Movie/Video Clips For Classroom Use
Posted by grpstechnology on April 20, 2009
In our district we now have over 600 classrooms with access to Teacher Technology Cabinets and as many or more that have access to a projection unit or Elmo to Go unit. Use the following resources to find that video or movie clip that drives home the concept you are trying to get students to understand. This ability to put a movie out there for students to visualize a difficult concept can be very engaging and reach out to an entire different style of learner in your class. Enjoy searching these resources.
Movie/Video Clips For Classroom Use:
http://www.teachersdomain.org/ – You must register to access media but there is a section of open source material that you can access. Very convenient and boasts it is aligned to state and national standards.
http://www.thefutureschannel.com/activities_by_grade.php – The Futures Channel Videos. This site is like the free version of discovery channel videos - great site with lesson plan and alignment material also provided with most movies. Note this link takes you to the grade level list of videos available.
http://www.youtube.com/index – I know you know the resource this is just a quick way to view it. Plus I am adding some more links that take you to certain parts of You Tube you maybe have not explored. Of course search for videos you are interested in prior to students viewing as the content on this sight can be questionable so you must preview it.
The following are channels on YouTube from Institutions that have some lectures and other useful content. Again be sure to pre-screen all videos before you show to students:
http://www.youtube.com/ucberkley
http://www.youtube.com/northwestern
http://www.youtube.com/harvardkennedyschool
http://www.youtube.com/vanderbilt
http://www.youtube.com/carnegiemellonu
Other You Tube Channels to Explore these known to be reliable and for classroom use:
http://www.youtube.com/NationalWildlife
http://www.teachertube.com/ – Site where teachers share video clips, training files, blogs, and other material appropriate for school age children. Students are made by teachers and their students.
http://www.hotchalk.com/index_new.html – Web Community for teachers, students, and parents. This site allows access to decades of news archiving, including direct news footage and discussion opportunities for the classroom. Registration is free and so are some of the resources although some resources have to have a paid membership to access.
