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Teacher Tube--You Tube for teachers
What is Teacher Tube?It's show and tell for teachers. Modeled on YouTube, the popular video-sharing site, Teacher Tube is a web site where teachers can upload their most inspired moments in the classroom and share them with teachers around the world hunting for new ideas for their own classes. The History of Teacher TubeStarted by a Texas school superintendent and his brother engineer in March 2007, Teacher Tube now has more than 54,000 videos, 220,000 regular users and is averaging about 800,000 visitors to the site every month. Jason Smith, 39, superintendent of Melissa ISD in rural Collin County said he and his brother wanted to create a place for teachers to model their lessons, according to the Dallas Morning News. Most viewed videos on Teacher TubeAmong the most viewed videos currently on Teacher Tube are:
Users comment on videos and can rate them from one to five apples. Videos that incorporate songs, visual aids, and math and science tend to be popular on the site, according to the founders. Teachers are sharing instructional videos for kids, raps and jokes on the Web site; many teachers use the videos in class. Though most school districts block access to sites such as YouTube, they don't tend to block Teacher Tube. Other ResourcesOther similar social networking Web sites include School Tube, which is aimed more at kids producing videos, and Curriki, where teachers share lesson plans. SchoolWAX TV is another social networking site for teachers and students but all videos are screened before they are posted on the site.
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