The co-founder of Wikipedia has launched a Web site designed to offer free access to thousands of education-related videos for students ages 3-18.
Larry Sanger, who helped create Wikipedia and has since left the organization, says the new site, www.watchknow.org, will allow students and teachers to sort through a library of online videos by content, and pick out what they need. Topics range from math and science to history. The site is meant to house and organize videos that are free and available online, yet which most people don’t know how to find.
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Archive for the ‘Media’ category
November 20th, 2009
Blogs in Plain English
February 24th, 2009A short introduction to blogs – how they work and why they matter.
Sibelius Student Composer Of The Year
June 16th, 2008
Could you be an Oscar-winning film composer, a world-famous orchestral composer or a jazz pioneer?
Well, here’s your chance to make your talents known. Enter the Sibelius Student Composer Of The Year competition and you could get your composition heard by some living legends and win some amazing prizes including once-in-a-lifetime experiences.
After a fantastic start in 2007 our composer competition is back, and this time there are three musical genres to choose from plus an incredible line-up of judges and prizes.
Choose Film, Classical/Contemporary or Jazz and compete in one of two age categories: 10-16 and 17-18. Good luck!
Please note: Entries do not have to be created in Sibelius. Audio/video files created in other programs are welcome.
Wikis in Plain English
June 13th, 2008We made this video because wiki web sites are easy to use, but hard to describe. We hope to turn you on to a better way to plan a camping trip, or create the next Wikipedia.
Audacity and Making the News
June 3rd, 2008We have come across a few people having problems with MP3 files and Making the News. After altering some of the settings in Audacity we have found a combination that works. Note: other settings may well work but these are the setting we have tested.
Open Audacity. Ensure that the Lame MP3 codec has been setup as per these instructions.
In Audacity.. Edit > Preferences > Quality
Default Sample Rate: 22050
Default Sample Format: 16-bit
All other setting left as Default
In Audacity.. Edit > Preferences > File Formats
MP3 Bit Rate: 64
A date for your diary!
March 10th, 2008
Come and join us in the wonderful setting of the Birmingham Botanical Gardens & Glasshouses for the Growing Schools Conference: The Creative Outdoor Classroom, on April 7th.
This event will run from 9.30am (registration and coffee) to 4.30pm and will offer an inspirational set of talks, walks and lectures on how to work with the many ‘Growing Schools’ informal education providers and their resources to help you deliver science, geography, citizenship, art and mathematics lessons.
» Read more: A date for your diary!
BBC resources round up.
February 20th, 2008BBC Schools
www.bbc.co.uk/schools
Learning resources for home and school
Bitesize
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revision
Supports KS1, KS2, KS3 and GCSE exam revision
Learning Zone Broadband
www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips
rich audio visual material for use in primary and secondary schools from the BBC schools programming archive. Recently launched, very much in development and will continue to evolve and increase content over the next 3-5 year.
BBC Blast
www.bbc.co.uk/blast
Inspires, supports, develops and showcases the creative arts for young people aged 13-19. Lots of resources and ideas for pupils and teachers.
BBC News School Report
www.bbc.co.uk/schoolreport
The opportunity for secondary schools to broadcast live news, aimed at 11-14 year olds. Fantastic supporting resources for teachers including lesson plans.
BBC Me and My Movie
www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/meandmymovie
CBBC me and my movie is a unique film-making initiative inspiring and enabling primary children to make movies and tell their own stories.
iDesktop.tv
February 15th, 2008Ever needed to download a Youtube video for classroom use? Or need a Youtube video in a different video format?
iDesktop.tv is a dynamic web 2.0 application, that offers a better way to search and watch YouTube videos. Not only but you can download YouTube videos! You can use the site to search through a huge collection of videos from various video sharing sites and when you find something you like the site will download and convert it to a file type of your choosing all from the same website. You can also use the site to store and group videos for use at your convenience.
http://www.idesktop.tv
Features / Benefits
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ICT BETT Show, Olympia January 2008
February 8th, 2008A video round up of some the new developments at BETT 2008.
Museum Box
February 6th, 2008
This site provides the tools for you to to build up an argument or description of a person, event or issue by placing items into a virtual box. What items, for example, would you put in a box to describe your life or the life of a Victorian Servant? What evidence would you collect if you had to show that slavery was wrong and unnecessary? And what would you include if you had to make the case for or against climate change? You can display anything from a text file to a movie. You can also view and comment on the museum boxes submitted by others.
