100 Best YouTube Videos for Teachers
The 100 Best YouTube Videos for Teachers is a nice list of YouTube videos that teachers can use in their classroom. The list is sorted by content area and topic and has a short description about each video. Categories include History, Science, How-To's, Technology, Classroom Management and more.
Like anything, teachers should watch these videos before using them.
If you can't access YouTube at school and want to download the videos, you can use RealPlayer in any browser to download them (it's free).
YouTube Time Machine
YouTube Time Machine is a site dedicated to sharing videos that are available on YouTube based on the year that they originally aired. The categories of videos that are available for viewing are Music, Television, Movies, Commercials, Sports, Video Games, and Current Events. These videos are great for reliving our own childhood, but also for sharing with students how times change and looking at several subjects from their birth year. There is currently not a search option available. You can remove the categories from above to shrink the videos available. You can view by year which helps to find videos from a certain time period, all the way back to 1860! You can also upload videos to help increase the library available. There is a button that takes you to the next video, but on my trial use of the site, it never took me to the next video. Get that fixed and this is a useful site. Want to know how the site started, read the about page. Kind of a neat story.
Classroom Use - You can easily use these videos to find first hand account of historical events as well as archival footage. You could also use the videos to show how culture changes based on the categories. A search option would be neat. The concept is great for classroom use. Hopefully they will continue to work on it.
“Download Tube”
(Reader Ian Scott writes that using this app caused an alert on his anti-virus program. I haven’t had a similar experience, but let me know if you have)
Download Tube is a new application that easily lets you download a video to your computer from the Web. It works very easily to download videos to your laptop from sites like YouTube that are blocked by school content filters. Then they can be shown in school.
I’m adding it to The Best Ways To Access Educational YouTube Videos At School.
Watch WatchKnow Without YouTube
One of the great things about the Internet is that new services are always appearing and existing services are always trying to improve. Try as I might, I can't keep up with all of them. That's why I was wrong when I left WatchKnow off of my list of 47 Alternatives to Using YouTube in the Classroom. I originally left it off my list because I mistakenly believed that WatchKnow was still relying on YouTube to serve videos. Over the weekend someone from WatchKnow corrected me by pointing out that there are over 4,000 videos available through WatchKnow that are not served by YouTube. Click the "classroom accessible" button to search for videos that are not hosted by YouTube.
Applications for EducationWatchKnow provides a good resource for locating educational videos that you can use in your classroom. You can search WatchKnow by content area categories and subcategories.
Here are some related items that may be of interest to you:
3 Ways to Access Khan Academy Without YouTube
Hundreds of Reviewed Online Mathematics Resources
Downloading Videos for Use In the Classroom
Pixorial
Pixorial is an excellent site for creating video and then sharing w/ others. If there is one thing I'd say that Pixorial specializes in that would be electronic cards (e-cards). Other nice features is the ability to share w/ a number of sites such a: YouTube, FB, Twitter, etc. and the ability to generate an embed code.
100 Best YouTube Videos for Teachers
The 100 Best YouTube Videos for Teachers is a nice list of YouTube videos that teachers can use in their classroom. The list is sorted by content area and topic and has a short description about each video. Categories include History, Science, How-To's, Technology, Classroom Management and more.
Like anything, teachers should watch these videos before using them.
If you can't access YouTube at school and want to download the videos, you can use RealPlayer in any browser to download them (it's free).
YouTube Time Machine
YouTube Time Machine is a site dedicated to sharing videos that are available on YouTube based on the year that they originally aired. The categories of videos that are available for viewing are Music, Television, Movies, Commercials, Sports, Video Games, and Current Events. These videos are great for reliving our own childhood, but also for sharing with students how times change and looking at several subjects from their birth year. There is currently not a search option available. You can remove the categories from above to shrink the videos available. You can view by year which helps to find videos from a certain time period, all the way back to 1860! You can also upload videos to help increase the library available. There is a button that takes you to the next video, but on my trial use of the site, it never took me to the next video. Get that fixed and this is a useful site. Want to know how the site started, read the about page. Kind of a neat story.
Classroom Use - You can easily use these videos to find first hand account of historical events as well as archival footage. You could also use the videos to show how culture changes based on the categories. A search option would be neat. The concept is great for classroom use. Hopefully they will continue to work on it.
“Download Tube”
(Reader Ian Scott writes that using this app caused an alert on his anti-virus program. I haven’t had a similar experience, but let me know if you have)
Download Tube is a new application that easily lets you download a video to your computer from the Web. It works very easily to download videos to your laptop from sites like YouTube that are blocked by school content filters. Then they can be shown in school.
I’m adding it to The Best Ways To Access Educational YouTube Videos At School.
100 Best YouTube Videos for Teachers
The 100 Best YouTube Videos for Teachers is a nice list of YouTube videos that teachers can use in their classroom. The list is sorted by content area and topic and has a short description about each video. Categories include History, Science, How-To's, Technology, Classroom Management and more.
Like anything, teachers should watch these videos before using them.
If you can't access YouTube at school and want to download the videos, you can use RealPlayer in any browser to download them (it's free).
The 100 Best YouTube Videos for Teachers is a nice list of YouTube videos that teachers can use in their classroom. The list is sorted by content area and topic and has a short description about each video. Categories include History, Science, How-To's, Technology, Classroom Management and more.
Like anything, teachers should watch these videos before using them.
If you can't access YouTube at school and want to download the videos, you can use RealPlayer in any browser to download them (it's free).
YouTube Time Machine
Classroom Use - You can easily use these videos to find first hand account of historical events as well as archival footage. You could also use the videos to show how culture changes based on the categories. A search option would be neat. The concept is great for classroom use. Hopefully they will continue to work on it.
(Reader Ian Scott writes that using this app caused an alert on his anti-virus program. I haven’t had a similar experience, but let me know if you have)
Download Tube is a new application that easily lets you download a video to your computer from the Web. It works very easily to download videos to your laptop from sites like YouTube that are blocked by school content filters. Then they can be shown in school.
I’m adding it to The Best Ways To Access Educational YouTube Videos At School.
Download Tube is a new application that easily lets you download a video to your computer from the Web. It works very easily to download videos to your laptop from sites like YouTube that are blocked by school content filters. Then they can be shown in school.
I’m adding it to The Best Ways To Access Educational YouTube Videos At School.
Watch WatchKnow Without YouTube
Applications for Education
WatchKnow provides a good resource for locating educational videos that you can use in your classroom. You can search WatchKnow by content area categories and subcategories.Here are some related items that may be of interest to you:
3 Ways to Access Khan Academy Without YouTube
Hundreds of Reviewed Online Mathematics Resources
Downloading Videos for Use In the Classroom
Pixorial is an excellent site for creating video and then sharing w/ others. If there is one thing I'd say that Pixorial specializes in that would be electronic cards (e-cards). Other nice features is the ability to share w/ a number of sites such a: YouTube, FB, Twitter, etc. and the ability to generate an embed code.
Implement YouTube's Unlisted Video Option
VidMe
VidMe is a site I learned about from Richard Byrne's excellent blog, that is ideal for sharing videos w/ anyone. The reason for this is VidMe lets users share any video privately by controlling who sees what, and who can download what. This would be ideal for education especially when having to worry about CIPA compliance.
Give VidMe a try by clicking here!!
Implement YouTube's Unlisted Video Option
VidMe is a site I learned about from Richard Byrne's excellent blog, that is ideal for sharing videos w/ anyone. The reason for this is VidMe lets users share any video privately by controlling who sees what, and who can download what. This would be ideal for education especially when having to worry about CIPA compliance.
Give VidMe a try by clicking here!!
Give VidMe a try by clicking here!!
Downloading Videos for Use In the Classroom
Disclaimer: Downloading content from YouTube can be interpreted as a violation of it's terms of service. Back in November 2009 I surveyed readers for their opinions as to whether or not teachers should download content from YouTube. The survey results indicate that most teachers would download YouTube content, but there were also some very passionate comments against that action. You can read the post and the subsequent commentshere.
I am very fortunate to work in a school district that allows teachers to access YouTube videos. For now my district is the exception to the rule, but hopefully in the future more schools will allow access to YouTube at least at the high school level. The quantity of good, educational content on YouTube is far greater than the quantity available on any other site. If you work in a district that blocks YouTube, there are still ways that you can use YouTube content in your classroom. Here are some tools you can use to download YouTube videos for use on your local hard drive.
Catch YouTube is a free tool for converting and downloading YouTube videos. Catch YouTube offers eight formats for video conversion. The video conversions are fairly quick depending on the length of the video.
Convert My Tube is a free service that allows you to convert a video to your choice of eight different formats for use on your local hard drive. To useConvert My Tube, simply enter the url of the video you want converted, select your desired format, and then download the video.
YouTube Snips is another good tool for downloading YouTube videos for use offline. To use YouTube Snips simply enter the the url of your chosen video and download the video in your preferred format. YouTube Snips gives you the choice of three formats, MP4, 3GP, and FLV. In my test of YouTube Snips the download was very quick.
Miro is an open source media player available for Mac and Windows. Miro is kind of like iTunes for user generated video websites. After you install Miro you can download videos from YouTube and other video sharing sites directly from Miro. If there is a particular video producer that you like you can subscribe to the video channel. Each video is saved in your media player until you decide to delete it.
If you're not comfortable downloading videos from YouTube, you should try one of these30+ Alternatives to YouTube. One of my absolute favorites from that list is Next Vista.
I am very fortunate to work in a school district that allows teachers to access YouTube videos. For now my district is the exception to the rule, but hopefully in the future more schools will allow access to YouTube at least at the high school level. The quantity of good, educational content on YouTube is far greater than the quantity available on any other site. If you work in a district that blocks YouTube, there are still ways that you can use YouTube content in your classroom. Here are some tools you can use to download YouTube videos for use on your local hard drive.
Catch YouTube is a free tool for converting and downloading YouTube videos. Catch YouTube offers eight formats for video conversion. The video conversions are fairly quick depending on the length of the video.Convert My Tube is a free service that allows you to convert a video to your choice of eight different formats for use on your local hard drive. To useConvert My Tube, simply enter the url of the video you want converted, select your desired format, and then download the video.YouTube Snips is another good tool for downloading YouTube videos for use offline. To use YouTube Snips simply enter the the url of your chosen video and download the video in your preferred format. YouTube Snips gives you the choice of three formats, MP4, 3GP, and FLV. In my test of YouTube Snips the download was very quick.Miro is an open source media player available for Mac and Windows. Miro is kind of like iTunes for user generated video websites. After you install Miro you can download videos from YouTube and other video sharing sites directly from Miro. If there is a particular video producer that you like you can subscribe to the video channel. Each video is saved in your media player until you decide to delete it.If you're not comfortable downloading videos from YouTube, you should try one of these30+ Alternatives to YouTube. One of my absolute favorites from that list is Next Vista.
http://wsfcsintouch.blogspot.com/2010/05/using-videoconferencing-to-connect-your.html
Teachers assist students in creating a list of questions to ask from any content area to build a better cultural understanding and build relationships with students from other countries. Students can learn about the history of that country, cultural foods, climate, religion, celebrations, language, school and other information from the country.
Check out the innovative project Michael Kaechele did with his 7th grade students using Skype: http://langwitches.org/blog/2010/02/12/becoming-the-experts/
http://video.pbs.org/ - all subjects
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2009/11/six-easy-ways-for-students-to-create.html
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