Engage Your Students Through the Movies and TV Shows They Watch Video clips from popular shows and movies provide a great way to capture the attention of students. ClassHook is a site that allows teachers to search for clips from popular TV shows and movies that are related to their curriculum. Connecting your teaching to… Read more
TED www.ted.com Last year I posted five TED Talks that have changed my classroom. This year I’m giving the gift of TED again with another batch of talks that have made a positive impact on my classroom. Tyler DeWitt: Hey Science Teachers – Make It Fun Tyler DeWitt explains what makes science textbooks so terrible… Read more
eduCanon www.eduCanon.com eduCanon is a great solution for anyone looking for a way to turn video lessons into an interactive assessment tool rather than just a means of delivering content. Teachers can embed questions directly within any video from a number of popular sites including YouTube, TeacherTube, Vimeo, and Kahn Academy. Students are given immediate… Read more
Note: Video Notes has shut down. Check out this great alternative to Video Notes VideoNot.es MOOCs, Flipped Lessons, Video Tutorials… Instructional videos are becoming increasingly common, and VideoNot.ES provides an easy way to take better notes while watching these videos. As students type notes, they are automatically synchronized with the video. Clicking on a line… Read more
Just paste a link for a YouTube video in ViewPure and they will remove all of the ads and comments from the video. Those pesky related videos that show up at the end of the video are also removed. In addition to removing unwanted and potentially inappropriate material, the removal of comments and ads makes… Read more
Word Clouds Wordle Tagxedo Fake Tweet Builder Virtual Impersonation Fakebook Template Fake Tweet Builder Fake iPhone Text iFakeSiri TubeChop Video Tools TubeChop KeepVid SafeShareTV TedEd WeVideo Timelines Dipity Time Toast myHistro Social Bookmarking Symabloo Pearltrees Jing Screencasting & Screen Capture Jing Screencast-O-Matic Skitch Review and Study Tools eQuizShow Study Blue Piktochart QR Code Generators SnippQR Visulead… Read more
Resources and links from my presentation at SC Education and Business Summit 2014 Aaron Sams on the Flipped Classroom Content Visual Tutorials for Creating Instructional Videos PowerPoint Keynote Jing Screencast-O-Matic Explain Everything (iPad) *Learn more about Jing and Screencast-O-Matic. Link to the document camera I used during my presentation: IPEVO iZiggi-HD Screencasting Software Jing… Read more
KeepVid www.KeepVid.com KeepVid allows you to download streaming videos from YouTube, Dailymotion, Metacafe, iFilm, and more. No software downloads required! It’s a simple, free video downloader. Simply paste the URL of the video you want to download, select a format (MP4 – Max 480P works for me), and click “download.” It couldn’t be easier. … Read more
TED www.ted.com I’ve long been a big fan of TED talks, and stumbled on a blog post with the idea to “Give TED” for the holidays (#GiveTED). I previously posted about TED Ed, but this post is focused on the TED Talks as both an inspiration and teaching tool. TED Talks started out as a distraction to me while… Read more
TubeChop www.tubechop.com TubeChop is the simplest way I’ve seen to clip parts from YouTube videos and share them with students. Want to show just a small clip from a video? It’s as easy as: Go to www.tubechop.com Paste the URL or search for a YouTube Video. Slide the bar below your video to indicate the… Read more
