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This article is long however it gives some great information about using YouTube in the classroom. It is divided up into a few chapters so not all of it needs to be consumed. In short it is a research study about how educators use the web2.0 tool YouTube. It talks about how we can integrate it in the class, features of the site, and how to use the site. It also highlights some of the problems that came up with usage during the study.

Awesome! I love YouTube and I definitely utilize this tool A LOT in my high school English classroom. I enjoy how youtube also has the ability to focus on strictly educational materials. Visuals are so important for students to create concrete connections. Great artice!

YouTube is my favorite video-based network. Videos are intrinsically motivating and engaging. I agree with the point in the article that the videos that are informative, humorous, current, interesting and engaging are most preferred by students, but instructors choose a video based on its instructional value, not simply due to its humorous content. The article entirely and detailly introduces the tool. Additionally, the following article is also a great material to learn YouTube. Duffy, P. (2007). Engaging the YouTube Google‐Eyed Generation: Strategies for Using Web 2.0 in Teaching and Learning. In European Conference on eLearning, ECEL.

Since we are talking about crowdsourcing, this article explains how a teacher/trainer could use a Wiki with their students and some great ideas.

I see that it mentions pbworks and that is the wiki that I learned on which just happens to be the link I just shared to the EME6414 group and involved students from various cohorts crowdsourcing to create a list of various Web2.0 tools. I have now used the word "crowdsourcing" several times today. :)

I am intrigued by Wikis, and look forward to working with them. I was particularly interested in the suggestion, for math classes, to post word problems and have student work on them together. I am currenly helping to build a statistics class, and would - given more development time and more knowledge on my part - recommend a wiki to him for that very activity.