YouTube |
How to download movies |
Other video sharing services |
Ways to use YouTube |
Useful videos |
| YouTube website | (Users should set up an account.) | http://youtube.com | |
| Article about YouTube | Useful article in Wikipedia | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube | |
| ConvertTube | Downloads online videos in one step | http://converttube.com/ | |
| VConvert | Converts and downloads video in virtually one step |
http://www.vconvert.net/ | |
| Vixy.net | Converts and then downloads | http://vixy.net/ | |
| Zamzar | Converts; then sends an email; user goes to website to download the video |
http://www.zamzar.com/url/ | |
| AVS Video Converter | PC-only software that converts a YouTube video to iPod format |
http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/ | |
| Other video sharing services | TeacherTube | Video materials for and by teachers | http://www.teachertube.com |
| bigthink | "YouTube for intellectuals" | http://www.bigthink.com/ | |
| blip.tv | "a great service for great shows" | http://blip.tv/ | |
| Research Channel | creates video resources for use within scientific communities | http://www.researchchannel.org/prog/ | |
| List of video sharing websites | on Wikipedia | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_sharing_websites | |
| Ways to use Youtube videos | Download videos and play them in class | Put the link in PowerPoint | |
| Link to the videos in PowerPoint and play them in class. | (If you have reliable Internet in the classroom) | ||
| Find a good video and share the link with students: | post link on Blackboard send link via email link it from a web page Embed the video in a web page |
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| Upload your own videos | Ask students to add text or video comments | ||
| Create a group and ask students to join it | Students can then create videos and upload them to the group. Everyone can then post comments on the videos. (Groups can be private or public.) | ||
| Create a playlist or several playlists for your favorite videos. | Then you can play them all one after the other. | ||
| Have students transcribe videos | http://kantalk.com/ KanTalk allows learners to transcribe videos from YouTube. It also allows one to make audio recordings and add transcripts to the recordings. |
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| Use the “How to & DIY” category | learn new technical skills | ||
| Useful videos | Web 2.0 & language learning | by Graham Stanley | http://youtube.com/watch?v=F1IRkqbUoXY |
| 20/20 Linguistic Profiling | from "20/20" | http://youtube.com/watch?v=3KCL97s1lJg | |
| Vixy.net | tutorial on how to download videos from Vixy.net | http://youtube.com/watch?v=MkaVp38kNG8 | |
| One Semester of Spanish - Love Song | Learn how to romance a girl with one semester of spanish put to a catchy song | http://youtube.com/watch?v=ngRq82c8Baw | |
| Content and Language Integrated Learning | CLIL methods for language learning | http://youtube.com/watch?v=4YoCQYJezNA | |
| Using Second Life Voice | How to set up and use the Second Life Voice features. | http://youtube.com/watch?v=7ViOXg2WUoo | |
| Do you speak English? | See how important it is to learn foreign languages (comic) | http://youtube.com/watch?v=JBcwcejNrY0 | |
| The Sims Teach German | Video essay describing the process of modifying video games such as The Sims 2 to be useful to foreign language teachers and learners. |
http://youtube.com/watch?v=d1LmeBD-r08 | |
| Importance of learning a second language: Goldfish v. Kitty | commercial for a language school | http://youtube.com/watch?v=mzEjzL6_gyE | |
Last revised: October 30, 2008