I have only been able to access and use You Tube at home since about August, when I purchased a Sprint laptop card for grad school. My only internet options where I live are dial-up, laptop card, or satellite internet. One of which is extremely slow and the other two are fairly expensive. DSL or cable internet are not available in my area. At school, You Tube is among many web-sites that are blocked.
My first experience with You Tube was at a conference on instructional coaching. The presenter used a lot of videos from You Tube as both discussion starters and as motivational pieces. The most memorable one for me was a video of Maurice Cheeks, the coach of the Philadelphia 76's, assisting a young girl in singing the National Anthem when she forgot the words. As an administrator, I can see using You Tube for similiar purposes. I can envision using You Tube videos at faculty meetings, curriculum planning sessions, and professional development days as a means of motivating my faculty and as discussion starters.
The major disadvantage at this point is the simple fact that You Tube is a blocked web-site in my county. You have to contact our county's technology department in order to get a site unblocked. I can understand why the web-site is blocked, because there is certainly material on there that is not appropriate for students to see. I am not sure if there is a way for the site itself to be filtered without being totally blocked.
I am including one of my favorite You Tube videos of Steven Curtis Chapman singing is song "Heaven is the Face." I find this song and the faith of he and his family truely inspiring and I hope you do too!
"I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength." -Philippians 4:13
My first experience with You Tube was at a conference on instructional coaching. The presenter used a lot of videos from You Tube as both discussion starters and as motivational pieces. The most memorable one for me was a video of Maurice Cheeks, the coach of the Philadelphia 76's, assisting a young girl in singing the National Anthem when she forgot the words. As an administrator, I can see using You Tube for similiar purposes. I can envision using You Tube videos at faculty meetings, curriculum planning sessions, and professional development days as a means of motivating my faculty and as discussion starters.
The major disadvantage at this point is the simple fact that You Tube is a blocked web-site in my county. You have to contact our county's technology department in order to get a site unblocked. I can understand why the web-site is blocked, because there is certainly material on there that is not appropriate for students to see. I am not sure if there is a way for the site itself to be filtered without being totally blocked.
I am including one of my favorite You Tube videos of Steven Curtis Chapman singing is song "Heaven is the Face." I find this song and the faith of he and his family truely inspiring and I hope you do too!
"I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength." -Philippians 4:13
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