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 . 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. iCue, presented by NBC News, features videos about history and current events. 22. 23. 24 & 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 22 Frames is a service that provides a central location for locating captioned videos for learning English and for Internet users who have hearing impairments. 22 Frames provides more than just captioned videos. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. And if you are fortunate enough to work in a school that allows you to use YouTube, you still might want to use View Pure or Safe Share to prevent the accidental display of inappropriate "related" videos or advertisements.
Downloads Monday - Showed a PowerPoint I made comparing and contrasting the characteristics of the Earth and Moon and discussed with students. Showed an excellent ETV streamline video (A Closer Look at Space - The Moon. Approximately 20 minutes.) on the subject. Tuesday - Read the left hand information reviewing characteristics of the Earth and Moon. Wednesday - Lesson - Why do we see different phases of the moon? Thursday - Reviewed the moon, Earth, and phases. Friday - Students took quiz then cut out phases of the moon for match up game (which didn't turn out as I hoped...pieces too small. SHORT WEEK DUE TO THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY (Off Wed. - Fri.) Monday - Reviewed upcoming science fair requirements. Tuesday - Last day before the holiday break combined with a going away party for our student interns.
5 Great YouTube Channels for Teachers We are kicking off the month’s series of techy posts with this great one by a guest blogger who writes about YouTube channels you will want to have at your fingertips. Enjoy! ~EMP YouTube is a fantastic resource for educators and students alike. There are hundreds of thousands of videos that teach you just about anything you want to know. Teachers can use the videos found on YouTube to supplement classroom lessons, assign as homework or use in group projects, or learn new classroom methodologies. Here are 5 YouTube channels that are particularly useful for teachers, offering a wealth of educational material to enhance classroom instruction: TED Talks Listen to lectures compiled from the best of the TED Conference, featuring some of the leading innovators from around the world. Smithsonian Videos Learn from experts at the top museums in the world on this channel. Science Channel Discovery Networks Open Yale Courses Sarah Rexman is the main researcher and writer for bedbugs.org.
How to ‘Chop’ a YouTube video and embed it into PowerPoint Posted on April 11, 2011 by davefoord Addition to this post made on 20/11/12 – if you are wanting to embed a cropped YouTube video into Moodle then visit YouTube is a wonderful source of videos that can be used very effectively within education, but quite often we only want to show a certain part of the video rather than the whole thing. There is now a free and very easy to use method for doing this called TubeChop, and the output from this can be embedded easily into PowerPoint. One of the great things with TubeChop is you don’t even have to create an account on it, so no passwords to remember (or forget!) Here is a screencast showing how easy this is to use. Here is an example of a Example Of TubeChop In PowerPoint. Although not shown in the screencast, TubeChop will also give you some embed code, so you can embed the chopped video into a blog, VLE or webpage. Like this: Like Loading...
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