- Explore several sites that stream videos and documentaries online
- Find two videos that you could use with a class
- Post the link to the two videos you found on the class blog
STREAMING VIDEOS
Teachers are no longer tied to a DVD player and TV cart to show students videos that relate to topics being studied. There are some great sites that allow you to stream videos online and are free. This allows you to not only show these in class, but to also assign students to watch them for homework, freeing up class time for other work. You can easily link many of these from your Edline page, or if you have a class blog or website, you can embed them into your page.
FINDING VIDEOS
Check out the list of sites that stream videos from the list at the library site here: https://sites.google.com/site/monumentmountainlibrary/homepage/library-links The video sites are listed along the right hand side.
For the Discovery Education site, you will need the school's passcode to get full access. I can give you this through email if you don't already have this code.
Explore this list and find two videos that you could use in a class.
In the Comments section below, post the links to the two videos you found.
Both of these are from Top Documentary Films:
ReplyDeleteI could use both http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/fractals-hunting-the-hidden-dimension/
and http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/high-anxieties-the-mathematics-of-chaos/ for virtually any of my classes to illustrate how mathematics is part of the natural world.
The video at http://www.themathsfaculty.org/a-levels/item/194-should-i-be-a-mathematician? is intriguing because it has a sort of surprise ending. It looks as if the presenter is going to ask you to find a mathematical error, but he ends up talking about perseverance, which could be a powerful message for students thinking about their investment in math.
ReplyDeletehttp://video.pbs.org/video/2365036981 has a nice presentation of the question "Is math discovered or created?" I think all of my students might enjoy this one.
I also find the TED videos inspiring
ReplyDeleteYes, I definitely need to add that to this list. I don't know why I haven't, because I love the TED talks... add that to the growing to do list :)
DeleteI liked the Nova Shorts as they are informative but short and would be good for kids with short attention spans and for gathering a lot of different information. "Never Ending Supply", "Making More Stuff", "Tornado County", "Salamaders!" all looked fun. And of course PBS Kids looked educational but also would hold attention of my younger set...
ReplyDeleteOn Explore I found this clip on young people with disabilities who are overcoming the odds against them. http://explore.org/#!/videos/player/life-rolls-on. I plan to use this with the Project Connection class I'll be teaching shortly.I also was quite excited to find notice how many really neat films were available at the American Folklore site. This is a terrific resource for our US regions work. I've used and enjoyed United Streaming and PBS videos. Another source of great visuals is The Library of Congress. When I want to download music I go to Grooveshark. It's a free service. Thanks for two great exercises and resources that will be immediately useful!
ReplyDeleteI found an interesting video Crash Course : U.S History http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/crash-course-us-history/ on the Top Documentaries site that was fasted paced and witty which I think will appeal to the kids. I also liked the fact that it used primary source documents in its explanation of history. It goes w/o saying that this would be a good fit in a U.S. History class. On the explore site I thought the Tundra Buggy Cam was very cool http://explore.org/#!/live-cams/player/polar-bear-tundra-buggy-cam. I could see this site used in a science, Global Village or Current Issues class. Folkstrams.net is right up my alley. As a matter of fact I will be watching the Appalachian Journey video http://www.folkstreams.net/film,128 this afternoon.
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