Finally! YouTube on Video iPod

I finally figured out how to put you tube videos on my ipod! I used: http://vixy.net/ , a service that is free and converts videos to different formats!

Here's the film I did. I plan on using it with my students during our Ocean Exploration IB unit of inquiry.

How to Embed a YouTube Video in PowerPoint 2007

I learned a great deal at the June 2009 Global Learner trainings. I'm excited about Atomic Learning and some of the new tools we tried out. Atomic Learning will be extremely useful in helping to master the ins and outs of Micrsoft 2007 applications. One thing I didn't find a training module for was embedding a YouTube video in PowerPoint 2007 so I made my own little screen cast to show you how.

How to embed Windows Media Player in Powerpoint

Finally, here is a screen capture of how to embed Windows Media Player in a Powerpoint presentation so that you can pause the video during the slideshow. This allows you to check for understanding during a presentation.

I used CamStudio for the screen capture and I set the video acceleration to zero in WMP so that it would play during the screen capture. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4gRhWNBxoM

Video Sharing For Teachers

A new video sharing site has popped up on the Internet called Teacher Tube. The site is specifically designed as a social sharing context for educational video content that is "safe". It is being contrasted with Youtube and Google Video with respect to the safety and appropriateness of the content. I took a spin of the site last night and found many hilarious and interesting videos. I think most teachers (and administrators) will appreciate this first video, which is a take-off of the hilarious Sprint network commercials.

Also, checkout this video. It is one in a series created by a teacher (from Texas) that is rapping about mathematical concepts. It is a little hard to hear all the lyrics, but the production is innovative and fun. I think these students might remember these concepts, what do you think?


In addition to these videos, there are videos on teaching concepts (estimating area under a curve or running literacy circles), student videos, and much more. In addition, it is a social site in the youtube model that allows for favoriting and commenting.

Videos can be flagged for inappropriate content as well. How they the site owners will determine what is inappropriate will be interesting. For example, the video I embedded at the top uses a copy right protected song (Push It). Will this video be removed? Should it be removed?

Thanks to Cool Cat Teacher who mentioned this site in her blog

What uses do you see for the content? What about for student work?

YouTube in the Classroom

Great article that talks about some of the potential uses of YouTube in the classroom. Teach students positive relations with the real world (70 million views per day on YouTube) must be one of our goals.

http://www.edutopia.org/community/spiralnotebook/?p=150