TeacherTube is a wonderful example of another web 2.0 tool. It allows a teacher to post a video, audio file, photo, or word/presentation document to the internet for other teachers, students, and/or parents to view.
The website is free, so anyone can join or roam around and view a variety of instructional videos. This is very helpful for students who wish to learn online. Teachers can post lessons that they perform in classrooms online, so that students who do not attend their classrooms can learn from home. Not only is this convenient, but it allows the teacher and student more flexibility.
This form of technology is a wonderful way for complete involvement. Children (those who are older can use independently, but those that are younger may need adult assistance) are able to learn online. Teachers are able to share helpful information with other teachers online, and parents are able to stay connected with what is going on in their child's classroom. Public libraries usually consist of computers, so if someone has difficulty with their internet or does not have a computer at all, it would be helpful to travel to the local library to explore on one of their computers.
I look forward to using or advising someone to use one of these websites in their educational career.

Twitter has become a very popular site over the last 2 years. This site would be more appropriate for teachers and parents. Teachers could follow someone in the public eye that has importance to education, and parents can follow teachers. By "follow", I mean that if you "follow" someone, you receive updates from them to your phone and/or web. It is a great way to stay connected! Many times parents are curious as to what their children are doing/learning that moment, and teachers can express this through using Twitter.

After evaluating this site even more, there is not always a guarantee that a website that is posted to someone's update would work or be available. This could cause concern and frustration for a parent or student trying to stay in communication with a teacher through Twitter.

TeacherTube is a site for teachers to upload instructional videos for other teachers to view or for home learners. Members of this site are encouraged to make constructive comments, as if they were in a classroom listening to a lesson or in a meeting listening to a proposal. I thought it would be an effective way to use this website in a child-life setting. For instance, if a child was very ill and was contained to a hospital room, he/she could prevent from getting far behind in school by watching his lessons being taught online. This is a site I would recommend to all teachers, and the best part - it's free!

This website is wonderful! It is a great way to have group discussions between teachers, as well as teachers and parents. A teacher can post a picture or video of something going on within the classroom to share with the student's parents and receive comments in five different ways! Five! If you join any group, you can post a comment by telephone, typing, computer microphone, webcam, or uploading an audio file. That's such a variety! That allows easier access for parents, as well as other teachers who want to be involved.

After deeply evaluating this website, I found it more difficult to find specific documents that I would prefer to find. This could be difficult for a learner online.