What is Video Sharing?

Video sharing refers to web sites or software that enables a user to publish and share their video content. There are a variety of different services which offer public and private sharing of video content, as well as the ability to edit videos online.

Some video sharing services are free like Google Video, Uth TV, OurMedia and YouTube. Other services like HomeMovie.com and JumpCut offer online editting tools as well.

Ideas Around Video Sharing

1. Create an ESL video dictionary. (For Example: http://web.li.gatech.edu/~rdrury/600/oral/video/dictionary.html)
2. Use video sharing sites to find videos on current issues, maybe a natural disaster or controversial event. (Dove Video )
3. Create and post interviews from different teachers, visitors to the school, or guest speakers.
4. Post and share professional development video materials.
5. Use it for Digital Storytelling
6. Use a video to generate interest in a lesson. (For example, Mentos and Coke)

Project Idea Resources

1. Schoolhouse Video
2. Project Ideas, Handouts and More
3. iMovie K12 Examples
4. Blog Forest

Educators Using Video Sharing Sites

http://www.youtube.com/group/K12 YouTube K12 Educators Group started by Dean Shareski http://www.jumpcut.com/groups/detail?g_id=A093642069FB11DB90FB266C9A2E700D JumpCut Group Yahoo! Teachers http://www.jumpcut.com/groups/detail?g_id=0F1D6362FFA511DA97DD1E30947BEEEA JumpCut Group K12 Education

Remixing Tools

Adding Subtitles

http://www.overstream.net/ - Overstream

http://mojiti.com/ - Mojiti

Enhancing Videos

http://www.bubbleply.com/ - BubblePly (Adds pop-up bubbles on top of videos with hyperlinks)

http://www.gotuit.com/scenemaker/index.html (Lets you bookmark or “deep tag” specific scenes within an online video)

http://www.cuts.com/ Cuts - Add captions, skips and loops.

Downloading YouTube A Few of Many Tools

http://keepvid.com/ - KeepVid

http://www.benjaminstrahs.com/itube.php - Ares Tube

http://www.saveyoutube.com/ - Save You Tube

http://zamzar.com/ - ZamZar

http://www.oyoom.com/ - OYOOM

Online File Conversion

http://mux.am/ - mux video converter