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100 Incredibly Useful YouTube Channels for Teachers. YouTube has earned a reputation for featuring brain cell-slaughtering fare such as the truly abysmal Fred and playing host to the some of the most depressingly stupid comments this side of Yahoo!

100 Incredibly Useful YouTube Channels for Teachers

News. But for every participant liberally dishing out misspelled racist, sexist and homophobic talking points, there is at least one whose channel genuinely offers something provocative and educational. For teachers hoping to infuse multimedia into their classrooms, YouTube makes for an excellent starting point. Plenty of universities, nonprofits, organizations, museums and more post videos for the cause of education both in and out of schools.

The following list compiles some of the ones most worthy of attention, as they feature plenty of solid content appealing to their respective audiences and actively try to make viewers smarter. Multidisciplinary and General Education Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Technology Social Sciences, History and World Issues Visual, Performing and Liberal Arts. 10 Wordless Videos that Teach Problem Solving - Speech is Beautiful. I work in teletherapy, which means that I use a computer to display my materials and activities for my students.

10 Wordless Videos that Teach Problem Solving - Speech is Beautiful

I have a couple extremely quiet older elementary students and I decided that video was a way to engage and encourage them to answer questions and retell events. In particular I wanted them to think about solving hypothetical problems. I found 10 WORDLESS videos on YouTube that show interesting problems and make kids think about how to solve a problem — and they have to provide the language! Piper Short Movie — A baby bird finds a way to survive a big wave. Ormie the Pig — A pig attempts to get a jar of cookies off of the top of the fridge.

All That We Share. This ELT lesson plan is designed around a short video titled “All That We Share” by Danish TV channel TV2Danmark.

All That We Share

In the lesson students talk about the communities they belong to, find out what they share with their classmates, read a transcript, watch and discuss a video about what a community shares. I would ask all teachers who use Film English to consider buying my book Film in Action as the royalties which I receive from sales help to keep the website completely free. Language level: Intermediate (B1) – Upper Intermediate (B2) Learner type: Teens and adults Time: 90 minutes.

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These tigers have never been swimming before. Here's how they reacted to their brand new pool. Siberian tigers Carli and Lily were living in a small, filthy cage when they were rescued by animal welfare officers.

These tigers have never been swimming before. Here's how they reacted to their brand new pool.

The International Fund for Animal Welfare explains they were taken to Safe Haven Rescue Zoo in Nevada, where sanctuary workers immediately began the long, difficult process of teaching them how to be tigers again after a lifetime of captivity and neglect. When the sanctuary employees realized Carli and Lily had never been swimming before, they built the tigers their own special pool. It was love at first sight. Like This Post On Facebook Even by conservative estimates, somewhere between 10,000 to 20,000 big cats are currently being kept as pets in the United States. Odd, but more exciting than the Knicks! In case it wasn't obvious, keeping large, wild predators as pets is a pretty terrible idea.

The Story of the Chinese Farmer. How Wolves Change Rivers. McDonald's GOL! FIFA World Cup - Brasil 2014. Can We Auto-Correct Humanity? Student News. Black Bear Encounter. She Spotted A Mannequin Of Herself In The Store Window. Her Reaction Brought Me To Tears. She Spotted A Mannequin Of Herself In The Store...

She Spotted A Mannequin Of Herself In The Store Window. Her Reaction Brought Me To Tears

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47+ Alternatives to Using YouTube in the Classroom. .

47+ Alternatives to Using YouTube in the Classroom

However, many teachers cannot access YouTube in their classrooms. That is why I originally wrote what became one of the most popular posts to ever appear on . That post is now fourteen months old and I've come across more alternatives in that time. Also in that time span some of the resources on the list have shut down. So it's time to update the list. 1. Video Lesson: Mr. Bean. Follow me on twitter This is a video lesson based around the video “Mr.

Video Lesson: Mr. Bean

How Facebook Can Affect Your Sense of Happiness. Does Physical Activity Lead to Higher Grades? Soda Ban Explained - Video. Bike Thief - Video. Glogster EDU - 21st century multimedia tool for educators, teachers and students. Here's One Of The Best Reasons Not To Hate Rats I've Ever Seen. Study English with fun, free ESL video quizzes. Matthew Santoro. Free Inspirational Movie Clips for Teaching and Sermon Illustrations at WingClips.com.

Chicken ala Carte. The Orangutan and the Hound.