SchoolTube.com Launches Moderated
"SAFE" Site

Welcome to SchoolTube.com, a website for K-12 schools that blocks out inappropriate content through an innovative Chain of Accountability process. Videos and pictures are student produced and moderator approved, thus producing a pure and refreshing site that is appropriate for school use.

SchoolTube.com is different than other media-sharing websites that currently exist. The SchoolTube platform allows students to upload media into a ‘holding’ area that keeps the media inactive. An email is sent to a moderator informing them that the media is available to be viewed for approval. Only after the media has been approved by the moderator is it available for viewing on the site.

SchoolTube can be used by students, teachers, administrators, and school-related associations.

SchoolTube is for students:

• to share media from school, about school, just for fun, or just because.
• who want to showcase academic, sports, and club events to family, friends, and the world!
• interested in competing for national awards with the best of the best.

SchoolTube is for teachers:

• who want to share teacher approved media right from their classroom.
• interested in integrating technology into their curriculum.
• wanting to learn from recognized educational leaders.
• to share concepts, ideas, and lesson plans with other teachers across the nation.

SchoolTube is for principals:

• who want to support their teachers, students, and community.
• interested in utilizing safe, moderated media onto the school's website.
• who want to keep up with national educational organizations and activities.
• to post welcome videos or pictures from their building administrators for parents and students.

SchoolTube is for parents:

• who want their kids to be able to share media in a safe environment.
• to keep up with what is happening in their child's school.
• who want to show off their child's talents and accomplishments.

SchoolTube is for school boards:

• looking for a public/private partnership.
• who would like to promote community participation.
• looking to highlight recognition events.

SchoolTube is for IT managers:

• who want to gain media sharing with no need for additional servers.
• looking for a non-invasive, web-based communication tool.
• who want the community to access media without the security concerns.

SchoolTube is FREE. Therefore, any school may experience the benefit of media-sharing in a SAFE environment.

SchoolTube Partners/Endorsements

SchoolTube collaborates with many national education associations. This collaboration has been the foundation of our high standards and ethical guidelines.

To see a complete list of our current partners/endorsements please visit our Partners page.

What People are Saying about SchoolTube

Michelle Hoch from Washington High School in Washington, MO says:

SchoolTube.com is a fantastic way to get student work out there for people to enjoy. The access is safe, easy, and a long-awaited answer for schools that do not have their own website to stream their video on. I am so happy SchoolTube has come along!

Ken Leach, Director of Educational Products says:

SchoolTube provides a web-based platform for moderated videos that is safe and secure. Scholastic broadcasters are using SchoolTube.com everyday to share best practices and create weekly news broadcasts for their schools. SchoolTube can help schools transform a simple classroom, with an existing computer, into an internet video broadcasting network. It’s simple, educational, economical, and fun!

Industry Analyst and Internet Blogger, Skipvia (http://community.uaf.edu/~skipvia/blog/) writes:

SchoolTube is “a network of students, educators, and industry working together to foster video production and internet publishing in a safe online learning environment.” Modeled after YouTube (and many similar sites), this site publishes teacher-moderated and approved videos submitted by schools. These are not “educational” videos in the typical sense – rather, they are student or teacher produced videos from a variety of genres, including comedies, music videos, school events, careers, ceremonies, and even student council meetings. Great fun and a good option for uploading student productions.

About SchoolTube's MVP

SchoolTube also presents the MVP, a mini video player that will give your school’s website’s viewers a chance to see diverse student and teacher-produced videos from across the country. The videos you’ll find in the SchoolTube MVP are the cream of the crop from SchoolTube.com’s comprehensive database of K-12 videos.

Every video on SchoolTube.com is teacher moderated and school appropriate. Videos on SchoolTube show the possibilities of what can be done in the classroom, and are a great learning and motivation tool for your entire student body. From sports to drama, assemblies to clubs, and academics to activities, you are sure to find an assortment of new student and teacher created content on SchoolTube.com daily. The MVP is like having a national, student-produced television network right on your own website!

To place an MVP on your website is as easy. Pick out the playlist you would like to add to your site (we have over 20 topics to choose from), and copy and paste the single line of code onto your site. Don't worry about the MVP's size, you can adjust its height and width to make it fit almost anywhere.

To get an MVP (or to get information on how you can create an MVP with your own school's videos), simply go to www.MVP.SchoolTube.com.

About SchoolTube (the Company)

SchoolTube is a consumer media company dedicated to supporting educational institutions and all of their students to broadcast, watch, and share original videos worldwide through a web experience. Our mission is to educate and empower educators and students in a safe, effective video production and internet publishing environment.

"SchoolTube is the only internet media publisher for teachers and students which combines dynamic curriculum and community outreach programs", says Carl Arizpe, SchoolTube founder and president. "All media must be approved by registered teachers, follow local school guidelines and adhere to the SchoolTube Standards based off of the STN Code of Ethics and the RTNDF Code of Ethics."

"SchoolTube has helped my students in so many ways! As a teacher, I LOVE that it provides my students with the opportunity to easily view work produced by other students from all across the nation. I believe being able to view this work teaches them new techniques and enhances their creativity. Also, seeing other students' video production work motivates my students to produce higher quality videos. Often times while students are viewing SchoolTube I hear, "That was so cool...How do I do that Mrs. Mills?" or "What a creative way to transition. I am going to try that in my next project.". SchoolTube also helps the students come up with additional ideas for stories. Another opportunity SchoolTube gives the students is to share and show their work with family and friends that don't live nearby. As a teacher I feel fortunate that my students have a school approved site on which they can share their work and learn from others."

Stephanie Mills
Broadcast Journalism I, II, III
Burleson High School

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"I truly appreciate the opportunities that SchoolTube.com has allowed my video students at Ladue and to me personally. SchoolTube is the real deal, and a fabulous resource for our students' educational experience!"

Don Goble
Video Production Teacher
Ladue Horton Watkins High School

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"I personally LOVE SchoolTube! For a teacher, it helps to see what other schools are doing. Everyone has a different level in TV production across the nation. I, personally, have one class, and our school is not a magnet school for TV.

I understand that it seems like more teachers are viewing schooltube.com than students. I know at the beginning of the year, I had all my students sign up for SchoolTube.com. I also tell them to look specifically at different clips to constructively "critique" the segment, and comment on its presentation. I did that for my final, and it seems like to me, that students know a lot about "what is wrong or right" about a piece, but when it comes time to do it themselves, they sometimes forget crucial aspects.

SchoolTube.com has been great for me and for my class. The kids get a kick when their segment is uploaded....and it is a lesson in itself, when students see other people's work.

J. Salon
Video Production Teacher
Miami Palmetto High School

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"1.) I and other teachers are grateful to have a safe site for students to post work. More because we can control what goes out, therefore greatly reducing the risk of any legal problems.
2.) I use Schooltube to show my students what can be done, and to set goals and practices based on what they see. This helps tremendously when it is time to enter a contest or to upgrade our own programming.
3.) Schooltube is easy, and free!"

Sam Morris
Video Production Teacher
Judson B. Walker Middle School

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