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NBNCo's youtube channel where they bust a few myths about being a financial black hole, among other FUD...

Bullying & harassment online? Empower youth to make the Internet better! This YouTube video published on 16 Jun 2016. "Digital citizenship is an intriguing but still very abstract idea with a dark past and great potential. A journalist who has followed youth Internet safety and citizenship for nearly 20 years, Anne Collier looks at what digital citizenship is, the struggle it emerged from, and five ways adult society can make it engaging and useful to young citizens, the heart of any digital citizenship discussion about youth. [There ia a link to the research references in her talk: http://www.netfamilynews.org/tedxgene...]"

Youtube vid from Steve Spangler Science

A very cool YouTube channel by Numberphile which provides practical explanaitons of real life mathematical concepts.  

"This is a quick introduction to the SAMR Model, developed by Dr. Ruben Puentedura. It is not meant to be an in-depth view of the model." on YouTube

YouTube video which explains clearly some of the factors and processes Google uses to return search results. And they do all that in under a second?! Amazing!!

This brand-spanking-new site aims to provide an uncommonly inviting place to teach and be taught. Instructors can upload video on any subject - be it salsa dancing or making glogg - then divvy it into lessons. Unlike YouTube, Curious lets teachers choose to charge for lessons, features an oversized playback window and generally feels friendly and constructive. There are no creepy comments from anonymous YouTubers here, and the site's proprietors currently approve teachers and eyeball content to ensure that these online classes are, well, classy.

"https://youtu.be/Yg-pXpO1rUY" youtube video

YouTube channel - "Cool physics and other sweet science - all in a minute!"

Search faster with Heapr.com I'm serious. Just try it. It's faster. It's like 38% faster than the standard Google.com search. No, I did not just pull that statistic out of my ass. Ok maybe I did. But here's why it's faster: Searching on keypress One page load. Aggregation of results from Google, Twitter, Wikipedia, WolframAlpha, Flickr, and other sources. Other neat features: View Google Images alongside Flickr at images.heapr.com No ads. Zippo. Zero. Easily view YouTube, Hulu, and Vimeo videos without ever leaving the page at videos.heapr.com Download YouTube videos for free with just the click of a button. Just search for your video, and click Download. Real time tweets at twitter.heapr.com Just plain Google. With search on keypress. Insanely fast. At lite.heapr.com Get a super fast browser toolbar plugin so you can use that little search box in the top right of your browser

YouTube video from C.G.P Grey on the origins of copyright and what you may and may not do.

Educational Technology and Mobile Leaning  has dedicated an entire section to how teachers and educators can leverage the power of this video platform in education, and from to time we would add up to this section to make it more resourceful.

A series of youtube tutorials on using google apps and products:

WebVideoFetcher.com is a free internet videos download application which allows you to convert nearly any audio or video URL from YouTube, MySpace, Google, Facebook and 100 more sites to common formats with absolutely no waiting time, this is what makes us special. Lets Begin!!!

"Understand the science in your own life! Our weekly videos cover all sorts of quirky and mind blowing science. So what are you waiting for?" [YouTube channel of science videos in RSAanimate-style]

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"Animoto is an excellent tool for creating audio slideshows. But there are some limitations to it that some teachers don't like. Most notable of those limitations is the time limit (30 seconds unless you get an Animoto for Education account), lack of space for text, and that students have to remember a username and password to use it. The YouTube slideshow tool provides a tool for creating audio slideshows without those three limitations of Animoto."

"The content hosted on Youtube is pretty diverse. But while diversity is good, not all videos are suitable for all ages, especially for the younger ones. According to a  report published by The Information, the video site is developing a children-friendly version designed specifically for children under ten years old. Google has already started talking to video producers who are interested in creating video content for kids, the report says."

"Unlisted HOAs via Google Plus - YouTube Becomes your video recorder Hangouts on Air (HOA) can act as your personal video recorder, or limited viewership broadcast machine. There are times when you want to have a hangout session and record it, but don't want it "broadcast" to the world (right away, or ever)… Enter Unlisted HOA or Private HOA."

"Published on YouTube on 17 Feb 2015. 'Crafting the Past' is a Minecraft education project bringing archaeology to life through digital digs. In this opening episode to the series we see the time-lapse of an archaeological dig in the UK, uncovering an ancient Roman amphitheatre."