Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Online video

I've subscribed to an iGoogle feed, linked to my homepage, which has YouTube video of Makybe Diva's 3rd Melbourne Cup win; just for the archives! I also found a salutory lesson for students on Teacher Tube which will be useful to show Year X1 students so that they can see for themselves the unwitting repercussions of posting anything private online; Personal photos become public property, downloadable by anyone. Video downloads eat an enormous amount of memory; I've had to pay for extra downloads on my Broadband account. This is an issue, too, with teenage students; many working casual jobs use all their income on iPods, MP3s, mobile phones and are much more savvy about IT than their teachers. This course has certainly informed me of much I was ignorant of!