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"With one billion monthly users (and growing), YouTube's popularity is a pretty clear indication that video is a powerful medium. And kids' unrelenting fascination with videos is motivating many educators to find ways to leverage them for all kinds of purposes."
Beth Dichter's insight:
If you are looking for a great guide on using videos in our classroom check out this post and download this Teachers' Guide to Using Videos. The guide is split into the following sections: * 5 Awesome Sites for Instructional Videos * 6 Excellent Sites that Supplement your Lessons * What’s Good? Curating and Evaluating Video Content * Blending Videos into your Curriculum – This section looks at: Ignite Conversations Pique Interest, Create Perplexity and Inspire Inquiry! Flip Your Classroom: Extend and Engage! Exercises for Flipped Classrooms Demonstrate Labs, Experiments and Abstract Concepts Opportunities for Publishing Ten Great Examples of Educational Videos The post ends with this statement: "You’ll find a slew of valuable resources, including video links for all kinds of subjects — history, math, science, language arts, and more — and ideas on how to inspire students to use videos as a conduit to dig in, ask questions, and learn." Take the time to download the pdf (available at the site).
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The Smithsonian asks and answers questions about science, art, history and culture, exciting the learning in everyone, every day. The Smithsonian has recently launched a new website seriouslyamazing.com which “poses questions and answers to show people how it can be an exciting resource for discovery and learning.” They have created " seven quirky characthers to symbolize the questions the Smithsonian asks and answers every day: * The Wild represents the diversity of the animal kingdom Take some time to explore this site. You may discover many new resources available at the Smithonian!
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