Curated Video
Digital Bytes: Would You #YOLO?
What does #YOLO mean to today’s generation, and what does it have to do with the internet? Teens discuss how #YOLO plays out online (what happens when you use digital media to “live in the moment”?) and how it can impact one’s online...
Curated Video
Digital Bytes: Step Forward
What are the advantages of using the internet to engage people in social causes? What are the limitations? Teens will explore the difference between online activism and "slacktivism," a term used to describe “feel-good” actions that seem...
Curated Video
Get Started with Flipped Learning
Is flipped learning only about having students watch educational videos at home? Watch Molly Schroeder, director of summits for EdTech Team, explain: • What flipped learning is. • Different ways to flip, including in-class flipping. •...
Curated Video
What is Bloom's Digital Taxonomy?
Learn how educators are reframing Bloom's Taxonomy through the lens of educational technology, blended learning, BYOD, flipped classrooms, and other models. This updated version aims to expand upon the skills associated with each level...
Curated Video
What Is Flipped Learning?
Watch Jon Bergmann, flipped-learning father and founder of of FlippedClass.com, explain: • What a flipped classroom is -- and is not. • Why it's powerful to create your own videos. • How to get students to watch the videos. • How to get...
Curated Video
Take Classroom Video to the Next Level
When you show video in your classroom, you want your students to be active viewers -- to comprehend, not just consume. But why stop at comprehension? When it comes to video in the classroom, students shouldn't just get what they're...
Curated Video
Teens and Tech: The New Landscape
As tweens and teens grow up in a digital world, they go through the same developmental stages they always have. Digital media poses both possibilities and perils as teens experiment and explore who they are and who they want to be....
Curated Video
Oversharing: Think Before You Post
Made in collaboration with our partner Flocabulary, the experts in educational hip-hop, this animated music video raps about the hazards of oversharing online and emphasizes a thoughtful approach to digital footprints. Tweens, teens, and...
Curated Video
Perspectives on Chatting Safely Online
Young teens discuss the role of feeling safe when interacting with people through online gaming and social media. Use this video in your classroom in conjunction with the lesson plan, Safe Online Talk:...
Cult of Pedagogy
How to Teach a Concept Attainment Lesson
A description and demonstration of the concept attainment strategy. For more information on this strategy, see the full review at http://www.cultofpedagogy.com/concept-attainment. Want more like this? Visit http://www.cultofpedagogy.com...
Cult of Pedagogy
The In-Class Flip
Have you been unsuccessful in flipping your classroom? The In-Class Flip offers an alternative method for using the "flipped" concept that avoids the complications of home access and student accountability. This video shows you how to do...
Crash Course
Exoplanets: Crash Course Astronomy
Today Phil explains that YES, there are other planets out there and astonomers have a lot of methods for detecting them. Nearly 2000 have been found so far. The most successful method is using transits, where a planet physically passes...
Crash Course
Introduction to the Solar System: Crash Course Astronomy
In today's Crash Course Astronomy, Phil takes a look at the explosive history of our cosmic backyard. We explore how we went from a giant ball of gas to the system of planets and other celestial objects we have today. This episode is...
Crash Course
Stars: Crash Course Astronomy
Today Phil’s explaining the stars and how they can be categorized using their spectra. Together with their distance, this provides a wealth of information about them including their luminosity, size, and temperature. The HR diagram plots...
Crash Course
The Periodic Table: Crash Course Chemistry
Hank gives us a tour of the most important table ever, including the life story of the obsessive man who championed it, Dmitri Mendeleev. The periodic table of elements is a concise, information-dense catalog of all of the different...
Crash Course
World War II: Crash Course World History
Crash Course World History is now available on DVD! Visit http://store.dftba.com/products/crashcourse-world-history-the-complete-series-dvd-set to buy a set for your home or classroom. In which John Green teaches you about World War II,...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How does anesthesia work? - Steven Zheng
When under anesthesia, you can't move, form memories, or -- hopefully -- feel pain. And while it might just seem like you are asleep for that time, you actually aren't. What's going on? Steven Zheng explains what we know about the...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: The poet who painted with his words - Genevieve Emy
Among the great poets of literary history, certain names like Homer, Shakespeare and Whitman are instantly recognizable. However, there's an early 20th century great poet whose name you may not know: Guillaume Apollinaire. Genevieve Emy...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Why are human bodies asymmetrical? - Leo Q. Wan
Symmetry is everywhere in nature. And we usually associate it with beauty: a perfectly shaped leaf or a butterfly with intricate patterns mirrored on each wing. But it turns out that asymmetry is pretty important, too - and more common...
National Geographic
Wasps Need Water, Too. Watch One Drink in Mesmerizing Slow Motion | National Geographic
It’s 111 degrees Fahrenheit in Nasiriyah, Iraq and this wasp is likely collecting water to cool its nest. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world's premium destination for...
National Geographic
99-Million-Year-Old Baby Snake Fossil Found in Amber—First Of Its Kind | National Geographic
A 99-million-year-old baby snake fossil was found preserved in amber—the first of its kind. The fossil is about 2 inches in length, and has 97 preserved vertebrae. It's the first baby snake fossil ever discovered, and the first snake...
National Geographic
Mars 101 | National Geographic
From its blood-like hue to its potential to sustain life, Mars has intrigued humankind for thousands of years. Learn how the red planet formed from gas and dust and what its polar ice caps mean for life as we know it. ➡ Subscribe:...
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How Infrared Technology Could Help Fight Wildlife Poaching | National Geographic
Conservationists are testing infrared cameras to track wildlife in the dark. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world's premium destination for science, exploration, and...
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Remapping A Place: How One Tribe's Art Reconnects Them To Their Land | Short Film Showcase
Jim Enote, a traditional Zuni farmer and director of the A:shiwi A:wan Museum and Heritage Center, is working with Zuni artists to create maps that bring an indigenous voice and perspective back to the land, countering Western notions of...