Comments on: YouTube, the good, the bad, the ugly http://mizmercer.edublogs.org/2008/06/18/youtube-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:25:13 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: UltimateTeacher http://mizmercer.edublogs.org/2008/06/18/youtube-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly/comment-page-1/#comment-833 UltimateTeacher Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:59:49 +0000 http://mizmercer.edublogs.org/?p=434#comment-833 Allow me to add my two cents... I thought you(and company) handled this situation in the proper manner. The students do show an interest in video making, yet just made a poor judgment on what's inapproriate and what's not. This happens all the time, and given that they were showing remorse, shows that they did not have the malice of intent. With that, you would hope to build on that interest by showing them what they should have done instead. Great teaching moment!! I think that this is going to be problem that many teachers are going to encounter very soon. I only hope that they are going to handle it with the same caution that you have shown. Allow me to add my two cents…
I thought you(and company) handled this situation in the proper manner. The students do show an interest in video making, yet just made a poor judgment on what’s inapproriate and what’s not. This happens all the time, and given that they were showing remorse, shows that they did not have the malice of intent. With that, you would hope to build on that interest by showing them what they should have done instead. Great teaching moment!!

I think that this is going to be problem that many teachers are going to encounter very soon. I only hope that they are going to handle it with the same caution that you have shown.

]]> By: alicemercer http://mizmercer.edublogs.org/2008/06/18/youtube-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly/comment-page-1/#comment-827 alicemercer Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:30:09 +0000 http://mizmercer.edublogs.org/?p=434#comment-827 Things I wonder about in the aftermath: * I wonder how different the situation would have been if they were criticizing us as a school? How to allow for that form of self-expression? * I wonder if some folks outside think that I/we are stifling self-expression (esp. in light of Mr. Carlin's recent demise, this thought occurs)? * Have I shared too much about these students? I'm telling them to keep a low-profile, but talking about it with all of you. The consequences can be <a href="http://tinyurl.com/5zugno" rel="nofollow">great</a> but I guess that is an advantage to having tenure instead of just waiting for it. * The "school image" argument would not work (or would be sorely resented) if the kids didn't like the place. I would never have used it in some places I've taught, but then I wouldn't have been allowed to cause the students would have been threatened rather than given a choice. Things I wonder about in the aftermath:

* I wonder how different the situation would have been if they were criticizing us as a school? How to allow for that form of self-expression?

* I wonder if some folks outside think that I/we are stifling self-expression (esp. in light of Mr. Carlin’s recent demise, this thought occurs)?

* Have I shared too much about these students? I’m telling them to keep a low-profile, but talking about it with all of you. The consequences can be great but I guess that is an advantage to having tenure instead of just waiting for it.

* The “school image” argument would not work (or would be sorely resented) if the kids didn’t like the place. I would never have used it in some places I’ve taught, but then I wouldn’t have been allowed to cause the students would have been threatened rather than given a choice.

]]> By: blogwalker http://mizmercer.edublogs.org/2008/06/18/youtube-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly/comment-page-1/#comment-826 blogwalker Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:57:56 +0000 http://mizmercer.edublogs.org/?p=434#comment-826 Alice, thanks for a great story to share with other teachers who are just bringing filmmaking into their curriculum. Since the uploading of inappropriate material by elementary students to YouTube is a reality we all face (in my district the example that comes to mind is an awful little piece done by a 5th grader - with some special effects added on my a 7th grade brother), I know other teachers and administrators will appreciate your roadmap to a student-generated action. Alice, thanks for a great story to share with other teachers who are just bringing filmmaking into their curriculum. Since the uploading of inappropriate material by elementary students to YouTube is a reality we all face (in my district the example that comes to mind is an awful little piece done by a 5th grader – with some special effects added on my a 7th grade brother), I know other teachers and administrators will appreciate your roadmap to a student-generated action.

]]> By: alicemercer http://mizmercer.edublogs.org/2008/06/18/youtube-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly/comment-page-1/#comment-825 alicemercer Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:42:53 +0000 http://mizmercer.edublogs.org/?p=434#comment-825 That is so true. I'm just glad all the adults and kids I saw agreed it was inappropriate. That is so true. I’m just glad all the adults and kids I saw agreed it was inappropriate.

]]> By: Josh Morgan http://mizmercer.edublogs.org/2008/06/18/youtube-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly/comment-page-1/#comment-824 Josh Morgan Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:44:39 +0000 http://mizmercer.edublogs.org/?p=434#comment-824 Considering most adults don't understand what's appropriate to post using social media tools I agree that we need to provide students with some leeway to learn how to do the right thing. Considering most adults don’t understand what’s appropriate to post using social media tools I agree that we need to provide students with some leeway to learn how to do the right thing.

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