twenty points is a lot to lose...

...when your technology project is late.  Which it is, and it sucks, because for once I didn't procrastinate.  I just had absolutely nothing go right the last month.  And tonight the internet is making me angry.  "Why?" might you ask.  Because apparently activities and articles about figurative language are only available for kids that are k-8 and college.  No real middle ground. grrrr....  So I thought, hmmmm, maybe there will be something I can use on youtube (this is before I even started this blog) and I found lots of good things...but they all had at least one spot that seemed a teeny bit too suggestive for the classroom.  But this one was my favorite.  It teaches in, a very dry sense of humor, about alliteration.

I love you tube- although after doing the ethical use tutorial, I get frustrated at the amount of stuff copied straight from the TV that I can't use- but would be so good!  Darn ethics...why do I have to care so much?!  But in all seriousness- I think youtube is a great resource for teachers, but we always need to preview video clips and be aware of what we are showing our students.  If we use youtube as a resource in the classroom it is imperative we consider what students have the potential to be exposed to, and know how to make the video clearly relate to education concepts.