Educational Video Links
With the multitude of content available on the World Wide Web these
days, it is difficult to find relevant and usable videos that can be
used in the classroom, or can aid the teacher in using technology in
the classroom.
Moving pictures are great for most students, who could also be
visual learners themselves. It helps them emphasize a point or
understand a concept they can see, which can make Information and
Communication Technology (computers, cellular phones, and other
devices) popular.
Here are some websites that are education-related that can be of some use to you:
Websites
Educause Learning Initiatives "7 things you should know about Blogs"
(pdf) - tells you the basics about blogging (what, who uses it, what
are the issues surrounding blogs, how does it work and how can it be
used by teachers).
Blogs for Learning - is an online resources of Michigan State covering the technical, legal and pedagogical issues of blogging in the classroom
Matrix of Some Uses of Blogs in Education - matrix created by BCcampus Shareable Online Learning Resources manager Scott Leslie
Select Higher Ed Blogs - written by faculty, students, researchers and scholars related to higher education
10 ways to Use your Edublog to Teach
Participatory Media Literacy Blogging Resources - blogging resources created for a Participatory Media Literacy web-based curriculum
Sample video blogs (Vlogs)
Minnesota Stories - community vlog
Freshtopia - cooking vlog
Rocketboom - news vlog
Bleeding Edge TV - tech vlog
Secrets of Videoblogging - videoblogging book
Treehugger TV - green vlog
Mefeedia - vlog directory
travelvlog.org - travel vlog
freevlog - educational vlog
Videos
Adventure Underwater Diving Video - underwater video of the Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia, home of whale sharks
Bookwink - has a mission to inspire kids to read through video booktalks
Inside Africa TV- have great, short, weekly video reports on different views of Africa
NASA EDGE - learning about NASA
Online TV
Teachers TV: Men in early years education
Out of sight, out of mind: Teaching and mental health
Watch clips from the top 10 school movies - excerpts on TV’s top ten great school movies
Teachers TV: Understanding autism
Podcasts
Intimate Strangers: Unseen Life on Earth
- a podcast documentary by the American Society for Microbiology. It
explores the microbial world and how life has evolved over Earth's 3.8
billion-year history.
Ask The Techies (Video Podcast) - has the latest in technology-related products and issues
Chemistry PapaPodcasts
- downloadable podcasts that deal with chemistry lessons like the
Periodic Table, writing formulas and balancing equations, among others.
Educational Podcasts
- gives the rundown on how to podcast. It is specifically focused on
educators, and how they can get started with creating their own
podcasts.
Japanese Class
- for those who want to learn Japanese, from the Kyoto Center for
Japanese Linguistic Studies - Kyoto Japanese Language School
Maths in Motion - podcasts created and produced by Millthorpe School, York in the UK
Sources:
“Best videobloggers list from the Vloggies (the Judges’ choices).” Retrieved June 10, 2009 from
http://scobleizer.com/2006/11/04/best-videobloggers-list-from-the-vloggies/
”Teachers TV Podcast.” Retrieved June 10, 2009 from
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/teachers-tv-podcast
“UO Blogging Resources.” Retrieved June 10, 2009 from
http://libweb.uoregon.edu/cmet/consulting/communication/blogs.html
“Video podcast channels.” Retrieved June 10, 2009 from
http://recap.ltd.uk/moodle/mod/resource/view.php?id=25
(Published 22 June 2009, Smart Communications, Inc.)
