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Numberphile is n interesting YouTube channel about fun number facts. There are currently thirty-three videos in the Numberphile collection. The videos cover things like 998,001 and its Mysterious Recurring Decimals, Pi and Bouncing Balls, and 1 and Prime Numbers.

This is site doesn't just find educational videos, but it can find specific words or phrases within the script of the video and help you find them in context. Could be a very useful tool

Zentation is a video presentation tool . It combines both videos and slides into presentationsto make a more engaging piece of multimedia. It has free and paid options

Instagram and Vine are 2 popular social apps that allow you to share videos. This post examines the differences and the parameters of each. Tips for adults to be aware of as they try to assist young people in staying safe are also discussed

"A new study is the latest to support the use of video games, in particular the popular children's game Minecraft, in classroom learning"

This is a simple tool that strips YouTube viewing of all of the distractions of related videos, comments, and promoted videos. To use it, copy the link of a video into the "purifier," click purify, and your video will be displayed on a blank white background. You can also install the View Pure bookmarklet to accomplish the same goal.

Free Brainpop video on digital citizenship. Four other free videos are included in the series: blogs, cyberbullying, digital etiquette and online safety.

Turn your computer into an internet TV. Download Miro to watch free internet video channels and play any video file.

These videos were created for teachers to help them to incorporate technology into their teaching. Just click and a video will open and take you through how to use that technology.

Create your own video sharing site in 2 minutes for free

Smart video collections keep appearing on YouTube. But rather antithetical to the ethos of its parent company (Google), YouTube unfortunately makes these collections difficult to find. So we've decided to do the job for them. These enriching/educational videos come from media outlets, cultural institutions, universities and non-profits. There are about 70 collections in total, and the list will grow over time. If we're missing anything good, feel free to let us know, and we'll happily add them. You can find the complete list below the jump.

Far reaching collection of how to videos. From how to print spreadsheets in Numbers to not so appropriate how to treat a bullet wound at home... USE WITH CAUTION.

Another YouTube video download site, this one removes the ads and also allows you to crop the video.

"Students created short movies to address particular behaviors, emphasizing the importance of correcting those behaviors. This video is a compilation of their work to educate everyone on technology etiquette."

This video has may be worth showing to Middle School students in terms of Etiquette and the use of some technologies.

There are countless websites offering images, video and audio files for use in education, but it's not always easy to know which sites are most useful or appropriate. This advice document discusses general tools and strategies for finding digital resources and looks at many of the sites you can use as reliable sources.

"This video is an animated short about water conservation targeted at elementary school kids. Marisa DeLuca created this video as her senior thesis project while working on her undergrad in Communication. It was her first attempt at animation, and she created it using still pictures of characters made from paper. She manipulated the pictures in Adobe Photoshop and then edited the still photos together in Final Cut. "

The story of bottled water is a great short video questioning why we drink bottled water and the way that "manufactured demand" pushes us to purchase what we don't need.

The arguments for video games as gold standard in Learning

Watch loads of videos on One Minute Wonders. You can see exclusive Missit Minute clips, print and collect your own Wonder Cards, play the quizzes and save your favourite videos to watch again and again

dotSub is another site beyond YouTube that makes available a wealth of video resources. This one is unusual in that it offers the facility for those who upload their videos to create subtitles in any language.