Where should I host a video for schoolchildren?
May 15, 2010 7:04 AM Subscribe
What's a good video-hosting solution for a primary (elementary) school context?
I've made a collaborative film with a large group of 9-11 year-olds. They want it available to show to parents and so on. I want to post it somewhere relatively public then, but in a context that parents and teachers are going to be comfortable about their children surfing through (also many video sites are blanket-blocked by school firewalls). Some children can access YouTube at home, but I don't think it'll cut it. I am happy to buy some cheap hosting for them, and build a simple site, but is there an easier solution?
I've made a collaborative film with a large group of 9-11 year-olds. They want it available to show to parents and so on. I want to post it somewhere relatively public then, but in a context that parents and teachers are going to be comfortable about their children surfing through (also many video sites are blanket-blocked by school firewalls). Some children can access YouTube at home, but I don't think it'll cut it. I am happy to buy some cheap hosting for them, and build a simple site, but is there an easier solution?
Best answer: I work with a technology/literacy program for the NYC public schools. We asked ourselves the same question because many of our students make class videos they want to share with their family or other schools. The Dept. of Ed. blocks so many sites that it is nearly impossible to find a hosting site AND some schools have internal IT that helps override a firewall (so what works at one school may not work at another).
We have done two things: We use a moodle platform which we host on our own site. Students can then write about their video alongside the video itself. The site can be public or private.
We have also simply used a wordpress.com blog because it's free, user-friendly, and students can collaboratively upload and write on the blog.
posted by cycad2000 at 9:35 AM on May 15, 2010
We have done two things: We use a moodle platform which we host on our own site. Students can then write about their video alongside the video itself. The site can be public or private.
We have also simply used a wordpress.com blog because it's free, user-friendly, and students can collaboratively upload and write on the blog.
posted by cycad2000 at 9:35 AM on May 15, 2010
Response by poster: Got to say, I've found both TeacherTube and SchoolTube very slow and very heavily advertising orientated.
posted by klaatu at 12:35 PM on June 30, 2010
posted by klaatu at 12:35 PM on June 30, 2010
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