SchoolTube
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Overview
SchoolTube is a video sharing website for K-12 education. It was created in response to large-scale access restriction of mainstreamYouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
video-sharing sites in public schools in the United States. Launched in 2007, the company is based in St. Louis, MO.
Moderation
SchoolTube is more heavily moderated than other video-sharing websites as a result of its unrestricted access in many US public schools. SchoolTube employees, along with registered teachers and administratorsAcademic administration
An academic administration is a branch of university or college employees responsible for the maintenance and supervision of the institution and separate from the faculty or academics, although some personnel may have joint responsibilities...
at each school, are responsible for the moderation of user-uploaded content. Students are not involved in the moderation
Moderation
Moderation is the process of eliminating or lessening extremes. It is used to ensure normality throughout the medium on which it is being conducted...
process.
Social
To avoid cyberbullying, traditional commenting is not available. Pre-set canned commenting options are available however.Partnership
SchoolTube cooperates with Glogster EDUGlogster EDU
Glogster EDU is an education platform that was developed from Glogster. It is a new kind of social network.Glogster EDU is a web 2.0 platform which enables users to create virtual posters. While the original version of Glogster is used mainly by teenagers, Glogster EDU is intended mainly for...
which is an education program. The educative videos may be inserted into Glogs from SchoolTube. Glogster EDU is a web 2.0
Web 2.0
The term Web 2.0 is associated with web applications that facilitate participatory information sharing, interoperability, user-centered design, and collaboration on the World Wide Web...
platform which enables users to create virtual posters and load them with videos, music, sounds, pictures, text, data attachments, special effects, animations and links. They have started to cooperate in 2009.