TOP TOOLS
YouTube

YouTube is a resource site where you can host, tag and share videos.  If you want to use a video, you can either link to it on the YouTube site or embed it into a web page or blog.  It is therefore a useful resource of user-generated video content.

Comments from those that selected YouTube as one of their Top 10 Tools in 2008

• "for really easy uploading of mobile videos."  Ignatia/Inge de Waard
• Una ventana abierta al mundo, y una herramienta cada vez más potente. La suelo utilizar para crear canales de TV temáticos que complementan algunos cursos  [A window opened to the world, and a more and more powerful tool. The ground to use to create thematic TV channels that complement some]  Emilio Quintana
• "Yes, there are a lot of annoying videos, but there are also some excellent educational resources."  Heather Ross
• "there are so many treasures waiting to be found "  Jochen Robes
• "YouTube does for video what SlideShare does for presentations.  There are excellent video clips online with enhance classes and training, and I love the ability to embed videos into blogs, wikis, or learning management systems"  Britt Wattwood
• "Being able to integrate a talk by a top-notch research in my online course within minutes is really a great feature"  Daniel Lemire
• "Video student presentations and upload for the student's themselves to assess their work. Search for physics, history, language etc videos to use as tools in the class."  Jason Denys
• " A good source of ideas for traditional music and dance projects (my sideline)."  Cathy Moore
• "Its ubiquity makes my job as an educational developer easier. You can't ignore the fact that user generated media is important to our students, whether they are producing it or their tutors."  Andrew Middleton
• "yeah, unfortunately it is something the students know and thus, usable for motivation, learning. Improved channels and playlist presentations make it a better choice now for teachers than previously. It also holds less stringent copyright enforcement which allows educators more breadth of use. FREE"  David Deubelbeiss
• "The ability to quickly create a small learning piece and then distribute it to thousands of people instantaneously is great for quick pieces of instruction. I embed YouTube and TeacherTube videos into wikis and blogs all the time."  Karl Kapp
• "A source for educational videos that I check and use more and more for my lectures and other presentations"  Andrea Back
• "A place I turn to when I need to look for tool tutorials. I have also come across some great inspirational videos. Music clips are also good fun."  Cristina Mendes Da Costa
• "the best video library in the world"  Florence Meichel
• "'Clip Culture' is here.  Embedding links into geographyalltheway.com to illustrate geographical topics to my students means more focused teaching as it makes it easier to watch short examples rather than whole program episodes."  Richard Allaway

Comments from those that selected YouTube as one of their Top 10 Tools in 2007

• "The ability to quickly create a small learning piece and then distribute it to thousands of people instantaneously is great for quick pieces of instruction. I embed YouTube and TeacherTube videos into wikis and blogs all the time."  Karl Kapp
• "It's not especially YouTube, it's embeddable video's. Visual information's much better than plain text. All these sites make sharing easy. Good for entertainment, even better for education and learning."  Edwin Mijnsbergen
• "This endless collection of videos can help us a lot."  Ana Maria Menezes
• "I've used YouTube for some time now as a delivery vehicle for 'how to' video clips. These are used independently or within other pages (blogs, googlepages etc.  David Sugden
• "Some great presentations here have contributed to my CPD (as well as making me laugh)"  Lynn Wenham
• "a great source of materials, communication and learning"  Jose Luis Cabello
• "is great when you need a few laughs or want to share short family video with loved ones across the country."  Colette Cassinelli
• "For learning.  Sometimes seeing something done is the only way to go."  David Meaney
• "This is the resource of the future. Multimedia is the channel for communication today and with the ease of creating and viewing videos, YouTube has become the broadcasting center for learners of all ages"  Leigh Zeitz
• "a free video resource with loads of possibilities for use in the K-12 classroom"  Ramona Dietrich

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