Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age

Sites safe for uploading and viewing

The following sites have videos that are safe to use with students and in schools.  As these sites are usually unblocked in schools, it also provides teachers with an added advantage of uploading their own videos (or student videos) to these sites, so students can access the uploaded videos from school without having the dreaded “blocked” sign coming up.

• School Safe Video Saving and Sharing Options http://ow.ly/q2BC
• 10 Video Websites for Kids That Are Safe and Fun http://j.mp/a4nvWn
• 7 Educational Alternatives to YouTube on ‘Shift Happens’ http://bit.ly/95QZ3x
• Kids Tube – Monitored Video Sharing for Kids via Free Technology for Teachers – http://tinyurl.com/32fruuv
• Inspirational clips, search by title http://www.wingclips.com/
• Free Online Documentary Films http://bit.ly/8VhKeU
• Video Mosaics http://www.picturemosaics.com/video/
• What it is: Kideos is a collection of kid friendly videos.  Each video featured on Kideos has been carefully screened by the Kideos Video Advisory Council (made up of a select group of parents and educators).  The videos are categorized by age range (from 2 to 10) and by category.  Categories include Baby Einstein, Barney, Book Characters, Cartoon Characters, Cute Animals, Disney Channel Programs, Disney Movies, Dr. Seuss, Educational Videos, Fairy Tales, Kids, Mickey Mouse and Friends, Muppets, Nursery Rhymes, Sesame Street, Songs, Teletubbies, Trains and Machines, and Wiggles.  If you register with Kideos, you can set it up to only view your own selection of ages and characters.  The videos are streamed from You Tube and placed inside a Kideo player .  http://kideos.com/
• Free videos for education, sorted in subject areas http://www.watchknow.org/
• The Clips bank is a work in progress. The aim is to compile a large number of links to useful, notable, or perhaps just entertaining clips on video sharing sites. http://www.teflclips.com/?page_id=6
• Lightspeed http://lightspeed.dillon2.k12.sc.us/safevideos/
• SchoolTube provides students and educators a safe, and FREE media sharing website that is endorsed by premier education associations: http://www.schooltube.com/
• Documentary Heaven! http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/documentaryheaven-collection-of-free-documentary-films/
• BBC video clips organised by Level or subject matter http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/
• Teachertube: Videos uploaded by teachers and students for educational use: http://www.teachertube.com/
• Teachers TV http://www.teachers.tv/
• Kidstube: http://www.kidstube.com/
• TotLol http://www.totlol.com/
• Kidsafevideos http://www.kidsafevideos.com/
• School Wax TV http://schoolwaxtv.com/
• Mefeedia http://www.mefeedia.com/tags/kidsafe
• Simplybox full of video resources http://simplybox.com/public/?id=27913
• These video clips on British Archives are excellent primary sources- WWII- Cold War, also some pre 20thC http://bit.ly/1KHGFD
• Vimeo, Video Sharing For You
• SchoolTube
• Teacher Tube
• RT @jtubbs http://www.misterteacher.co… minimovies for #SmartBoards
• Hundreds of instructional “How To” videos here, plus you can upload your videos http://www.monkeysee.com/

YouTube and alternatives to YouTube

• Watch Know http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2009/07/18/watch-know/
• 7 Educational Alternatives to YouTube on ‘Shift Happens’ http://bit.ly/95QZ3x
• Intelligent video collections http://www.openculture.com/2008/03/youtubesmartvideos.html
• Monkey See: Hundreds of instructional “How To” videos here, plus you can upload your videos http://www.monkeysee.com/
• http://pokenewyork.com/story/project-launch/meet-kideoplayer-family-safe-youtube/
• The Moving Image Archive at the Internet Archive. Find collections of videos arranged by genre. Some will be inappropriate; however, specific collections such as Youth Media, Classic Television Commercials, and the September 11 Television Archive have materials you can embed and use with students.
• The C-SPAN website offers more than just political news and current events. Booknotes and BookTV have video interviews of non-fiction authors. C-SPAN Classroom is includes videos on Civics and U.S. government that can provide background information and content-area resources. Presidential Libraries offers biographical information through recordings of twelve presidents.
• While the main Google Video site is open to uploads, you’ll find specific collections suitable for the classroom behind the front page. The National Archives videos include NASA History, World War II newsreels from United Newsreels, and Department of the Interior Motion Pictures from 1917–1970. The University of California, Berkeley videos include a handful of recordings from the Lunch Poems series, featuring readings by poets such as Li-Young Lee and Lawrence Ferlinghetti.
• Video and audio of the first moonlanding: We choose the moon http://www.wechoosethemoon.org/
• Similar to YouTube: http://tviscool.com/
• Ten great sites for Leadership development http://www.greatleadershipbydan.com/2009/09/10-free-leadership-video-sites.html
• Create an animated gif from a YouTube video http://www.gifsoup.com/
• New Post-Learning Something New On You Tube-Great Video Tutorials on various subject areas….http://is.gd/3D7MP (http://web20classroom.blogspot.com/2009/09/tutoring-on-you-tube.html)
• http://teachertube.com/
• Dozens of More Resources
• Edu Blogs TV
• Nibipedia
• Ted – Ideas Worth Spreading
• Hulu
• Student News – Stories and Video from CNN.com
• C-SPAN Video Library | Created by Cable. Offered as a Public Service.
• Hulu – Watch your favorites. Anytime. For free.
• Free Educational Movies – The KidsKnowIt Network – Educational Websites For Kids
• The Futures Channel Movies and Activities Deliver Hands-On, Real World Math and Science Lessons To
• science-tube – chemistry and physics experiments and videos for school, studies and everyday life
• Math A Tube -Together we will learn
• TED: Ideas worth spreading
• Big Think – We Are What You Think
• Watch Free Documentaries – SnagFilms
• Google Video
• NIBIPEDIA : Together We Learn
• Live to Explore | Untamed Science
• FORA.tv – Videos Covering Today’s Top Social, Political, and Tech Issues
• iCue > Welcome!
• SchoolTube
• News // Current
• Edublogs.tv
• YouTube Converter – YouTube Converter Online – Convert YouTube video – Download YouTube video
• vixy.net : Online FLV Converter : Download online videos direct to PC / iPod / PSP. It’s free!
• Media Converter – the fastest free online audio and video converter
• Zamzar – Free online file conversion
• Miro – free, open source internet tv and video player
• TeacherTube – Teach the World | Teacher Videos | Lesson Plan Videos | Student Video Lessons | Online
• Teachers TV | Thousands of education programmes on TV and online
• Apple – Education – iTunes U – Overview
• Viddler.com – The best way to watch and publish your videos
• HowStuffWorks – Learn How Everything Works!
• The History Channel – Home Page
• Discovery Channel : Science, History, Space, Tech, Sharks, News
• Vimeo, Video Sharing For You
• blip.tv (beta)
• Featured Videos | dotSUB
• Meta Tuber
• Sling.com
• Watch Know