Friday, July 17, 2009

Thing #7 Video Sources

Found this video in the NeoK12 collection. Looks like they want to be portable as they are offering an iTouch application for NeoK12 "on the go" and videos in other languages. By right clicking on the video, you can easily copy the embedded code, watch it on YouTube, zoom in, zoom out, and download it to RealPlayer. How simple is that! This video would be perfect for 1st grade's study of insects. Ladybug, ladybug, fly away home...



This video from NeoK12 is a fascinating look at unusual plants. Any age/grade level would enjoy this video. A perfect hook to get students interested in learning more...

For the PreK to Kindergarten crowd, I like the TOTLOL site, but it asked for a $18 membership fee when I signed in as a member. Will this be a site Library Services could purchase with a district subscription?

This high interest video called "The Science of Speed Eating" from Hulu could be used in a high school biology class. It discusses the anatomy of and shows video images of the mechanics of the digestive system of several professional speed eaters. The video is 45 minutes long, but a great feature enables the user to easily edit the video by dragging the handles to adjust the start and end times before copying the embedding code into another site.

3 comments:

VWB said...

the fee for TOTLOL must be new...too bad! I had heard it may be taken down..guess this was their way around that

VWB said...

o gosh..I just watched your plant video...and I thought the eyes on the voki were spooky!! This has it beat ...and the kids will love it!!

bookworm gardener said...

I love your ladybug video-- I am going to show it to our 1st graders this week-- and then will investigate more from that site.
Thanks!