YouTube Unblocked (somewhat)

Teachers -

Have you ever found an amazing video resource you wanted to use in your class but couldn't because it was only on YouTube and was blocked by the LAUSD filter?  Well, I learned from Mr. Sanchez today (who learned it from Mr. Ifergan) that you can now access YouTube (and many other media resource sites) from school for 15 minutes at a time.  You will be prompted to start an Authorized Override Session by entering your LAUSD Single Sign On password, obviously so ITD can have a record of what videos you watched.  But hey, if you're using it for appropriate instruction in the classroom, this should be no problem.  It also works for other sites they classify as Streaming Media or  Media Sharing.  It seems like a step in the right direction to me.  If you try it, let us know.

New Free Resources

Welcome to the first day of the new school year.

1.  Poetry 180 is a wonderful resource that I found out about last week. The Library of Congress delivers “A Poem a Day for American High Schools”.  Sign up at http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180   Everybody can click “Subscribe” and “Poetry 180”.

2. Karen Magee was looking for a social networking site that would be safe and secure to use with her classes.  She found Edmodo (http://www.edmodo.com/), and says it really looks good.  Try it out.

3.  And, if you use RSS, consider subscribing to this blog (DMHS Library Update) for the latest on what's happening around the library and the school.  If you don't know how, here's the Common Craft video introduction to RSS. http://www.commoncraft.com/rss_plain_english

Enjoy!

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