Today’s digital web is a quickly evolving world in which it is difficult to keep up to date and informed. Here are a list of educational videos with anotations describing their usefulness.
TODAY’S STUDENT, TODAY’S SCHOOLS, TODAY’S EDUCATION:
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Growing Up Online 
Frontline broadcast an episode on January 21st entitled “Growing up Online “. The documentary examines how radically the Internet is changing the experiences of childhood. While this documentary highlights two particular communities in the US it most definitely mirrors the experience for communities in Canada.
The full documentary is available for playback on the website as chapters. The video is a must watch and the associated sections of the site Introduction , What we Learned , Inside the Revolution and Keeping Kids Safe are a must read. The Discussion also provides some additional insight and clarification.
Frontline is part of PBS which by itself can be fantastic resource for teachers.
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DO SCHOOLS KILL CREATIVITY?
Do Schools Kill Creativity? – Sir Ken Robinson
A video about the current state of creativity in Education. Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson challenges the way we’re educating our children. He champions a radical rethink of our school systems, to cultivate creativity and acknowledge multiple types of intelligence.
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Why Blog in School?
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Created by Michael Wesch in collaboration with 200 students at Kansas State University, this is a series of 3 short videos that summarize some of the most important characteristics of students today – how they learn, what they need to learn, their goals, hopes, dreams, what their lives will be like, and what kinds of changes they will experience in their lifetime.
A video about the current state of Education and today’s student:
(1.) Vision of Students Today – Wesch, Kansas State University
(2.) The Web is Using Us. – Wesch, Kansas State University
(3.) Information R/evolution – Wesch, Kansas State University
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SHIFT HAPPENS
Are you in the need of a reality check? You Tube can be a marvelous classroom resource and provide an opportunity for professional learning and growth. If you have not seen the video Shift Happens then now is the time. Created by Karl Fisch [The Fischbowl ] the original video went viral on the internet in just a few weeks and has since been seen by countless millions of people. The video provides an eye opening look at the realities of globalization. Join the conversation on the Shift Happens wiki.
While some of the content on You Tube is obviously not suitable for use in classrooms with a little searching their are jems to be found. You might even want to check out Teacher Tube. Video can sometimes be as better than a thousand words.
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The New state of computer education. A Slide-show by Alec Couros.
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WEB 2.0: USEFUL TOOLS FOR THE NEW WWWebA video about the possibilities provided by Second Life:
Introduction to Second Life
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A 3-minute introduction to Blogging, and perhaps some thought to it’s purpose.
Lee LeFever of the CommonCraft Show explains social networking.
Lee LeFever of the CommonCraft Show explains Wikis.
Lee LeFever of the CommonCraft Show explains RSS news feeds.
Lee LeFever of the CommonCraft Show explains social (on-line) bookmarking.
Lee LeFever of the CommonCraft Show explains on-line photo sharing.
A great example of how educational some low budget online videos can be.
Lee LeFever of the CommonCraft Show explains compact flourescent light bulbs.
