Video+Resources

Video Resources ** (For Teachers) ** This is a set of links for great educational videos and applications for showing and saving them.

KeepVid allows you to download videos from youtube to your computer. I use this application to download videos into quicktime movies that I can show in class without worring about streaming video breakdowns. 
 * KeepVid**

__[|Quietube]__
Want to show a Youtube video without all the visual clutter? Drag the quietube button to your browser toolbar. Then select your youtube video and click the quietube button. Your video will run on a screen by itself.

**__[|SnagFilms.com]__**
SnagFilms.com is a website where you can watch full-length documentary films for free, but we’re also a platform that lets you “snag” a film and put it anywhere on the web. With a library of over 850 films, and rapidly growing, you’re bound to find films that resonate with your interests. We make it easy for you to find a film that shines a light on a cause you care about. You can then open a virtual movie theater on any web site, so any one can watch your favorite SnagFilms for free.

__**[|BrainPOP]**__
BrainPOP creates animated, curriculum-based content that supports educators and engages students. Our resources include movies, quizzes, experiments, timelines, activity pages, and much more covering hundreds of topics within Math, Science, Social Studies, English, Technology, Arts & Music, and Health.

__**[|Commoncraft]**__ Their videos are short, simple and focused on making complex ideas easy to understand. They use a whiteboard-and-paper format we call Paperworks that is designed to cut out the noise and stick to what matters.

__[|The People History]__
The People History covers 85 years of History From 1920 - 2006 for every year including the following: Popular Culture, Music, Film and TV, Technology, World Events Cost of Living, Inflation, Price of goods and property, Wages and The Value of Money through the decades 1930's, 1940's, 1950's, 1960's, 1970's, 1980's, 1990's.

====**__[|The Library of Congress : American Memory Films]__**==== American Memory provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience. It is a digital record of American history and creativity. These materials, from the collections of the Library of Congress and other institutions, chronicle historical events, people, places, and ideas that continue to shape America, serving the public as a resource for education and lifelong learning.

__**[|Teachers’ Domain]**__
Teachers’ Domain is an online library of more than 1,000 free media resources from the best in public television. These include videos on art, language arts, science, and social studies.These classroom resources feature media from NOVA, Frontline, Design Squad, American Experience, and other public broadcasting and content partners.

__**[|Teacher Tube]**__ Their goal is to provide an online community for sharing instructional videos. They seek to fill a need for a more educationally focused, safe venue for teachers, schools, and home learners. It is a site to provide anytime, anywhere professional development with teachers teaching teachers. As well, it is a site where teachers can post videos designed for students to view in order to learn a concept or skill.