[Year 12 IT Apps] YouTube down the tubes?

[Cameron Bell]

I wish we didn't have it blocked courtesy of DET. I now have to spend my 
weekend mornings (so as to use my Optus bonus download limit) 
downloading the videos I want to use in class. I use the historical 
footage you can easily find, I use bike trick videos for my physics 
classes, I use the myriad of "how to" videos, today I am using footage 
of open-heart surgery in conjunction with my yr 8 sheep-heart 
dissection. There are so many useful videos on there, but of course you 
only need 1 or 2 awful ones to make it a media issue and it's all 
blocked. (sigh)
Again, the kids can see all of it at home, possibly/generally(?) 
unsupervised, whereas they are not allowed to use it in a supervised 
classroom environment.
Also makes it harder for us to try and monitor whats going on with our 
(and neighboring) students. Can I show them examples of good and bad web 
practise on MySpace? No.  Do I know if they are involved in un-savoury 
activities on YouTube? How can I, I can't even see it at work.  Do I 
want to spend my after hours and my home/personal download time 
occasionally checking on MySpace and YouTube? Not really- but makes a 
good tax case.
Cheers
Cameron


jturner wrote:
> Can I take up an issue with YouTube.
> Our admin is looking to ban YouTube on the basis that "all other 
> schools" already have banned it and therefore our students are at risk 
> in ways other students are not.
> Would appreciate some feedback on whether schools have banned YouTube 
> or not - will be of value as we try to decide on its in-school 
> educational potential. At the moment the defense is being held 
> together by curriculum initiatives. Keith's input is more appreciated 
> as supportive evidence.
>
> With Thanks
> John Turner
>
> On 03/08/2007, at 9:23 PM, Keith Richardson wrote:
>
>> U-Tube has many excellent tutorials on Excel, some of which I am using
>> with my ITA kids for U4O1 preparation.
>>
>> However, I also found this that might interest a few of you...
>> Here is an interesting one I found to make Gantt charts for project
>> management
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW_wGSFavTc
>>
>> Use Excel to create a project management Gantt chart.
>> Cheers, Keith.
>> Keith Richardson
>> ITA List Moderator
>> Head of ICT, Leibler Yavneh College
>> Elsternwick
>> Ph: 03.9528.4911
>> k.richardson at yavneh.vic.edu.au
>>
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> Dr J Turner
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