A Problem with Embedded Videos

Here's a scenario:

• You create a video and upload it to a host like You Tube.
• People like it and want to share it on their blog.
• They grab the embed code and paste it into their blog.
• Sweet - your video is on multiple blogs!

• Then, you realize that the video has an error you need to correct.
• To do this, you need to delete the current video and upload a new one.
• Ack! When you delete a video, the embedded players stop working
• The bloggers now have a broken links and don't know why.
  

So, you're stuck - either you leave up bad content, or break the links to your blogger friends.

I bring this up for two reasons:

TeacherTube: An Educator's Workaround for Online Video

It's easy to assume that YouTube and similar hosts are open to everyone but it's not the case for a lot of professionals.  We hear from people almost every day that need a way to access our videos off the web because their organizatio/school restricts access to websites like YouTube.

We recently became aware of TeacherTube, which is a video sharing site that has become a workaround for educators who can't access YouTube videos on the web. Many schools may block YouTube, but allow access to TeacherTube because it's an educational resource.