30 Days of Webtools #27: Discover the benefits of YouTube in the classroom

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmDyurW9NxVG-eIJi0F5fp7Y70mGQFc1SlwOFOIl_AP7zHcDyTWNCpDymlzbA4ea3LsCL6bvtSlJOD4yNGM47tuIYQQljXt4AnN8L3JwlUgeGZCyCEj_HtNnkcmjUpSwrcO-v1XreIXzk/s1600/YouTube.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmDyurW9NxVG-eIJi0F5fp7Y70mGQFc1SlwOFOIl_AP7zHcDyTWNCpDymlzbA4ea3LsCL6bvtSlJOD4yNGM47tuIYQQljXt4AnN8L3JwlUgeGZCyCEj_HtNnkcmjUpSwrcO-v1XreIXzk/s200/YouTube.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Recently I have become very aware of the benefits of YouTube for an educator. There are amazing resources for the classroom - one can so easily start making a collection of useful clips that can add spice to your daily lessons. </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here are some ideas:</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">1. Chop videos using TubeChop</span></span></b><br /> (<a href="http://www.tubechop.com/">http://www.tubechop.com/</a>)</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIaT6wtQHV7-hIQjE8ktPgmxgPhiEH1sxbndlIcD9k28PiXtgmmWARg67Nnqc2OFUcHjWqCsdvpX_EnG7L6oOdsXYVL4G9cOhSxtYI2d04AAO9Rd5dyw51mQZQT7S8vvxe1ck8sESZ178/s1600/TubeChop.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="91" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIaT6wtQHV7-hIQjE8ktPgmxgPhiEH1sxbndlIcD9k28PiXtgmmWARg67Nnqc2OFUcHjWqCsdvpX_EnG7L6oOdsXYVL4G9cOhSxtYI2d04AAO9Rd5dyw51mQZQT7S8vvxe1ck8sESZ178/s200/TubeChop.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Using TubeChop you can cut interesting bits out of a YouTube video and keep the link. (If you wanted to download it you would probaby have to use Screencastomatic to record the clip)</span></span><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">2. Use KeepVid to download YouTube movies<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">(</span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://keepvid.com/">http://keepvid.com</a></span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://keepvid.com/">/</a></span><span style="color: black;">)</span></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSpW42BDCJpIuBHXjZtTezdKAfhGeQQyJi0FgPWnr8J-wRCuRjB-Rxz7AWUZ1Hf67S7aEH1Tmpz57H5YdSTk_6LPRwduKlFWoh6qz4A10Zv4QcrzoEBJjn_KF8u1Mh1rsyR-m1EYAnCa8/s1600/keepvid.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="83" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSpW42BDCJpIuBHXjZtTezdKAfhGeQQyJi0FgPWnr8J-wRCuRjB-Rxz7AWUZ1Hf67S7aEH1Tmpz57H5YdSTk_6LPRwduKlFWoh6qz4A10Zv4QcrzoEBJjn_KF8u1Mh1rsyR-m1EYAnCa8/s200/keepvid.JPG" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">KeepVid is amazing for downloading a movie as an MP4 and then renaming it and storing it on your computer. You could go the extra step and use Windows Movie maker to chop the piece that you particularly like and store that clip on your computer. </span></span><br /><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">3. </span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Make your own instructional videos with TED </span></span></b></span><span style="color: black;">(</span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://ed.ted.com/videos">http://</a></span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://ed.ted.com/videos">ed.ted.com/videos</a></span><span style="color: black;">)</span></span></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5p8BHCTchcGZFHjFWd-EC3EZsxK8GFFTRw1m5udNuQnwD-aRWWoyTaUSrnE8hXB6iGzJSSoA0rOVjkhzL5PpZkPezv-ZAZijogS4n1oIqV-VMvR7l3RZ91ZD5gF8LpcBsXOtcdt1TIFo/s1600/Teded.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="81" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5p8BHCTchcGZFHjFWd-EC3EZsxK8GFFTRw1m5udNuQnwD-aRWWoyTaUSrnE8hXB6iGzJSSoA0rOVjkhzL5PpZkPezv-ZAZijogS4n1oIqV-VMvR7l3RZ91ZD5gF8LpcBsXOtcdt1TIFo/s200/Teded.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">TED has a great service for educators where you can make a video using online material and create a lesson around it.  This is very useful for the flipped classroom approach. </span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />4. Create a free SchoolTube channel or TeacherTube channel</span></span></b></span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">If you create videos with your class, either a School Tube or Teacher Tube channel will be a great way to you to store all your videos in one online location for easy access. </span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">So, the above-mentioned applications provide just a few ways that you can make YouTube a great classroom resource. </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Please take a look through the Slideshare below for more detail. </span></span></span>Perhaps you know of even more applications or ideas that you can share with us? </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span></span><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="356" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/14312719" style="border-width: 1px 1px 0; border: 1px solid #CCC; margin-bottom: 5px;" width="427"> </iframe> <br /><div style="margin-bottom: 5px;"><b> <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/fionabeal/discover-you-tube" target="_blank" title="Discover you tube">Discover you tube</a> </b> from <b><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/fionabeal" target="_blank">Fiona Beal</a></b> </div></div>

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