Check this out. Surely you've got some students who LOVE to do this stuff. They're encouraged to remix these videos! Not a homework assignment, but you can surely give them an interesting hobby. :-)
Open Source Cinema starts off with some video that they encourage you to remix and send back to them. In the process you'll learn about copyright - at least one organization's feelings about it.
Create a 30- to 60-second video that shows how voting gives power to your voice, and why it is important for you and other citizens to exercise that power. This was the site shared by Judge Rendell. The deadline is Oct. 23, 2008.
This document is a code of best practices that helps creators, online providers, copyright holders, and others interested in the making of online video interpret the copyright doctrine of fair use. Fair use is the right to use copyrighted material without permission or payment under some circumstances.
Maybe the easiest, non-software youtube downloader, as reported by LifeHacker - just insert the word kick ahead of any youtube url - see article for details
The Khan Academy is a not-for-profit organization with the mission of providing a high quality education to anyone, anywhere.
We have 700+ videos on YouTube covering everything from basic arithmetic and algebra to differential equations, physics, and finance which have been recorded by Salman Khan. He has also developed a free, adaptive math program available here.
trakAxPC enables you to create professional music and video mixes without any special skills or technical expertise. It provides a drag and drop interface to easily add files from your computer and to record from your microphone or web cam.
Create "stacks "of your favorite web sites, videos, and images and then share them with others via email or in your blog/web site. You can add your own URLs too - no need to just use their search feature. Create your own stack today.
We're texting a secret story prompt to cell phones all over the world on February 7, 2009. Over the next 20 hours, people will be creating stories, making mobile phone videos and posting them to YouTube. Will you be part of this global experience?