Re: [school-discuss] Victoria Australia banning YouTube from schools

[John Mitchell <jmitchell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

I have been a lurker for a while but just had to reply to this. First, a 
short introduction. I am a 6th grade Math/Social Studies teacher in a 
town near Chattanooga, TN (USA). I also toil as my school's technology 
coordinator.

I see the ability to upload video as an incredible way to share in the 
learning process and as such created a site called MySchoolVideo.net. It 
uses a commercial script but my hope is to make it available to schools 
to function just as YouTube. I am still learning how to administer the 
site but want to make it available to schools for this very purpose. I 
would appreciate any feedback and would love to collaborate with folks 
in other areas to give access to the site for uploading.

Thanks,
John Mitchell
educontech.net
Soddy Daisy, TN

Justin wrote:
> Hey Jan.  I'm torn on this - I think it's somewhat kneejerk and 
> unfortunate to ban YouTube, but at the same time I sympathize with the 
> administration that probably doesn't have the resources to adequately 
> address a new and disruptive technology. ;)
>
> Maybe Google/YouTube should figure out a way to allow posted videos to 
> be identified as suitable for education, so that some sort of 
> compromise could be made where schools could block the vast ocean of 
> unchecked/unmoderated videos but still utilize the technology that 
> would enhance the learning environment.  Is there an 
> edutube/edyoutube.com yet?  Google/Youtube probably have their hands 
> full just trying to keep a handle on the infringing materials that are 
> uploaded (but enough resources stashed away that they could make it 
> happen.)  Thanks again for sharing the article.
>
> skarbien wrote:
> > Hi Justin!       I just read your mail and thought you might like to 
> > read the article I attached.
> > Best Regards
> > Jan Ciechanowski
> > skarbien@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:skarbien@xxxxxxxxx>