Find+and+Use+Online+Videos

Introduce or reinforce content with videos you can find online. Below is a list of websites -- search for a specific topic and see what's out there!


 * Cautions: **

Videos that are "streaming" (playing live through the internet and the school network) take a __great deal__ of bandwidth. If you want students to view a video, find it and show it with your computer and projector. Do not ask an entire class of students to individually view a video during school hours in a lab, for example. It won't work, anyway.

Always preview the entire video first. This might sound silly, but it's good advice. Don't be embarrassed or surprised to see something you didn't expect.

Finally, remember that there are websites you will be able to access on the teacher network here at school that the students won't be able to access on the student network--so it's better to show it than to have them search for and try to view a video.

** Here are websites at which you may find educational videos to use in the classroom: ** [|YouTube] -- you might be surprised at the educational content on YouTube. Try searching for specific content and check out the channels, as well.

[|TeacherTube] -- these videos are all by teachers or students and are educational or instructional in nature.

School Tube -- again, videos by teachers that are educational or instructional.

[|Discovery Education] -- go directly to the Discovery Education website to search and take advantage of the many resources offered--including closed captioning. These videos can be downloaded to your laptop and watched at any time (without streaming). Here's an instructional handout to help you download videos (including information regarding video format).
 * Go to http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/
 * Log in with your username and password
 * username--first initial last name IU Pin (for example, mine would be pmackowski1234567)
 * password--IU Pin (mine would be 1234567)
 * click Login
 * Search by keyword (topic, title, etc.)

Vidque -- this website allows you to create your own "page" with just the videos you have chosen. These videos may have come from You Tube (or other sites) and will play--all you'll miss is the annoying, sometimes disruptive and inappropriate advertising and other "stuff" that you may not want kids to see.

[|Annenberg Media] -- features videos about the arts, language, literature, math, science, social studies and history.

[|Internet Archive] -- a digital library of internet sites and other digital media--free!

[|National Geographic] -- it's National Geographic. Need I say more?

[|PBS Nova] -- watch episodes of Nova online; available in closed captioned. These videos cannot be downloaded.