Online Video Resources
Safe and Educational Sources for Digital Video
There are a variety of video resources teachers can be accessed 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
Discovery - United Streaming
Although this site charges schools a subscription fee and requires a login, 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.
Teacher Tube
Free Online video resources 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.
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.
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Additional Resources
Check out Academic Earth with thousands of videos from academic scholars.
You may also have the ability to access (based on your Internet filtering) You Tube Edu, an educational video site and off-shoot of You Tube.
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 Channel videos, Bill Nye the Science Guy, and over 40,000 educational videos, Learn360 offers PBS, NOVA National Geographic, and Standard Deviants titles to name just a few. Additionally, Learn360 offers teachers the ability to upload podcasts, documents, and other supporting materials (similar to Teacher Tube).
Click for a list of 10 phenomenal educational video websites.
For FREE educational videos and K-12 lesson plans, check out neoK12.
21things Hands-On Activity and Assignment:
Explore the online video resources available to you. For your portfolio, capture a screen shot of one of your video sources. For the reflection portion of your portfolio,
1. Describe how you could integrate online video resources into your classroom instruction
2. Explain the features of one of the three tools listed above
3. Compare/contrast each one's strengths and weaknesses in your reflection. Submit your reflection as part of your portfolio.
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