1. Using in the classroom Regan Smith MHS

2. YouTube is not going away… “It’s very clear—kids want a voice. They have an inherent desire to be heard and this site gives them that opportunity. Now we can stick our heads in the sand and ignore YouTube, or we can use it to motivate students.” Anna Adam and Helen Mowers – School Library Journal, 1/1/2007 YouTube is now the second most popular search engine after Google!

3. Example

4. Why We Should Use in the Classroom Using and showing YouTube clips, then having your own classroom discussion about the clips Working with students to create and upload their own videos Inspire students and support their digital learning style

5. Legality of Using Videos One critical issue to keep in mind when sharing and discussing these videos with your students is media literacy, including general Internet reliability. Are the videos truly what they say they are? Might some of these clips violate copyright? What constitutes a "good" video?

6. Tips for Finding Good Videos Search YouTube’s K12 Education group – http://www.youtube.com/group/K12 http://www.youtube.com/group/K12 Creative keyword searches Create an account Use sources you already trust and use Advanced Search is your friend Set your country preference When you find a video, follow the trail

7. The 3 Must Haves! 1.Firefox Web browser http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ 2.DownloadHelper DownloadHelper is a free Firefox extension for downloading and converting videos from many sites with minimum effort. http://www.downloadhelper.net/install.php

8. The 3 Must Haves! 3.Riva FLV Player Free tool that displays single FLV video files. http://www.download.com/Riva-FLV- Player/3000-13632_4-10435953.html http://www.download.com/Riva-FLV- Player/3000-13632_4-10435953.html

9. How to Download Videos Go to YouTube or another site where video is available. You should see that the Downloadhelper icon is animated. If you click on the little arrow to the right of the Downloadhelper icon, it’ll show you the name of the video you’re about to download. Click on that name and a window will appear. You can rename the video if you wish to do so. After you’ve downloaded the file you should be able to play it!

10. Convert, Convert To insert videos into PowerPoint presentations, videos must be converted to a MPG or WMV file. The new DownloadHelper downloads directly to your preferred format. OR Videos can be converted to any file type quickly using Riva FLV Encoder. This must be downloaded. – http://www.download.com/Riva-FLV-Encoder/3000- 2140_4- 10320097.html?spi=9789e38b83f96880bde51edac05 276d8 http://www.download.com/Riva-FLV-Encoder/3000- 2140_4- 10320097.html?spi=9789e38b83f96880bde51edac05 276d8

11. Riva FLV Encoder 1.Drag your video into Input Video box 2.In the Destination video file box, change flv to mpg 3.Change movie size to 320x240 4.ENCODE

12. Inserting Videos into PowerPoint In Normal view, click the slide to which you want to add a movie. On the Insert tab, in the Media Clips group, click the arrow under Movie. Click Movie from File, locate the folder that contains the file, and then double-click the file that you want to add. You can choose to start the movie automatically or when clicked.

13. It’s a Wrap: Wrap Up! Step #1:Download Firefox Download DownloadHelper Download Riva FLV Player Step #2:Find a video on YouTube Step #3:Download video using DownloadHelper Step #4: PLAY in Riva FLV Player (or VLC Media Player) For use in PowerPoint: Step #5:Convert with Riva FLV Encoder to WMV Step #6:Insert Movie into slide Step #7: PLAY!

14. Practice Makes Perfect

15. Resources Online Interactivity for Educators: A Teacher's Tour of YouTube – http://www.edutopia.org/teachers-tour-you-tube http://www.edutopia.org/teachers-tour-you-tube What to Do If You Need YouTube Video – http://segatech.us/archives/2283 http://segatech.us/archives/2283 YouTube Comes to the Classroom – http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6403265.html http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6403265.html 5 tips to find the good stuff on YouTube – http://clintlalonde.net/2008/11/12/5-tips-to-find-the-good-stuff-on- youtube/ http://clintlalonde.net/2008/11/12/5-tips-to-find-the-good-stuff-on- youtube/