Instructional Video2:37
The Met

#MetKids—Our Words, Our Stories: Digital Storytelling Lab 2016

6th - 11th
Go behind the scenes of our pilot #MetKids Digital Storytelling Lab for 8–12-year-olds, held July 18-July 21, 2016. Exploring artworks in the galleries, kids found inspiring heroes and villains for their original stories. Our young...
Instructional Video3:00
Curated Video

Comics: Visual Storytelling and Expression

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Comics are a form of illustrated storytelling that combines pictures, text, and visual elements to tell stories and convey ideas. From classic comic strips to modern graphic novels, comics have a rich history that spans across different...
Instructional Video1:18
Visual Learning Systems

Geology of North America: the Interior Plains

9th - 12th
North America's geology and topography is a fascinating and beautiful story. This video captures footage from throughout the continent to tell this captivating story. Major geological events such as the formation of the Appalachian and...
Instructional Video12:26
TED Talks

Jamie Paik: Origami robots that reshape and transform themselves

12th - Higher Ed
Taking design cues from origami, robotician Jamie Paik and her team created "robogamis": folding robots made out super-thin materials that can reshape and transform themselves. In this talk and tech demo, Paik shows how robogamis could...
Instructional Video10:54
Schooling Online

Powering Through Prose: John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men - Plot Summary

3rd - Higher Ed
Welcome to California during the Great Depression, a time of hardship and broken dreams. George and Lennie are like countless other men who travel across America looking for work. But they’re an interesting pair; they’re best friends but...
Instructional Video7:08
Curated Video

Video Marketing

Higher Ed
Dive into the world of video marketing and discover the art of captivating your audience with visual storytelling. Explore the strategies, techniques, and platforms that drive engagement, brand awareness, and conversions through videos....
Instructional Video10:40
EarthEcho International

Into the Dead Zone: Urban Runoff and Sustainable Solutions

9th - 12th
This video explores the issue of dead zones caused by urban pollution and stormwater run-off, focusing on the Anacostia River in Washington DC. It highlights the work of a riverkeeper and a massive engineering project to reduce...
Instructional Video6:38
World Science Festival

Could Video Games Be the Future of Storytelling?

6th - 11th
Human history is rich with stories, and as our culture and technology changes, so do the ways we tell stories. For example, from its roots in oral tradition, storytelling branched off into literature, artwork, and film. Where are...
Instructional Video1:03
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Jason Ohler - Teachers Make a Difference

Higher Ed
Dr. Jason Ohler is a professor emeritus, speaker, writer, teacher and cyber researcher. He is also a lifelong digital humanist who is well known for his passion, insight, and humor he brings to his presentations, projects, and...
Instructional Video1:35
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Michael Hernandez - Teachers Make a Difference - Sue Scheibler

Higher Ed
About Michael Hernandez I moved to Los Angeles to earn my M.F.A. in Film Production because what I really wanted to do was be a director.... After completing my M.F.A., I landed a job teaching cinematic arts and broadcast journalism, and...
Instructional Video1:36
Visual Learning Systems

Writing in Science: Video Quiz

9th - 12th
The development and application of writing skills in science is the focus of this program. This video highlights some of the key ingredients of writing in the subject of science. Informative and explanatory texts focus on facts,...
Instructional Video23:33
The Wall Street Journal

The View From Washington: Part I

Higher Ed
From nutrition, to food safety, to drug policy-how the Food and Drug Administration will shape the food industry in 2019.
Instructional Video10:55
TED Talks

Raghava KK: What's your 200-year plan?

12th - Higher Ed
You might have a 5-year plan, but what about a 200-year plan? Artist Raghava KK has set his eyes on an ultra-long-term horizon; at TEDxSummit, he shows how it helps guide today's choices and tomorrow's goals -- and encourages you to make...
Instructional Video1:35:47
World Science Festival

Why We Tell Stories: The Science of Narrative

6th - 11th
Stories have existed in many forms—cave paintings, parables, poems, tall tales, myths—throughout history and across almost all human cultures. But is storytelling essential to survival? Join Jonathan Gottschall, Joyce Carol Oates,...
Instructional Video1:17
World Science Festival

The Neuroscience of Narrative

6th - 11th
Because fiction is conjured up within our imaginations, our capacity for storytelling or engaging in stories is susceptible to neurological disorders. People on the autism spectrum are less likely to engage in storytelling and...
Instructional Video51:22
Natural History Museum

Fantastic Beasts™: The Wonder of Nature with exhibition creators and scientists | Live Talk

K - 11th
Join exhibition creators and scientists to hear how they brought Fantastic Beasts™: The Wonder of Nature to life. The exhibition is a spectacular immersive experience using props, specimens and interactives to bring a touch of magic to...
Instructional Video11:28
World Science Festival

The Moth: You Can Lead a Horse to Water - Sam Shepard

6th - 11th
An actor's insistence on using his own horse in a film stunt has unpleasant consequences for his stunt double. Sam Shepard is an Oscar-nominated actor, screenwriter, director and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright. The Moth and World...
Instructional Video12:15
World Science Festival

The Moth: Man on the Moon - Nathan Englander

6th - 11th
"A writer moves to Jerusalem to be part of the peace process. Nathan Englander is the author of 'For the Relief of Unbearable Urges,' 'The Ministry of Special Cases,' and most recently 'What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank.'...
Instructional Video15:10
World Science Festival

The Moth: It Took a Village - Michael Turner

6th - 11th
An assistant professor is invited by Stephen Hawking, in 1981, to join a consortium of the twenty best cosmologists in the world to determine why the universe has "lumps." The Moth and World Science Festival team up to bring you...
Instructional Video12:43
World Science Festival

The Moth: Chasing My Memories - Lucy Hawking

6th - 11th
Lucy Hawking, daughter of Stephen Hawking, reminisces about her family and discovers the limitations of physics. The Moth and World Science Festival team up to bring you poignant, hilarious and unpredictable stories of science....
Instructional Video21:18
World Science Festival

The Moth: Go Tell It on the Mountain - Jim Gates

6th - 11th
A physicist climbs many mountains over the course of his career. Jim Gates is a Professor of Physics at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is currently exploring computer software codes hidden inside of superstring theory...
Instructional Video2:49
Brainwaves Video Anthology

John Benton - Teachers Make a Difference - Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche

Higher Ed
John Benton is a narrative designer whose work ranges from traditional film to emerging media. Most recently, he won the Tribeca Film Festival’s Mobile Storytelling Prize as well as London's PttPixel Market Prize for his interactive...
Instructional Video3:00
Curated Video

Origins and Styles of Anime

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Anime is an abbreviation of the word 'animation'. Outside of Japan though, anime has come to mean a style of Japanese illustration and artwork. Explore the vibrant characters, colorful graphics, and fantastical themes that make the anime...
Instructional Video2:33
PBS

Ready Player One

6th - 12th Standards
Ready Player One has been praised as a novel that captures the vitality, the allure, and the essence of the virtual reality experience. Speakers in a short video share their rationale for why Ernest Clines' dystopian novel should be...