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= Home > Group B Workspace > Learning Activity 6-B-1: Explore Read/Write Web Tools = =[|Teacher Tube]= //**Description:**// According to TeacherTube's website the site began in 2007. It was actually developed by a teacher named Jason Smith.The purpose of the site is to be an educational outlet. The site's purpose is to provide a resource for teachers to share with each other ideas and to provide professional development. For the student, TeacherTube has educational resources on topics to help facilitate learning. The site is monitored for inappropriate material and those materials found are removed. One of the highlights of this site is the ability for users to rate the resources that are shared. This allows for an easier choices amoung many possible options or posts. The user can also comment on any of the postings. Another highlight would be that the site is constantly being added to by it's members so the information is ever changing. Finally, the site is free to use which is also another benefit when economic times in educaiton are rough at best.

**How To Get Started**
__Educational Uses:__
 * The welcome page of Teacher Tube has a blue tabs bar at the top of the page. Here you will find ways to select what type of media your are searching for. Hover over the HOME tab and you will see options to upload media. Searching for and uploading media via Teacher Tube is fairly simple. It really is a user friendly site. It's free and easy to sign up if you'd like to upload media. No sign-up is required if you are just visiting to search for media. Teacher Tube has a search bar in which you can search by keyword, but it also highlights the most viewed selections organized by media (videos, docs, audio, or photos). This is a great site for finding or sharing media that is valuable for use in the classroom or for professional development. It's called Teacher Tube because no matter what or who you teach, you will find many valuable resources at this site.**
 * Teacher Tube offers many items to classrooms at all grade levels. Teacher Tube can be accessed by teachers and students. Students and teachers can upload video's that are educational or informative. The video's are closely monitored for inappropriate materials. As a teacher, you can use Teacher Tube for informative video's. All you have to do is write in the type of video that you want in the search engine and the video or similar video's will come up. You can use if it for professional development. Students can make their own video's and put them on Teacher Tube. It is a great tool for teachers, students, and parents to find and use appropriate video's for educational experiences.**