using videos in the classroom
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YouTube would be my go to site for finding videos for use in the classroom but it does have its limitations. When you find a good educational video that you want to share with your students you get frustrated because of the ad's and other features around it. I have provided some resources to assist with youtube videos and some alternatives. The following is a list of free video resources that I hope you can use and find useful.TRANSCRIPT
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Using Videos in the classroom
by Jeff Miezio
YouTube & AlternativesYouTube would be my go to site for finding videos
for use in the classroom but it does have its limitations. When you find a good educational
video that you want to share with your students you get frustrated because of the ad's and other
features around it. I have provided some resources to assist with youtube videos and some
alternatives. The following is a list of free video resources that I hope you can use and find useful.
YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/YouTube is a video-sharing website on which users can upload, share, and view videos.
Safeshare
http://www.safeshare.tv/ SafeShare.TV removes distracting and offensive elements around YouTube videos, but it also allows you to crop videos before sharing them.To use SafeShare.tv simply copy the url of a YouTube video and paste it into SafeShare.tv.
Tubechop http://www.tubechop.com/It is all about chopping
Youtube videos and selecting the parts of a video you would like to
share with your students or colleagues. Paste the
link of YouTube video inside the search box and click on search now you can start chopping your
video. using the start and end time buttons to
change the parts of a video you want to include and when you finish you
hit chop it
Video without the distractions. To watch
web videos without the comments and
distractions, just drag the quietube button to
your browser's bookmarks bar. (Have had issues installing at
school.)
Quietubehttp://quietube.com/
Download and save videos from YouTube
and other video sites.
Savevideo.mehttp://savevideo.me/
Download and save videos directly from Youtube and other
video sites.
keepvidhttp://keepvid.com/
an educator and student friendly site for
sharing the best content including
educational videos, docs, audio's and photos for your
classroom. It provides videos covering a wide
range of topics.
Teachertubewww.teachertube.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/ A superb, extensive video library collection for schools from the
BBC. Search the archive which is sorted into Primary and Secondary sections. There are videos for subjects across the curriculum.
http://www.teachingvideos.co.uk/A collection of cross curricular videos for teachers to use in class. The videos are sourced from many sites,
including YouTube, Teacher.tv and many more.
http://www.snagfilms.com/ Snag Films is a great resource for educative full length documentaries provided by popular producers such as
National Geographic. It also provides a catalog of educational films that are accompanied by classroom
discussion questions.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/ HowStuffWorks explains thousands of topics, with video and illustrations so you can learn
how everything works.
http://ed.ted.com/ Use engaging videos on TED-Ed to create
customized lessons. You can use, tweak, or completely redo any lesson featured on TED-
Ed.
http://www.learnerstv.com/ It basically provides video lectures covering
different topics and subjects.
http://www.explania.com/en Explania is a website that provides animated
explanations. Explanations are included in videos and interactive infographics.
http://www.watchknowlearn.org/default.aspx Teachers suggest videos for inclusion into
watchknowlearn, and then review, approve, and assign those videos into appropriate categories. They cover all
major educational topics from primary to secondary schools and are Kid Safe because they are vetted by
teachers.
http://www.kidsknowit.com/interactive-educational-movies/index.php
Each movie begins by introducing students to the
topics that they will be learning about, and ends with an online quiz. In order to successfully complete each
online video, your student must watch, and then successfully answer the quiz questions with 80% or
higher accuracy.
http://www.mathatube.com/Math A Tube is a compilation of videos from
a variety of users and other websites. Videos are categorized by mathematics topics and
sub-topics.
http://www.artbabble.org/educatorsArtBabble is a great resource for teachers,
who want to show art videos in the classroom.
http://www.freedocumentary.tv/A website for watching free documentary
films with more than 1700 films covering a wide range of topics.
http://www.teachersdomain.org/You’ll find thousands of media resources, support materials, and tools for classroom lessons, individualized learning programs,
and teacher professional learning communities.
http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/ The site contains tens of thousands of
classroom-ready, digital resources including videos, games, audio clips, photos and
lesson plans.
http://www.thinkfinity.org/community/thinkfinity-resourcesProvides access to educators and experts in curriculum
enhancement, along with thousands of digital resources for K-12 — aligned to curriculum.
http://www.neok12.com/This is a collection of resources and Web 2.0
tools that might fit into any lesson. Along with pictures and videos that have been
teacher selected
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/?ar_a=1Educational programs and resources for schools, high-quality materials which include geography, archaeology and natural
science, the promotion of environmental and historical conservation.
http://www.historychannel.com.au/classroom/Guided by the Australian History Teacher's Association, this site provides the tools to assist in teaching history
in the classroom.
http://www.tpt.org/newtons/A focus on science with over 300 video clips.
Also includes lessons and activities.
http://sciencehack.com/Search engine for science videos, experiments, projects, movies and science news.
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/videos.htmlLearn more about science and technology by watching these great science videos it has an excellent range of video clips that cover a number of interesting topics.
https://www.khanacademy.org/library of videos covers K-12 math, science topics such as biology, chemistry, and physics, and also include some on the humanities. Each video is a digestible chunk, approximately 10 minutes long, and especially purposed for viewing on the computer.
http://aso.gov.au/education/The clips in this collection are accompanied
by teachers’ notes created by specialist curriculum writers.