Ok, I was a little ahead with the last blog and already did this, but I'll be happy to post or share another video with you. First of all, I was searching for something my sister would have done because she is a choir teacher and when I searched her last name, I found a video that my cousin must have made of my grandfather who died a year ago. What a pleasant shock.
This is not subject related, I just thought I would include it because I talked about this a few blogs ago.
I really like how we can download videos to the computer so we will not need to be able to connect to YouTube at school. This just opened up lots of possibilities. I could make a different folder of videos for each class that students can go and watch. Since most of my students will be learning through independent study this would offer them a better way to see them when they get to a certain point in the unit, and they can go and watch the video they need to on my student computer.
I also just found on KeepVid, that there is a button to hit to make a link on the browser and you can keep the video you are watching just by clicking on it. It is like the Bloglines link. Of the three sites discussed, I think KeepVid is the easiest to use. I don't really like having to go and change the text in the URL after coping and pasting it in the box. It is just one more step. I also don't think I would like to have to wait 45 - 60 minutes to receive an e-mail that I can now download and save the video I wanted.
I think this will be quite useful for me and my students and I look forward to spending more time looking for videos to use in my classroom. (I will also save the video of my grandfather!)
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