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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."
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In just a few hundred years, humans have dramatically changed our planet. Though global warming gets most of the news coverage, another major impact is the loss of habitat for many of the world's animal species. Here is a collection of videos you can use when talking about this topic with your students. via James Sanders G+
Today, through Tekzilla I learned that Screen Leap offers a Chrome extension that can make screen sharing even easier. The extension allows you to share your screen from your Gmail account. When you have the extension installed you can share your screen just by clicking "share screen" in the dialogue box that appears in the lower-right corner of your Gmail screen. Check it out in the video below.
A Cleaner Internet is a browserextension available for Chrome,Firefox, and Safari. The extensionremoves all of the related videosand advertisements that surroundvideos on YouTube.
I am a Canadian teacher who has been working in El Salvador since 1994. I currently teach ICT as well as run the new Learning Resources Centre. Our staff and students have taken to web 2.0 in a big way and we hope to continue expanding our digital toolboxes.