Excellent Science Videos & Lesson Plans for Teachers

Alan Alda's Scientific American Frontiers Program has been on air for over 15 years now and over that time they have put together hundreds of amazing documentaries for students of all ages.  PBS have now compiled all that video into a teacher resource site that teachers and students can not only watch but there are now also attached lesson plans for primary and secondary students.  If you love science then this is definitely worth a look.  Take a look at it here.

Edit Audio and Video straight from the Browser

File Lab offers two web-based editing tools. One for editing video and the other for editing music. Both are easy to use and fairly full featured. File Lab has a intuitive interface and is great for crafting and sharing multimedia creations. This might be a real life saver in your classroom if you dont have access to a standalone editing software package.  Access it here.

Youtube's Official Teacher Channel Launches

First off all YouTube should be accessible in every school and if it's not be sure to speak to your technician about gaining access to it.  YouTube Teachers is a great new resource for educators that are learning about or want lesson plan ideas for ways to use YouTube in their classrooms. YouTube is one of the best educational tools for the classroom and YouTube Teachers is a wonderful place to learn about how easy and powerful video in the classroom can be. With videos, blog posts, and so much more - check out this fabulous resource.  Access YouTube Teachers here.

5 Best iPad Apps to Help with Education

I regulalrly put together suggestions for using the iPad in the classroom but I came across this video below with some alternative and fresh ideas for using the iPad in the classroom.  Hope you enjoy it.

The History of English in Ten Minutes

This is a great series that students will love which breaks history down into nice little bitse sized chunks you can flesh out in the classroom.  I really hope you enjoy going through this with your students.  A word of warning is that some of the language and content may not be totally appropriate to younger students.

How to learn the basics of Spelling in 2 minutes

This video is a little bit fast for my liking ( remember to pause after each rule.) but it just might click with a couple of your students who have been making some common spelling mistakes.

Woopid - Tech Tutorials for teachers and students

Woopid is site that lets users watch video tutorials about all things technology. It is an easy to navigate site with hundreds of videos on using software and hardware products on all major computer platforms. A great site for technology trainers, teachers introducing basic computing functions to students, or just anyone who wants to learn something new.

Genuine 'Old School' Entertainment Video that will Amaze your Students

My mum actually sent me link to this the other day and it really caught my attention as to how everyone has an amazing skill or talent.  Larry Griswold was just such a man. Appearing on the Frank Sinatra show in 1951 Larry and would put any number of our entertainers to shame today without the need for Computer Generated effects or stunt doubles. He is a REAL SHOWMAN - You'll see why.

Anyhow... I'll let the video do the talking for me but if you get the chance to share this with your colleagues or students to do nothing else but remember before we had the 'X Games', 'American Idol' and 'So you think you can Dance' there were guys out there pushing the envelope generations ago too and some of them like Larry are still drawing a crowd nearly 60 years later. 

I wonder if anyone will be watching our entertainers in 2070 and who might they be and why? - I am sure there is an essay in that.