My favorite web 2.0 tool this week is YouTube, now this might seem like a like a copout from digging and doing research but YouTube is power beyond belief. If a picture is worth a thousand words then a video must be a book. I can sue YouTube in so many ways in my classroom. According to Michael Welch there will be more new information placed on YouTube this year than can hold in the entire library of congress. I this class we have all placed new and exciting media on you tube ourselves, and it has been quality work. Everything from writing a song in finally note pad to oiling a trumpet piston valves. YouTube is powerful tool but with great power comes great responsibility. It is highly recommended that all content to be used in the classroom be preview to screen for material undesirable in the classroom. I am by no stretch of the imagination pretending like the material on YouTube is wholesome and good for our students but, if appropriately managed by a responsible classroom teacher YouTube can prove t be an invaluable tool. Here is just one use of YouTube in the classroom. The concert band at my school has been assigned the selection Invicta by James Sweringen for competition in several weeks. I can afford the students the opportunity to view several performances of this piece; I can have them listen to a performance that is below their class level one that is on par with them and another that is superior to them. Together the class can analyze and reflect on what made the superior group superior and other factors so when the class approaches the music they have a clear understanding what to expect in this piece and what the director will be focusing.
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