Safe YouTube

Safe YouTube is an excellent way to share YouTube videos safely in a classroom.  Safe YouTube removes anything inappropriate for students and lets educators generate a "safe" link w/out distracting side videos or bad comments.

I highly recommend checking out Safe YouTube by clicking here!!!

For a more detailed review check out Ozge Karaoglu's excellent blog.

Timelinely

Timelinely is a new (beta) site for editing YouTube videos that I found out about from Larry Ferlazzo's blog.  Timelinely easily lets users take a YouTube video and add comments, images, annotations and more.  This is a great way to personalize a video and can even be used for digital storytelling.

I highly recommend checking out Timelinely by clicking here!!!

YouTube Kids

Finally, Google has unveiled their latest version (iOS/Android) of YouTube designed specially for kids, YouTube Kids.  Today I put it on our mobile devices, tested it out, and then let my kids go at it.  This is the perfect way to use YouTube as a parent can turn off the ability to search, and even set a timer on how long they want the usage to be.  All videos that are current, have no s
wearing, and nothing inappropriate comes up when trying to search for something not suited for kids.

I highly recommend checking out YouTube Kids by clicking here!!!

NicerTube

NicerTube is a fun little site that I just found about on FB from Shelly Terrell.  This is a great site for not only making a YouTube video safe by eliminating comments and links a user can upload a background to "pretty" up a video.

I recommend checking out NicerTube by clicking here!!!


Click here to check out my example... 

http://nicertube.com/

6vdksu4r

YouTube Time Machine

YouTube Time Machine (YTTM) is a fun site for using YouTube as a time machine to go back and view different videos of your favorite year.  What makes this real handy is the filter which allows users to filter through different categories such as: sports, video games, commercials, and more.

I highly recommend checking out YouTube Time Machine by clicking here!!!

Teachem

Teachem is an interesting site that allows users to create online courses (public/private) by adding questions to YouTube videos.  These questions are flashcard style and very easy to create.  Also, it's very useful to search through other educational courses that have been created for pedagogy purposes.

I highly recommend checking out Teachem by clicking here!!!

For a much more detailed review check our Richard Byrne's awesome post.

YouTube for Schools

YouTube for Schools is the ultimate solution for using YouTube in Schools.  This has been a long awaited feature developed for YouTube that is finally here.  Educational videos can now be shown in a controlled environment.  What this means is that all comments have been removed and searching by students only brings up YouTube EDU videos.  Also, teachers and administrators can login to create playlists and view lessons and courses.

I highly recommend checking out more info on YouTube for Schools by clicking here!!!

View a brief demo bleow....



I'd like to thank Free Technology for Teachers for the heads up.

For my top 10 YouTube goodies click here.

Grockit Answers

Grockit Answers is a cool new (beta) site that I just found out about.  This is a great site for interacting w/ YouTube/educational videos.  This is done by searching for a video and then having the ability to start a public or private question/answer "session".  What makes this so nice is how easy it is to use while still having a innovative and fresh look.

I highly recommend checking out Grockit Answers by clicking here!!!

YouTube Space Lab

YouTube Space Lab is a new YouTube channel I just found out about from a promotional email from them.

Straight from their email....

"YouTube has launched a global competition to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers. YouTube Space Lab challenges teens ages 14 – 18 to create a science experiment that can be performed in space. The two winning experiments will be conducted aboard the International Space Station and live streamed on YouTube. Space Lab is part of YouTube’s larger commitment to highlighting and providing access to the wealth of educational content available on YouTube as well as Space Lab partner, Lenovo’s, focus on equipping students with 21^st century skills via information technology. "

I recommend checking out YouTube Space Lab by clicking here!!!

Embed Plus

Embed Plus is a new and innovative way to edit YouTube videos. This allows users to cut/crop video, add chapters, annotate, slow motion, looping, and real-time reactions. It's live having DVD controls on a YouTube video.

For ways to use this great site w/ education click here!!

Below is an example...

How do you pronounce...(by EmbedPlus)

I highly recommend checking out Embed Plus by clicking here!!!

YouTube Teachers

YouTube Teachers is a site I found out about from a promotional email. This is a site that is geared to help teachers use educational videos in the classroom. Also, it shows teachers how to record themselves and implement video that way.

Straight from their site (http://www.youtube.com/teachers)...

Top 10 Ways to use YouTube in the Classroom

1. Spark Lively Discussions - Engage students by showing a video relevant to their lives.
2. Organization - Create playlist to help guide students through their viewing process of educational videos.
3. Archive your Work - Engage students by showing a video relevant to their lives.
4. Allow Students to Dig Deeper into a Subject - Allow students to create a playlist to better dissect a subject.
5. Get struggling students up to speed, and push strong students ahead - Students can use YouTube at home to learn at their own speed.
6. Review for Upcoming Exams - Turn test review and flashcards into easy-to-watch videos. This way students can hear your explanations as they study.
7. Create a YouTube Center in your Classroom - When working in stations or centers, have students use your YouTube channel to complete an assignment, freeing you up to work with small groups of students.
8. Create quizzes to accompany videos for instant feedback - Create a Google Form that students complete after watching a video.You can use this quiz to get instant feedback on what they're learning.
9. Create Interactive Video Quests - Use YouTube Annotations to create "Choose Your Own Adventure" style video quests.
10. Flip your Classroom - If your students watch a video of the basic concepts at home you can focus in class on applying those concepts, working collaboratively with their classmates rather than simply listening to you lecture.

I highly highly recommend checking out YouTube for Teachers by clicking here!!!

For my top 10 YouTube goodies click here.

Watch2gether

Watch2gether is a great site for watching YouTube videos w/ others. This site allows users to discuss YouTube videos via a text chat that opens up on the right side of the window. All a user has to do is create a session, enter a URL of a YouTube video and then share the URL of chat that is created.

I highly recommend checking out Watch2gether by clicking here!!

For a more detailed review check out Free Technology 4 Teachers.

Splicd

Splicd is an excellent site for editing YouTube videos that I just found out about from Free Technology 4 Teachers. All a user has to do is enter a URL and then select their start/stop times to grab the clip of the video that they want.

I highly recommend checking out Splicd by clicking here!!

Click here for my top 10 YouTube goodies.

Fresh Brain

Fresh Brain is a site I just learned about from Richard Byrne's award winning blog, Free Technology 4 Teachers. This is a great site for educators and students for developing technology projects such as: building a FB app, creating a game, or making a YouTube a video.

I highly recommend checking out Fresh Brain by clicking here!!

SnipSnip.It

SnipSnip.It is an ideal site for editing/clipping YouTube videos. All a user has to do is enter YouTube URL into the site and then decide on the start and stop times.

Give SnipSnip.It a try by clicking here.

For a much more detailed review check out Free Technology 4 Teachers!!

Silentube

Silentube is a bookmarklet that I found out about on Twitter from the Edtech guru, Ozge Karoglu. This bookmarklet is easily installed in a browser for eliminating all the background "noise" in YouTube, Vimieo, or Viddler.

Install Silentube a try by clicking here.

VidScan

VidScan is an impressive new site that shows Timelines of YouTube videos. The way this is done is by breaking down segments of the videos by comments to help users figure out which parts of the video to leave out. Keep in mind not all YouTube video has timeline snippets.



Give VidScan a try by clicking here!!

Thanks to Alexandra Fransisco for the tip!!

Video ANT

Video ANT is a new (beta) site for annotating YouTube video. What makes this such a great site is how user friendly it is. To get started a person has to title their video, add an email address it gets sent to and then copy in a URL of a video. Then a person has the option to watch the video and annotate as it plays along!!



I highly recommend checking out Video ANT by clicking here.

Thanks to Richard Byrne's, Free Technology 4 Teachers for the tip!!!

Gaggle

Gaggle the safe online learning suite just got better w/ the ability to now filter YouTube video. I posted a while back about Gaggle how it was a great solution to filter email, blogging, and message hosting as well as filtering Google Apps.

I implemented Gaggle in my old district and felt that it was affordable solution for districts. Now w/ the ability to filter You Tube, I really think this is a must-see option for school districts.

Click here for more info on Gaggle!!!

ViewPure

ViewPure is an excellent site for "housing" YouTube and removing all inappropriate/distracting content (comments, ads, etc.).

Click here to give ViewPure a try.



For a much more detailed review, check out Free Technology 4 Teachers!!