube because it allows users to share videos. However, educators do not need to worry about censoring inappropriate content for their students, because SchoolTube content is carefully approved by education associations for grades K-12. In fact, since it's launch in 2006, SchoolTube has become the fastest growing teacher moderated video sharing site.==

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==At the middle school where I work, we use SchoolTube to post a broadcast show by students with our weekly announcements. For example, here is a broadcast from our students: []. This gives students real broadcast journalism experience. It also keeps parents informed in a fun and interesting way. I plan on using SchoolTube in my future classroom to give students more flexibility and creativity in their assignments. In my high-school English class, students can make movies based on books we read in class or record themselves reading their own writing. SchoolTube allows assignments to come to life and be shared. This Web 2.0 is another example of shaping our students to become global citizens.==

by Kristin Brake, 2011. image courtesy of ClipArt, []