I was really surprised when I watched the video by Jackie Campbell, explaining how to embed a YouTube video. The reason for the surprise was that she was using my video. I posted this video about a year and a half ago and it has over 80,000 hits. On TeacherTube it has over 100,000 hits. The song was written by Fred Ribits and performed by our group, Science Explosion. I would like to put more videos on YouTube. Maybe 23 Things will inspire me to do more of them. It is a powerful form of teaching. The comments that are posted are also sent directly to my email address so I get to read all of them. It is a lot of fun. I have also gotten email from teachers around the world asking permission to use the video. It makes me feel really good when these requests come in. It makes you understand how small the world is and how we can impact learning around the globe.
I want to thank Jackie for using my video as an example. Thanks Jackie, "I owe you one!"
My 7 year old niece was talking about this song just this weekend! Oh my, it IS a small world after all. I didn't have a clue what she was talking about since I never heard it, but now it all makes sense.
ReplyDeleteGee it is a small world. Great to hear that it is being sung all over. This would not happen without something like YouTube.
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