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The Futures Channel: Based on the goal of using new media technologies to create a channel between scientists, enginners, explorers, visionaries and learners, The Future Channel partners with schools to provide these high-quality digital learning resources.

TeachingChannel (Tch): Teaching Channel is a video showcase of innovative and effective teaching practices in America's schools. More than 35,000 members have registered to share ideas and inspiration on the site.

History Channel Online: Teachers can access full programs and videos by topic that have aired on The History Channel and its affiliate stations.

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"Feel like something's missing from your YouTube viewing experience -- like some good 'ol multiple-choice questions? The chronic learners among us will be happy to hear that the site is testing an interactive -- and potentially educational -- feature that lets users add quizzes to their clips. A new page on the YouTube site describes a "Video Questions Editor Beta," which lets channel owners display multiple-choice questions on top of their videos as they play. The page is pretty blank at the moment, but the beta is up and running for those who opt in. Don't get too excited, though: YouTube's disclaimer states the feature "represents work in progress," and "there is no plan for long-term support of the feature." TechCrunch 29 Leave A Comment "

Youtubes channel for teachers, videos have been checked out by a team of teachers.

YouTube EDU: YouTube's channel for education offers lessons, videos, lectures and more for teacher and student use on the familiar YouTube platform.

"Sketchcasting is a new way to communicate something online by recording a sketch, optionally with your voice speaking. Any sketch can then be embedded on your blog/ homepage for people to play-back, and you can also point people to your sketchcast channel here (or let them subscribe to your sketchcast RSS feed). Sketchcasting is new but it's based on an old principle: the whiteboard (or the napkin in a bar) on which you sketch something to get a concept across... or to just have some fun. "

some of the best youtube collections of culturally enriching video

"MIT+K12 is an initiative of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to harness the creativity of MIT's most outstanding asset -- its students -- in bringing excitement and understanding of science, technology, engineering, and math to kids."

ww2 vids US National Archive Youtube Collection

this is a volunteer project sparked by a group of employees who wanted to find a better way to collect and highlight all the great educational content being uploaded to YouTube by colleges and universities.