Teacher Tube

Today I am blogging about Teacher Tube. I think this website is really neat. This site is a compilation of educational videos for teachers, videos helping to teach teachers how to use certian equipment or programs as well as videos that teachers can show their classes...like a video on Julius Ceasar for Comp II classes. There is also a document section. I thought this section was really helpful because teachers can downlaod worksheet, powerpoints and information sheets to use in their classrooms. I found a complete slide show on the human reproductive system. There is also a resourse section where teachers can chose grade or subject and get tons of printable material for their students. I found some second grade material like printable worksheets and halloween color/craft projects. They offer lesson plans and vocabulary lessons. I can see how this site could be useful to students having to create lesson plans for their education classes. One down side to this site is that it seems like anyone can downlaod things to the database. So users may come across songs, like "Rollin' On Swangaz" in the audio section...i am not really sure what "Swangaz" are but it doesn't sound very educational to me. Also in the photo section there were quite a few personal photos that users had downloaded. Nothing inappropriate but nothing that pertained to education. All in all though I think this is a useful database and something that could really be benefitial to education students.