Videos

 =Must-see Videos=

(What do all these videos have in common?)
=media type="custom" key="4203745" Sites for videos of the great speakers:= [|Ted] [|Idea City] [|PopTech] [|Gel Conference] [|BIL Conference]

=World Perspectives= = =

[|Shift Happens] - This one got the conversation started. [|Here's version 4] [|The Currency of the Future] - in the "Shift Happens" format. Very interesting! [|The World is Flat] - Thomas Friedman's talk at MIT. **WATCH THIS!!** Click Play now in the box above his picture. Real Player required [|"Hot Flat and Crowded"] - watch Thomas Friedman again talk about his book. Fascinating, regardless of your particular bent on the topic. [|Clay Shirkey talking about his book], "Here Comes Everybody" ([|Here he is on PopTech] - a different talk) And [|here he is on Ted], talking about Mobile social media. Very interesting. [|Are You Paying Attention?] - an eyeopener [|Education is preparation for.]. - a video by Kristen Hokansen [|The Machine is Us/ing Us] - VERY cool! [|And another one] that's very interesting, him talking about how YouTube is changing our cultures. Portal to Media Literacy - another Wesch video that I think is a must see. "There are no digital natives with Web 2.0 tools." And check out his [|Netvibes page] for an example of a great resource page for his students. [|Brave New World Wide Web] - another excellent vision More here [|Why Let Our Students Blog?] - The title says it all [|42] - An interesting perspective on authentic audiences [|1620] - Can you guess the significance of that number? [|180 Days] - How many days do we REALLY teach out of the 180 allotted? [|The Exploding Walls Project] - perspectives of 8th graders [|When I Grow Up] - What will the world be like? [|Audience Matters] - why it's important for kids to have a REAL audience [|"When I become a teacher"] - another must-see (Created by teachers in PA!) [|Why Teach Technology?] - er... shouldn't that be, "Why teach WITH technology?" Some perspective - [|Look what's going on in Dubai]. When each segments ends you can click again to continue the story. Or view [|this one]. Or any of [|these]. [|The World] - beyond words. Still think the U.S. rules? Check out [|THIS skyscraper!] [|Three Steps to 21st Century Learning] - interesting [|Students in a 21st Century World] - an interesting perspective [|The well-connected student in the 21st Century] - a Youtube video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7oFzmr9_M4) [|This is how we Dream (Part 1)] - a fascinating talk about the changes taking place in how we communicate. [|This is how we dream (Part 2)] - make sure you watch both parts. From Richard Miller, Rutgers.
 * By Michael Wesch:**

top =Inspirational= [|Skype in the Classroom] - It has a happy ending [|Amanda's story] - you'll never look at autism the same way again [|Ted Talks] - THE BEST videos of THE BEST speakers in the world! ([|Sir Kenneth Robinson]) ([|Watch this one!]) [| Closing Keynote from NECC] - Dr Tim Tyson. See what some middle school kids are doing. How does that compare to what YOUR middle school kids are doing? The Animal School - Click the blue rectangle [|Anti-Bullying video] - **WATCH THIS!** This one gives me goosebumps every time I see it. [|A list of ten Commencement and "Last Speeches"] - great viewing [|Scott McLeod's k12online Conference presentation] about Disruptive Technology - VERY well worth watching [|The Lost Generation] - Watch to the end!

top =**Instructional**= [|Copyright and Fair Use] - very cute! [|Evan Williams talks about Twitter] on TED. Wanna know what Twitter is all about? Check this out. [|Privacy vs Facebook] - if you know someone with a facebook account, send this to them [|Creative Commons video] - this tells what creative commons is all about [|RSS in Plain English] - Maybe this will help [|Twitter in Plain English] - This will explain it for sure [|Social Bookmarking in Plain English] - another good one [|Podcasting in Plain English] - they keep coming up with new ones. [|CBS report] on SecondLIfe - amazing [|Jimmy Wales] talks about wikipedia. Or [|THIS ONE] on Ted.

media type="custom" key="379445" [|Think before you post] - make your students watch this. Then [|this] [|The Futures Channel] - videos of all kinds [|PopTech!] - More great videos ([|Thomas Friedman] video)

top =Fun= When [|BOOKS] were new technology - :-) [|The Internet Has Crashed] - oh NO!! [|The Problem with PowerPoint] [|Can't Touch This] - an example of Machinima

top =And...= And [|this one] I find to be a beautiful moment - Share this with your music loving friends

Oh heck.. check out Scott Mcleod's list of videos. If it's not there, it's probably not worth watching. :) And, check out [|this group of pictures] with interesting quotes. Not videos, but good nonetheless. top

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 * Answer to the Question at the top ** : I discovered all these videos by reading blogs. Are blogs blocked in your district?