Source: Turn Off the Lights Extension enhance your YouTube Videos I could see this extension being very useful for the teacher when using Youtube or other video in the classroom, along with students who may be distracted when watching video.
Source: Tune (experimental) – Chrome Web Store Depending on how your students use YouTube and how they view YouTube videos, this Chrome extension could be pretty useful. The extension could also be used by students studying toxic online culture, comparing and contrasting what online discussions look like with and without toxic comments.
Vidnote is a simple Youtube video player that allows you to add time stamped notes to a video. It doesn’t have all of the bells and whistles of other services, but if you are looking for something simple and easy to use, check it out. To get started, click the Delete Notes link to remove…
Source: Enhanced embeds & landing pages for YouTube videos. Sure, you can simply send the address of a Youtube video to your students, but then there is the aftermath of related videos and comment sections. There are ways to view Youtube distraction-free, but what if there was an easy way to share a video distraction free…
Another option to quiet Youtube – DF Tube, Distraction Free for YouTube. Source: DF Tube (Distraction Free for YouTube™) – Chrome Web Store There are several ways to cut out all of the extra cruft that YouTube puts up, and here is another. Once installed, DF Tube is a Chrome extension that gives you the ability to…
Though YouTube remains the premier video site on the web, you probably don’t think much about customizing it. But whether you’re a casual user or watch online videos every day, there are all sorts of ways to tweak YouTube. A major category of these are special YouTube URLs. Let’s look at some YouTube URL…
As part of our series of interviews with people across Asia-Pacific who use the Internet as a tool to connect, create and grow, we spoke with DoYoun Han, a science teacher at Hyeongyeong Elementary School in South Korea. In addition to his day job, he runs the YouTube channel 3-Minute Elementary School Science, which shares…
YouTube is getting rid of its video editor and photo slideshows due to lack of use, the company announced yesterday. The changes won’t happen until September 20th, so if you still rely on YouTube to edit your videos, you’ll have a bit of time before you have to find a new service. Source: YouTube is getting rid of…
Spiral offers teachers a quick and easy way to engage their classroom and measure understanding. Teachers can create and log into Spiral using a Google, Facebook, Twitter, Clever, or Edmodo account. They can also create an email log in if they don’t have access to those services. Once logged in, you can use one of the four apps…
We’ve answered why to screencast and what to use to screencast, but now, what do we do with the movies of the screencasts? Screencasts to YouTube The biggest video sharing site is also a great place to share out videos. YouTube takes care of converting the video so it can be viewed on almost any…