YouTube

**You Tube ** (TM)

http://www.youtube.com I don't know how I ever managed to teach psychology before the advent of YouTube! Between clips posted there by psychology instructors and some "natural" clips, it's a gold mine of illustrative examples. Since it offers streaming video, I don't have to worry about placing the video clips on a special server in order to avoid overloading the LMS server on my campus (loading videos into that environment is strongly discouraged).

Your college may have already set up a "channel" - posting your videos there avoids the ads, suggested videos and comments that you may not consider appropriate for your class. Or you can set up a channel just for your class, and invite students to post class-related videos there too.

It's a convenient place to post screencasts or other video clips that you make for your class, too.

Other sources of online videos that I use include @http://edutube.org/ @http://www.teachertube.com/ @http://www.ted.com/ - 20 minute talks on a wide range of topics by "experts" in their fields And here's a list of more sources: @http://www.pppst.com/freevideoclips.html

It is possible to create and upload short videos on YouTube in a matter of minutes, so this tool could be used by students to post speeches, readings, and introductions without a lot of equipment.