Ideas worth spreading. WatchKnow - Videos for kids to learn from. Organized. Twitter Search in Plain English - Common Craft - Our Product is. It seems like everyone is using Twitter these days. You know, sharing little messages with each other on phones and computers. It turns out that all these little messages, if you look at them all at once, become an easy way to find people, news and trends.
Let's get started by visiting Twitterville. This town represents all the people using Twitter. There are millions of them and they're constantly talking to each other and sharing information 140 characters at a time. But if all the tweets could be captured and organized all the time, amazing things could be possible. For instance, meet Roy of Ice Cream by Roy. It's also a great way to learn about news. Every minute of every day on Twitter, people are using some words more than others. On Twitter, the most used words are known as trends and they're a great way to see what's interesting on Twitter. Sometimes, Twitter members work together and use a specific key word, called a hash tag, to connect related tweets. Open thinking » 90+ Videos for Tech. & Media Literacy.
Update December 3/09: There has been much interest in this list so I have transferred this resource to a wiki. This post will remain, but I would be happy if others contributed to the wiki version found here. Thanks for your interest in media education. Over the past few years, I have been collecting interesting Internet videos that would be appropriate for lessons and presentations, or personal research, related to technological and media literacy. Here are 70+ videos organized into various sub-categories. Conversation Starters: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 21st Century Learning: 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 21st Century Schools – This is a video prepared by the Department of Children, Schools and Families in the United Kingdom. 17. 18. 19. 20. Copyright, Copyleft & Remix/Mashup Culture: 21. 22. 23. 24. 25.
Influence of Media on Society: 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. History of Technology & Media: 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. Social Networks & Identity: 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. Ideas worth spreading.