I was not one of those millions until friends sent me “LB” appropriate videos from YouTube. One in particular that I remember was Dakari (the next Jennifer Hudson), a two-year-old singing “And I am Telling You,” from the movie Dreamgirls. It was truly cute.

So today, I had the opportunity to explore YouTube for myself. I tried to stay in the safe mode by searching for videos about second grade. Even then, there were several that appeared on the sidebar which were inappropriate. One video that was of interest to me was that of second grade students sharing information about activities in which they participate.

I was introduced to TeacherTube through an article in my Google Reader. One of the feeds from Promethean Planet shared that Activtips for the Activboard were now available on TeacherTube. One of the activtips that will assist me in using the Activboard was adding containers to a flipchart. Watch the video to learn more about adding containers to a flipchart.

TeacherTube will probably be the site I would search for videos to use in my classroom. There were several videos on centers that I may use to instruct students on using centers. The instructional videos which include student presentations may be used to assist students prior to their book reports. We could discuss skills needed to make presentations. Then we could record a video on the steps for making presentations.  It has been eye opening viewing YouTube and TeacherTube.