You are your own substitute

"...create their own TV shows online in just a few clicks." (Will Richardson, pg. 126)

I first saw this happen in my own school this past March. 4 or 5 teachers were going to Chicago for a leadership conference and would miss three days of school. They decided that it was too much to miss and that students would suffer without their help over the half week they would be gone. As a solution, they went ahead and videotaped their lessons and posted it online for the sub to play during class.

The feedback from the students was that it worked -- but wasn't the same. The students learned, but still struggled because they were unable to ask questions. Overall, the teachers that attempted these video lessons felt it was certainly not perfect, but certainly worth doing.