Week 4 Writing Prompt Response

On YouTube in the Classroom
YouTube, when properly filtered by teachers, is a great source of authentic content which likely will engage students in classroom learning activities. Teachers should not assign student work requiring students to access YouTube on their own because it places students at risk for exposure to inappropriate images and ideas. Ideally, I see no issue with students being allowed to post content to YouTube, as long as personal security measures are understood and followed. However, it may be time for education to step up and give students some training in their responsibility for what is recorded and published in their videos. The confrontation video reflected as much on the students’ blatant disrespect for their teacher, along with their probable misuse of cell phones during school hours, as it did on the teacher’s attempts to regain control of the classroom. Perhaps those students would reconsider posting that type of content if they understood that they are also publishing a record of their own behavior.