Week 3- Teachers tap video-sharing in the classroom -Comments

Definitely, I use technology in my class. In my Spanish classes I use short videos. I found that this is very useful specially when teachers have to show different customs or celebrations from different countries such as Spain or any Latin country. I share with my students videos about different celebrations such as Mexican wedding, fifteen years celebration in Colombia, religious holidays and so forth. After students see those videos they as me many different aspect of those cultures and they become more interested in learning. However, for me You Tube site is a double edge sword because in there you can find good educational videos and others that may hurt students. I think there should be an entity that controls the post of those videos because some student may have access to porno videos. The last time, I went to the North Kansas City Library, I was walking through the computer lab when I saw a student watching a porno video. I think librarians didn't realize about it because there were busy. Based on my experience I know students many times pretend to go to the library to study but sometimes they don't and they are just learning about sex by using technology. I certainly think that parents need to be close to their children and do not just let their children in the library or alone in their rooms for much time. Nobody knows if they are really watching an assigned video in You Tube or watching what they shouldn't.