SnagLearning isn’t the only online resource for video learning. Let’s countdown the Top 10 educational video sites on the web. What video sites do you like to use in the classroom? Let everyone know. Leave a comment below.
No. 1 - Teacher Tube: The name says it all. It’s YouTube for teachers. Educators can post their videos and find ones made by others. The site is very extensive and takes the No. 1 spot in our list.
No. 2 - Edutopia: This site is done by George Lucas (yes the Star Wars guy). Here you’ll find some great lesson plans, lectures and inspirational videos.
No. 3 - EduTube: Yes, another “Tube” site, but this one has a bunch of great educational videos for science. Topics include animals, biology, chemistry, space and technology.
No. 4 - Classroom Clips: Teacher submitted videos, plus some great video quizzes too.
No 5- Scholar Spot: This site is great, even if you are not a teacher or a student. The coolest part is you can sort by people. Want to find education videos about President Obama, Abraham Lincoln or Martin Luther King Jr.? This is the spot. Plus, this site has a college version in the works.
No. 6 - Nova Teachers Watch Video Online: Since Nova films tend to be a little long, this site lets you sort through small clips from the television program television series Nova.
No. 7 - Discovery Education: The Discovery Channel for education has a large selection of video learning content, including Bill Nye (The Science Guy). The only downside is you have to create a login and password to use the site.
No. 8 - C-SPAN Video Library: If you a Politics or government teacher, students can learning about how government works right here. You can sort through individual videos easily to play just the clip you need
No. 9 - History Channel : This site houses most of the great content you are used to seeing on the cable network. Biographies and historical documentaries and much more.
No. 10 - Biography.com: Yet another cable network that’s making learning easy with their website. Biography.com has an endless supply of clips on famous figures in history, all broken into nice bite-size segments of 10 minutes or less.
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