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Another way to make YouTube work for you is to use the free online conversion tool Zamzar. Located at http://zamzar.com/ this utility helps you convert files from one format to another. Using YouTube as an example I can copy the web address of the video I want to show. When I paste the URL of [...]
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It’s no secret that YouTube contains some excellent videos for teaching and learning. You can find videos on any subject under the sun and they can help you illustrate many teaching points, serve for class discussion starters or introduce difficult concepts. YouTube can be a little challenging for teachers, though, because of the “recommended” videos [...]
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Source: LifeHacker 1. Navigate to the YouTube video you want 2. In the web address or URL bar use your keyboard and replace the ‘Y’ in ‘youtube’ with the number ’3′ 3. Choose your file type (flv works nicely with SMART Notebook, I prefer MP4 so it will play in QuickTime) The utility will do [...]
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Thirteen Most Inspiring YouTube Videos Are you looking for some fodder for a morning meeting or a journal topic? See if any of these inspiring YouTube videos get your students discussing, writing or reflecting. Enjoy.
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I enjoyed spending the day with the awesome teachers at Kenwood and Schaffner yesterday. With the new year comes new resolutions and I shared a presentation I called “Ten For Ten.” Here are are the first few of the ten Tablet PC and projector resolutions for the new calendar year that will increase student engagement [...]
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KET’s Exciting New Instructional Resources! Posted by Larry Moore, KET North Regional Education Consultant Well, you see the phrase “New and Improved” in advertising a lot, and when it comes to KET’s instructional resources, that phrase is very appropriate. Some of the services I describe in the list below are brand new such as KET [...]
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Awesome Stories via kwout (This is the last of my auto-posts) I have been meaning to take the time to look at “Awesome Stories” since I heard about it several months ago. I enjoyed the intuitive way that the different video and audio clips were arranged and were searchable. I found the original historical documents [...]
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http://explore.org/ I came across an interesting video site while catching up on the NCS blog that you might want to, ahem, explore. It is called Explore.Org and it has some exceptional video resources that will aid in your instruction. The thing that caught my attention about these videos is the amazing picture quality and cultural [...]
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http://www.google.com/dictionary Mashable’s Five Best Sports Moments of 2008 Two for one post: Google has released their online dictionary tool. You have, for a while, been able to add the phrase ‘definition’ to a word and find the definition via dictionary.com, but by adding the above sight to your bookmarks you can save a step and [...]
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I am not condoning starting the holiday countdown just yet, but I know many of you like to get your links and bookmarks prepared in advance. I also know that many of you take the time to expose children to the history behind some of the traditions we hold dear, and traditions of other cultures. [...]
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