YouTube
“Founded in February 2005, YouTube is the world's most popular online video community, allowing millions of people to discover, watch and share originally-created videos. YouTube provides a forum for people to connect, inform, and inspire others across the globe and acts as a distribution platform for original content creators and advertisers large and small” (Youtube.com, 2010)After just one year online, over 100 million videos were being watched daily and over 65,000 videos were being uploaded daily (Rueters, 2006). In October 2006 Youtube was purchased by Google Inc for 1.65 billion US dollars and by May 2010, over 2 billion videos were being watched daily (Chapman, 2010)
Advantages:
• Users are able to upload their own videos to share with the world
• “Video sharing with classmates on the social front is easy, fun, and rising in participation” (Karimi, 2006).
• Class presentations and projects can be improved and enhanced.
• Teachers can provide live feedback on uploaded videos.
• Teachers could upload homework tasks to maintain student motivation (Karimi, 2006)
• Many television and film companies are placing their products on youtube for viewers to watch.
Disadvantages:
• There are many inappropriate videos on youtube that can be mistakenly accessed by unsuspecting users. According to Karimi (2006) “the rise in porn sites and the dangers of cyberspace cannot be overlooked” (p2) by teachers.
• Many workplaces have had to ban the use of youtube by their employees due to the time wasted on the website as well as the strain on the company’s internet usage. This is also true of students, as they can become distracted with other videos available to them.
My next post in the series will look at Twitter
Thanks for you readership,
Russell
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