Metacafe is kind of like Youtube, but on the entertainment level. It has other web 2.0 tools as part of the site such as Facebook ,Wiki, Twitter, Skype, and Digg. It also allows for a family filter and multiple languages. This site enables members to comment on videos and be involved in discussions. Members can share videos and can email each other. Privacy settings can be set in order to allow or not allow others to see your postings, comment on your videos or send you email.
Metacafe is also user friendly and easy to manipulate and maneuver. You can also receive news feeds on comments made on a video you have posted.
As an educational source, Metacafe, can be a tool used for students to create dialogs on a varity of subjects, ranging from pop culture to news event clips. The exciting thing about the news events, is that they do not have to start as ?world wide news? but with the use of international web 2.0 tool such as Metacafe, a local news clip can end up as world wide news.
There are some limits for the use of Metacafe is the classroom, the primary one being access. The access might be restricted to school sites, and also in order to have complete access, users have to sign up through email for an account. The other limit is the students maturity level to participate and interact. I would not use Metacafe with my primary grades Special Day Class.
Metacafe is kind of like Youtube, but on the entertainment level. It has other web 2.0 tools as part of the site such as Facebook ,Wiki, Twitter, Skype, and Digg. It also allows for a family filter and multiple languages. This site enables members to comment on videos and be involved in discussions. Members can share videos and can email each other. Privacy settings can be set in order to allow or not allow others to see your postings, comment on your videos or send you email.
Metacafe is also user friendly and easy to manipulate and maneuver. You can also receive news feeds on comments made on a video you have posted.
As an educational source, Metacafe, can be a tool used for students to create dialogs on a varity of subjects, ranging from pop culture to news event clips. The exciting thing about the news events, is that they do not have to start as ?world wide news? but with the use of international web 2.0 tool such as Metacafe, a local news clip can end up as world wide news.
There are some limits for the use of Metacafe is the classroom, the primary one being access. The access might be restricted to school sites, and also in order to have complete access, users have to sign up through email for an account. The other limit is the students maturity level to participate and interact. I would not use Metacafe with my primary grades Special Day Class.
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