Wanna Rap? by Gerry Stefhon

Posted by cloetz on Feb 25, 2008

Ok…so on the heels of http://www.youtube.com (of which I’m secretly a fan…) I’ve been introduced to youtube’s smarter sister http://www.teachertube.com!

Recently, at ERDI, we were finishing a very invigorating panel discussion when one of the participants, Mark Edwards, Superintendent in Mooresville, NC, commented on a funny video on teachertube.com.  Being an internet junkie and spending way too much time in airports, I thought I’d take a look.  What did I find – whoa! the mother lode!

For fun, I did a search on “Response to Intervention” and the first thing I see is a discussion about RtI with Alexa Posny, the Kansas Education Commissioner.  I was fortunate to hear Dr. Posny give one of the key note addresses at CASE this winter in Long Beach.  It was nice to see teachertube had this caliber of materials posted. 

So, as I continued my journey….I searched the website using the tabs at top.  It’s pretty easy to navigate and pretty typical, i.e. ‘Home, New Videos, Channels, Groups, Blogs….” and of course you can expect the familiar favorites of “Most viewed and Most Recent.” Hey – it’s not just anywhere that you can see Ms. Burk do the “Perimeter Rap.” I’m inspired!

In all seriousness, what a great medium to reach educators.  I would encourage anyone reading this blog to visit this site.  I’m going to make a personal commitment to contribute to this site at some point!  When I do – you can rest assured that it will be on this blog.

So I leave you with this…in a time where we have to “think before we post” see the video…

http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=97eeae6788aa3348e553&page=2&viewtype=&category=

It is refreshing to find a site focused on education and learning.  Bravo!