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Online Video Resources
Safe and Educational Sources for Digital Video
There are a variety of video resources teachers can access online in the classroom. Showing online video requires the use of some type of multimedia projector, S-Video cable, or a scan converter box with a television.
Streaming a video simply means to play a video live from the internet.
Streaming a video simply means to play a video live from the internet.
Discovery - United Streaming
Although Discovery Education - United Streaming charges schools a subscription fee and requires a log-in, the educational resources are well worth it. Along with the thousands of videos available from very reputable companies (including Discovery Education), this site includes an image bank, quiz builder, lesson plans, assignment builder, writing prompt builder, and professional development activities. Searching can be done by grade level, subject area, or curriculum standard.
Click here for a quickstart video on Discovery United Streaming.
Click here for a quickstart video on Discovery United Streaming.
Teacher Tube
Teacher Tube is a free Online video resource that include videos, the opportunity to subscribe to RSS feeds on specific channels, and the opportunity to create groups for viewing and launching videos. Designed as a safe place for teachers and students to view and share videos.
Click here for a quickstart video on Teacher Tube.
Click here for a quickstart video on Teacher Tube.
School Tube
School Tube is another free educational site designed for video sharing. It has an image bank and educational games (in beta). This site also is a popular site for school news programs. Additionally there are contests and links to educational partners.
Click here for a quickstart video on School Tube.
Click here for a quickstart video on School Tube.
Recorded Video Session Tutorials
I have compiled all the recorded video session tutorials for "Online Video Resources" together here for your convenience. Click on any of the links below to see the tutorial from one of the instructors.
From "21 Things - Berrien, Calhoun, Kalamazoo"
From "21 Things - Berrien, Calhoun, Kalamazoo"
- Discovery Education Streaming (Gina Loveless - 12:57)
- TeacherTube and School Tube (Kevin Clark - 9:08)
- Using YouTube (Andy Mann - 9:32)
Additional Resources
- Check out Academic Earth with thousands of videos from academic scholars.
- You may also have the ability to access (based on you Internet filtering) YouTube Edu, an educational video site and off-shoot of YouTube.
- Check out additional Online Educational videos from www.edutube.org
- Another paid service, similar to Discovery United Streaming is Learn360. While Discovery United Streaming offers Discovery Channedl videos, bill Nye the Science Guy, and over 40,000 educational videos, Learn 360 offers PBS, NOVA National Geographic, and Standard Deviants titles to name just a few. Additionally, Learn 360 offers teachers the ability to upload podcasts, documents, and other supporting materials (similar to Teacher Tube).
- Click here for a list of 10 phenomenal educational video websites.
- For FREE educational videos and K-12 lesson plans, check out neoK12.
- YouTube in Education - many tips and links (note the tool from the Google blog site has been made ineffective and it's best to use one of the Firefox add-ons.)
- YouTube Download Tools - add-ons for Firefox (must be be downloaded and installed from within Firefox.) This link includes:
- Video Download Helper
- 1-Click YouTube Video Download
- Download YouTube Videos +
- You may still end up with a file in .flv format (a Flash format) which won't play well in most standard media players. You may want to convert the .flv file to a standard format using a tool such as Format Factory - an easy to use and free file converter (Windows only).