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NeoK12 is a very useful site that catalogues thousands of educational videos for teachers and students to use. They are grouped by topic – with a particular emphasis on Science, but also Social Studies, Maths and Literacy.
There are also links to images and quizzes which could prove handy.
Many of the videos come from YouTube, so [...]
One of the benefits of using videos on an IWB in Science lessons is for those moments when you want to demonstrate something that is just too dangerous to do in the classroom.
This is particularly true when demostrating the reaction of Alkali Metals with water. You can demonstrate small pieces, but it’s a little dull. [...]
YouTube is an excellent resource to use in schools but the biggest problem is quite often some of the offensive comments that invariably get left below popular clips. When showing clips on your interactive whiteboard, you don’t really want to be showing those comments to your class.
YouTube XL is one way to get around that. [...]
Teaching Videos is a great new free website from Mark Warner – you may know him from other educational websites such as Ideas to Inspire, Display Photos, and Teaching Ideas.
Teaching Videos is intended to be a place where teachers and view and share educational videos that can be used in the classroom. Whilst you can [...]
Here’s a thought-provoking video. I Need My Teachers To Learn was Written and Performed by Kevin Honeycutt and produced by Charlie Mahoney.
Via @DerrenBrown on Twitter. This amazing animation of the known universe would be awesome full-screen on your IWB.
I’ve just written a quick guide on how to download and embed a YouTube video into Smart Notebook. Thought I’d share here
How to Insert a YouTube Video Into Smart Notebook
Had a request at the weekend from a ex-student of mine for some help on how she could get the audio from a YouTube video and put it onto CD. I thought it might be useful to share the procedure I tried. It seemed to be pretty straightforward (ish)
Here is the original file on YouTube [...]
The new version of the Shift Happens / Did You Know video has been released on YouTube. This one focusses on the changing media landscape.
Some interesting information here. Thanks to Karl Fisch and Scott McLeod for this latest version.
I think the shift to pocket devices is the most interesting. I use my Nokia N95 a [...]
Following on from my post a few weeks back about Here Comes Science – the CD of Science songs from the band They Might be Giants, here’s another song from the CD. (via @BadAstronomer).
The song is called “Science is Real” and it would a good introduction to Science, or a good way to start off [...]