elearnr » TeacherTube http://elearnr.edublogs.org ...elearning links, resources & guides. Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:57:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 How to find and download YouTube videos for use in the classroom http://elearnr.edublogs.org/2008/09/13/how-to-find-and-download-youtube-videos-for-use-in-the-classroom/ http://elearnr.edublogs.org/2008/09/13/how-to-find-and-download-youtube-videos-for-use-in-the-classroom/#comments Sat, 13 Sep 2008 17:37:00 +0000 Doug Belshaw http://elearnr.edublogs.org/?p=18 Our school network, like most in the UK, blocks the video-sharing site YouTube. Whilst this is understandable from an Internet safety point of view, there are many wonderful resources that educators could be missing out on.

There are many ways to download videos from YouTube, one of the easiest being to use a website such as Zamzar. The following screencast demonstrates how to do this. It is hosted at Edublogs.tv, so should remain unblocked by most school networks! :-)

This text will be replaced

Direct link to screencast

If, for some reason, Zamzar fails to work, the following websites do the job in a similar way:

Most of these converters support more than just YouTube – so try them with other video-sharing websites! :-D

***UPDATE*** A colleague suggested that a handout might make things easier than trying to follow an online video. I’ve put one together that you can download below:

How to find and download YouTube videos for use in the classroom (4.9MB)

 

]]> http://elearnr.edublogs.org/2008/09/13/how-to-find-and-download-youtube-videos-for-use-in-the-classroom/feed/ 6