Emerging Technology 2: Teacher Tube

I decided to do my second emerging technology on Teacher Tube. I have heard of it before but never explored it myself. What I found is a website that can be very useful. Since I teach a math class I decided to search for videos that would help me teach math I found some very interesting videos. The first video I found was a video on improper fractions by Mr. Duey. Mr. Duey turned a lesson on math into a rap song. I thought that was very creative so I decided I would show it to my students and see what they thought. After watching they laughed and said it was stupid but the funny part is many of them wanted to watch it again. Eventually they would sing parts of the song so that means that they were learning. They probably said it was stupid because they did not want their friends to know they thought learning could be fun. I wish I was as talented or creative as Mr. Duey. That is why there is teacher tube for teachers to be able to use other teachers creativity for the betterment of their own class. Some of the music videos on math a watched were not as good as the Fraction rap song. I will embed both videos below to show the difference. Either way I love the creativity. But there is more than just videos on teacher tube. You can actually find many documents that contain lesson plans on certain subjects. Teacher Tube has a plethora of material and most importantly it is free. I like how it is setup just like you tube. That mad it easy to navigate around the site and find different kinds of stuff. Just like podcasts I can see having students making videos for teacher tube a very fun project. All I would have to do is get some flip videos for my class and the students could begin making their own educational videos. Given the current economy and the limited amount of money it may be a while before I could obtain the flip videos. Teacher tube if has a blog list that can function like a forum. You can go on their and ask other teachers for ideas or for their help and they can leave you responses answering your questions. Even though Teacher Tube has a extensive amount of educational videos it has an equal amount of other types of media. Teacher Tube is a very useful website.


Mr. Duey's Fraction Rap


Song on two step equations that is hard to understand