A great guide to the 25 best online resources for finding free educational videos. With the exception of BrainPOP and Cosmeo, all listed sites offer their extensive video libraries for free.
Schooltube: Making Livestreaming in Education Easy
Schooltube offers various levels of accounts and channels for educators and schools. These range from free channels where teachers can post student videos, to premium channels and super channels. Each level gives you more features, including the ability to control …
TED Talks Demystified for Teachers
An interesting list of TED talks organized by disciplines. A great tool for teachers.
http://www.historyteachersattic.com/2009/06/ted-talks-demystified-for-teachers/…
Cool things to do with YOUTUBE video
A selection of links to sites which deal with Youtube videos.
http://www.jogtheweb.com/run/xR4Bt3pPSkfz/Cool-things-to-do-with-YOUTUBE-videos#1…
10 Educational and Free Movies Just Released On YouTube
YouTube just added 3,000 free movies to its on-demand service. There are a lot of great documentaries and academic-oriented movies that will surely help make summer come just that much faster.
QlipBoard: Create How-To Videos Easily
QlipBoard is a free software that lets users easily record instructional videos and add things like annotations, screenshots and other media to them. The resulting videos are produced in .WMV format and known as Qlippits. It’s an all in one …
Illustrated and Narrated Explanation of Creative Commons
The nuances of Copyright and Creative Commons and the differences between them can be confusing. I recently came across this neat little video that does a good job of explaining Creative Commons and what Creative Commons licenses allow or do …
Meet iPed, The Android-Based Chinese iPad Clone [Video]
It’s a tablet. It comes in a box nearly identical to the iPad. Yet, one letter makes a big difference: it’s called the iPed, and it costs only $105 – approximately five times less than Apple’s original, the iPad. And …
Google TV Has Arrived [Video]
Google officially unveiled Google TV at its Google I/O conference today. We’ve heard lots of rumblings about Google TV over the last few months, but today the product was demonstrated before a live audience. Google is teaming up with Intel, …
“Why Computer Science” Project
Ken Fogel (Computer Science Program Coordinator at Dawson College) has been coordinating a project involving the five English language CEGEPs to develop a framework for encouraging enrollment in technology programs using Computer Science as the test bed. The result is …
For the Love of Learning and Teaching! – Inspirational Video
As the end of the school year approaches, the feelings and emotions of teachers may be up and down and all over the place! From being stressed one minute, to feeling absolutely exhausted the next, those last few weeks can …
Google Wave Opens to Everyone – Now It’s Useful
Google Wave could be a great way to have a backchannel discussion in a course. In Wave you can play back the entire course of a conversation. This option could be useful for students who were absent from a class …
The Semantic Web (Web 3.0): What It Is and Why It Matters [Video]
If you’ve ever struggled to make sense of terms like “semantic web,” “Web 3.0”, we’ve got a fascinating, entertaining and informative video for you.
Udemy Launches free Online Teaching Platform
Udemy, a free platform for teaching online has officially launched for public use. Udemy offers a variety of tools for delivering content online. Course creators can publish slideshows, publish videos, and create mash-ups of slideshows and videos synched together. Course …
Openness is the only means of doing education (TED video)
Open education, open educational resources, and open source software should be household names. I just finished watching David Wiley’s TEDxNYED talk on YouTube, and I am inspired as a result. David argues, “The most successful educators share most thoroughly with …