A good video can be a powerful tool for helping students understand new concepts. The challenge isn’t locating quality instructional clips—but rather organizing your selections.
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IWitness brings educators and their students (ages 13-18) together at the intersection of Holocaust education and the development of critical literacies needed in the 21st century.
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Powerful & Primary Source. Over 1,300 video testimonies, multimedia activities, digital resources – the place to participate actively in learning.
LEADERSHIP VA class of 2008 soapbox HEY EVERYONE!!! I have published my first book A Gone Pecan. A funny murder mystery set in the deep south. Please support...
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A Southern mystery? Yes, Please! Of course I bought his book. ASAP & urged him on his blog to join Twitter. That's all I can do.
BEHIND THE SCENES: http://newspicepromo.blogspot.com/ - Do you want to be a scholar? Then study at the Harold B. Lee Library. Do your research here, study he...
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OhMyMelvilleDewey! This is BRILLIANT! Super thanks to @TheArtGuy for sharing this with us! Cheers!
Rosh Hashanah, http://www.aish.com/h/hh/rh/, - Get ready for the New Year and Jewish High Holidays with this video. To see the lyrics click on the CC for clo...
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L'Shana Tova! Celebrate Diversity & Rosh Hashanah w/ Break Dancing! Play it for your school!
Downloading this for our TV Studio - using Keepvid.com search my blog for easy directions!
Even if you don't have a large Jewish population - what better way to bring diversity & cultural literacy home but show this very engaging video?
YouTube Geek Week is here, on the YouTube Spotlight channel August 4-10. The YouTube Spotlight channel selects the best trending videos from across YouTube a...
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Do you have your own YouTube channel? Celebrate GEEK WEEK!
Maybe you have a social one you started years ago when you first joined YouTube, but consider creating a professional (or school!) channel that you can share playlists or post your school's cool videos that you create! GoAnimate also works well with YouTube!
If you already have one, consider pimping it up & making it look pretty! They recently changed their look & I gotta re-do my schools channel but I did update my personal professional one - take a peek!
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I'm taking his online course this summer, love his vids, yeah... I think I'm gonna have to start stalking @kadavy Shhh! Don't tell him
Since 1997, The Digital Bits has been a leading source for DVD/Blu-ray industry news, reviews, analysis and expertise, and great place for cinephiles of all stripes to share their love of film.
Ok, so darn this video, my eyes are leaking! And you couldn't pay me to go back to Elem school (LOVE my middleschoolers!) But these kids make me smile, laugh, sniffle and make me happy! Brava!
--- BUT SAD FACE! I just called the school and they DO NOT HAVE A LIBRARIAN! Kid, grownups or otherwise. And the lovely lady who answered the phone said that teachers take the kids there but they cannot check out the books because oh wait.. No Librarian - the Librarian is MISSING!
Have you done your Hour of Code yet? Join millions of others at: http://code.org. Cast in order of appearance: Leigha Benford (CS student) Tanya Parker (CS s...
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I can still spout some HTML & java code - but can our kiddos? Check out the video Hour of Code!
http://www.hungerpainsbook.com From the Harvard Lampoon, authors of the New York Times bestseller NIGHTLIGHT, comes the must-have book parody of the year! St...
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OMGosh...too funny! & Great for those kids who respond to the Remix Mashup & love parody!
A North Carolina schoolteacher was reportedly punished last week after showing a Macklemore and Ryan Lewis music video to students. Alexander County Schools Associate Superintendent Dr.
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"Macklemore responded to Johnson’s case at the time, saying, "This incident ... exposed a latent homophobia, preventing safe space for all young people to feel confident in being themselves. It’s clear that Ms. Johnson felt bullying and 'gay bashing' were issues that needed to be addressed, and by doing so, was punished."
Equality in schools also count for gender acceptance. My post: Dear Queer Teen - It Get's Better!
Make stop motion animations Wallace and Gromit-style on your Mac or iPad 2 and share them with the world. Ideal for home and education. As featured in iCreate Magazine's best Mac software known to man.
Google is planning to launch a subscription service for some YouTube channels in a move to raise revenue and help finance independent video producers, according to the Financial Times.
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The world of the FREE Interwebs are ending. Be ready to pay for what you love.
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