Some
excellent educational content can be found on YouTube. However, many teachers
cannot access YouTube in their classrooms. Therefore, I compiled a list of
other places to find educational videos that don't rely on YouTube.
1. School
Tube is a website dedicated
to the sharing of videos created by students and teachers. School Tube allows
teachers and schools to create their own channels for sharing their students'
works. School Tube also provides excellent how-to resources, copyright-friendly
media, and lesson plans for using video in the classroom.
2. Teacher Tube has been around for a while now, but I still run into teachers who have not heard of it. Teacher Tube provides user generated videos for teachers by teachers. Many of the videos on Teacher Tube have teachers sharing lesson plans in action. Some videos on Teacher Tube are simply inspirational. And other videos don't have teachers or students in them, but contain educational lessons none the less.
3. Teachers.tv is aUK-
4. Next Vista is a nonprofit, advertising-free video sharing site run by Google Certified Teacher Rushton Hurley. NextVista has three video categories. The Light Bulbs category is for videos that teach you
how to do something and or provides an explanation of a topic. The Global Views video category contains videos created
to promote understanding of cultures around the world. The Seeing Service video category highlights the work of
people who are working to make a difference in the lives of others. Watch
this interview I did with
Rushton to learn more about Next Vista.
5. Academic Earth is a video depot for individual lectures and entire courses from some of the top universities in theUnited States Berkeley , Harvard, Princeton ,
and Stanford.
6. Snag Films and its companion site Snag Learning are great places to watch full length documentaries from producers like National Geographic for free. Snag Learning provides a catalog of educational films that are accompanied by classroom discussion questions.
2. Teacher Tube has been around for a while now, but I still run into teachers who have not heard of it. Teacher Tube provides user generated videos for teachers by teachers. Many of the videos on Teacher Tube have teachers sharing lesson plans in action. Some videos on Teacher Tube are simply inspirational. And other videos don't have teachers or students in them, but contain educational lessons none the less.
3. Teachers.tv is a
4. Next Vista is a nonprofit, advertising-free video sharing site run by Google Certified Teacher Rushton Hurley. Next
5. Academic Earth is a video depot for individual lectures and entire courses from some of the top universities in the
6. Snag Films and its companion site Snag Learning are great places to watch full length documentaries from producers like National Geographic for free. Snag Learning provides a catalog of educational films that are accompanied by classroom discussion questions.
Read the rest of list of 47 Alternatives to YouTube here.
And if you are fortunate enough to work in a school that allows you to use YouTube, you still might want to use View Pure, Safe Share, or A Cleaner Internet to prevent the accidental display of inappropriate "related" videos or advertisements.
