YouTube is a video broadcasting site used by people around the world for many different reasons. YouTube videos are posted for many different reasons. Some are educational and others are just their for a laugh in an attempt to become a trend. It can be a useful engagement tool in the classroom, but does come with its hazards. Its important to watch a video in full before showing it to students as some videos can seem harmless in the begining, but can go 'bad' as the video goes on.
Another thing that needs to be kept in mind is the 'suggested videos' that appear on the side panel of the site as well as at the end of the video. I'm sure there is probably a setting somewhere to regulate it, but is so I am yet to find it. There are many other video upload sites available such as Vimeo available, and they normally all provide private and public video uploads. This can be useful for student work as the private setting means that the video can only be found using the exact web address or even be password protected. The password protection setting on Vimeo means that even if the video address is given or the video is embedded a password is still required to view the video (great way to share videos with parents).
I made a YouTube account last year for a World Record event and found it easy to use concidering the videos I was uploading had to be made private during the event.
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