Via Professor Michael Wesch’s blog. I am a fan of the Office and thought this was hilarious the first time I watched it. But as I watched it a second time I was more reflective. Watching the “teacher” move from writing on the white board with a marker to presenting with a PowerPoint, distributing content on 3.5 inch floppy disks, or using Skype to display his image, doesn’t really change the instructional delivery. Still teacher [...]

I am a little late with the information in this post since it was first published in August, but better late than never. Here is a list of the 100 Best YouTube Videos for Teachers as selected by SmartTeaching.org. Categories include History, Science, Arts, Language, Inspiration, Classroom Management, How-Tos and Guides, Technology, and Humor. Enjoy! If you know of others that you would add to the list, please share!

Okay, so I am a little late to the party. This video was posted on YouTube.com on September 14, 2009. Still worth watching even though I am two months behind…

As much as I would like to be everywhere to help teachers with everything, this isn’t going to happen. This morning a colleague asked for a reminder on how to insert a document for download on a blog. I needed a quick and easy way to show them how to do it, and Jing was just the thing. Now I am sure that a lot of you are already familiar with Jing – a screen [...]

Having created a video Playlist, now we need to share it. The first step will be to create a custom video player to display your Playlist. To begin, login to your YouTube account. Click on your username and select Account from the drop down list Look for the More column and click on the Custom Video Players link On this page, we create a new video player and customize its appearance. Click on the Create [...]

I visit YouTube often. Sometimes for educationally related videos, and other time just for fun. In the past, when I found videos that I wanted to share with other teachers, I would copy the embed code that is usually provided to the right of the video, and paste it into my blog, wiki, or web site. Easy enough. But this process only allows me to embed one video at a time. What if I wanted [...]

I’m sure that most of us have visited YouTube at one point or another – to see the latest viral video, to watch cute animals, or, of course, to watch something educationally related. But did you know that there is a segment of YouTube dedicated to education? YouTube EDU provides free video clips from various colleges and universities. Looking for some specific content? Browse by category [Social Sciences]. Is your favorite college / university participating? [...]

Thanks to Dr. Scott McLeod for posting this video on his blog, Dangerously Irrelevant. Worth watching and reflecting.