A Gift

“It was a gift to us,” she said. “And for him to be so confident and unafraid of death and to share it with other people was so touching.”

Ben Breedlove’s Mum. Ben passed away shortly after making these videos.

Is this classed as educational? Why are we still discussing filtering YouTube? An amazing resource.

I often refer to Animoto as a gateway to “real” video projects. Animoto makes it very easy for anyone to create a great-looking video.

Richard Byrne on Animoto for iOS.

Good point, great product, good app. Our Humanities department in particular are using this to create fantastic, engaging videos for topics and even for types of lessons - almost using them to brand the lesson.

Animoto.

Source: freetech4teachers.com

Youtube For Schools? Solving a problem that doesn’t exist.

So Google have released Youtube For Schools? http://www.youtube.com/schools. This gives access to all the videos on Youtube Edu, and also others curated by your teachers, specific to your school Google Apps account.

Well that’s lovely. But really. Isn’t it time your school just used the other Youtube For Schools over at http://youtube.com? We’ve been using it freely for years. Nobody has to curate lists in advance. Spur of the moment learning moments can happen all the time. And do you know what? The World keeps turning. Students learn to manage their own Internet browsing. They learn that Youtube comments are something you just ignore. Sometimes they listen to music when they’re working. Life goes on. 

Stop solving problems that don’t exist. Start teaching our young people how to manage their lives online by allowing them to use the tools as they really are.

Source: youtube.com

Respect, Independence, Creativity & Drive

What videos or other resources would you use to share these values in a school?

These are the four key values that we share as a school. We’ve spent a great deal of effort working as a school to develop and agree upon our core values and aims and from them a school improvement plan.

I’d like to collate a bank of videos and other talking points on these four key areas.

Have you got any suggestions of quality resources to include?

Ken Robinson is always a good place to start:

What are the core values in your school?

Just worth sharing everywhere really!

Copyright Cops - Beautifully made video about growing up online in 2011.

Via Tom Barrett

Source: edte.ch