Comments on: Protecting our youth from YouTube http://drdrew.edublogs.org/2008/07/26/protecting-our-youth-from-youtube/ What good is math anyway? Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:15:32 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: drdrew http://drdrew.edublogs.org/2008/07/26/protecting-our-youth-from-youtube/comment-page-1/#comment-4 drdrew Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:52:46 +0000 http://drdrew.edublogs.org/?p=6#comment-4 "But must they do it EVERY time?" -Yes. Because that's the way the internet is, and that's how the get good at it... practice. “But must they do it EVERY time?”

-Yes. Because that’s the way the internet is, and that’s how the get good at it… practice.

]]> By: Sherrie http://drdrew.edublogs.org/2008/07/26/protecting-our-youth-from-youtube/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Sherrie Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:46:20 +0000 http://drdrew.edublogs.org/?p=6#comment-2 Andrew, You make some excellent points in your discussion of YouTube. I do not necessarily promote censoring Web content, but I do have a concern about wasting valuable class time. In the <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/web/youtube-course-is-a-class-act/2006/11/06/1162661610036.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1" rel="nofollow">YouTube Course is a Class Act</a> article, students were specifically studying the concept of "what makes a video successful." In this case, critique it all. Compare and contrast. Great. If, however, the purpose of showing a YouTube video is to reinforce a specific curricular concept, why have students sort through the "junk" that is out there? Set them in the right direction, and get on with the task at hand. Yes, students do need to learn how to find videos themselves, decide on the relevance of videos, etc. But must they do it EVERY time? As instructors, it is OK to send our students directly to learning resources that support our curriculum. --Sherrie Andrew,
You make some excellent points in your discussion of YouTube. I do not necessarily promote censoring Web content, but I do have a concern about wasting valuable class time. In the YouTube Course is a Class Act article, students were specifically studying the concept of “what makes a video successful.” In this case, critique it all. Compare and contrast. Great. If, however, the purpose of showing a YouTube video is to reinforce a specific curricular concept, why have students sort through the “junk” that is out there? Set them in the right direction, and get on with the task at hand. Yes, students do need to learn how to find videos themselves, decide on the relevance of videos, etc. But must they do it EVERY time? As instructors, it is OK to send our students directly to learning resources that support our curriculum.
–Sherrie

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