Last week I mentioned that the Library of Congress was making its audio archives available through iTunes. Now you can also access a growing collection of archived video via the LOC YouTube channel, including book readings, old films, and historical documentaries.
If you’re a professional developer planning to use one of these videos in a school, don’t forget that many districts block access to YouTube (and other video sharing services), so plan ahead! You can use software like TubeTV or online services like KickYouTube (just add the word kick in front of youtube.com in the video’s web address) to save a copy of a clip to your hard drive.
(via Mashable)
YouTube EDU highlights academic content from around the popular video sharing service. I don’t know how much of it would be applicable to K-12 learning, but it’s a very neat concept–especially considering that it was a volunteer effort by YouTube employees to showcase this type of material.
Unfortunately, many school districts block access to YouTube, but, much of this content is downloadable directly from YouTube (I talked about how to download video officially from YouTube last month)–or via less-official ways like KickYouTube or TubeTV. Keep that in mind if you find a clip you’d like to use in your professional development or teaching.
(Via TechCrunch)
We’ve told you about ways to save videos from YouTube to your computer in the past–notably, by using TubeTV. Now, YouTube has begun providing direct downloads of some content without requiring extra software of browser plugins (or hacks).
Right now there’s not much to download. You can grab Creative Commons-licensed content, for free. Commercial content is coming, too, for purchase through Google Checkout. The saved video will be in MP4 format, which should work just fine in most modern slideware applications, iPods, iTunes, etc.
(Via Lifehacker)
