I decided that I would do a little exploration on the web for other forms of instructional videos because of YouTube being blocked by the district. The district already subscribes to UnitedStreaming, and I have spread the good word of that website amongst my staff. I overhear someone in the last session talk about teachertube and figured that there are lots more out there. Here are a few that I found so far.
www.merlot.org
Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching.
The website has a large collection of learning materials made by colleagues from around the world. Membership is free, but you do not have to register to use the website. Most of the video clips were very low tech, but I thought gave a great lesson. I did a search for plagiarism and came away with several ideas and resources to draw on. There were a couple that would involve a fee, but each site is reviewed and the reviewer does disclose this information right up front. Way to many free tools to bother with that.
www.pbs.org
I found this website a little harder to navigate, but does contain some great teaching tools all based on the Standards. I felt that it mainly pushed its products that are for sale. However you can download free Marc Records for PBS Videos that you record off the air. I also liked the link to copyright and fairuse policies for PBS videos.
www.learner.org
Annenberg Media is a distribution of video programs/print materials that are broad casted over the Annenberg Channel, the learner.org website or by purchasing videocassettes, DVD's, or printed media. It was necessary to register, but painless. I really liked the videos. I did a search of civil war material and there were loads of videos.
I know that there are more out there, and hope that someone else in our group also decides to do this activity and share their findings online.
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