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The Internet is full of useful information, but it's disorganized and often unreliable. The potential of the Internet for education is especially huge. Imagine tapping into that potential. Imagine collecting all the best free educational videos made for children, and making them findable and watchable on one website. Then imagine creating many, many more such videos. Just think: hundreds of thousands of great short videos, and other media, explaining every topic taught in schools, in every major language on Earth. Finally, imagine them all deeply and usefully categorized according to subject, education level, and placed in the order in which topics are typically taught. WatchKnow--as in, "You watch, you know"--is trying to do this. WatchKnow a non-profit, online community that encourages everyone to collect, create, and share free, innovative, educational videos.

A GREAT resource for elementary teachers with videos about animals & pets, cartoons & movies, green, history, people & places, science & space, time-lapse, weird & wacky, and videos in spanish

"This post could be almost infinite: there is most certainly an extraordinary array of options for videos which expand educators' understandings and inspire advances in 21st century learning.  But curation is about choice and selection, and while I know I will leave out many, I thought I'd offer up a set of 15 of my favorites for your consideration for video screening at at back-to-school or beginning-of-the-year faculty meetings (and/or parent and board meetings)."

"Summer is a time when many of us are thinking about and planning professional development workshops for our schools and for other schools. I've always found that a short 3-5 minute video can be a good introduction to a PD sessions and or make for a nice thought-provoking break during a PD session. Here are seven videos that I think serve those purposes well."

Learn it in 5 is a powerful library of how-to videos, produced by technology teachers, for the purpose of helping teachers and students create classroom strategies for today's 21st century's digital classroom. These step-by-step how-to videos walk teachers through Web 2.0 technology, demonstrating how to use Web 2.0 applications like blogs, social networks, podcasts, interactive videos, wikis, slidesharing and much more. Read more: http://www.learnitin5.com/#ixzz0xW08i1dV

"The Flip camera is great for all types of projects in science and math - at any grade level. Flip cameras are small handheld video cameras that can record 30 or 60 minutes worth of video. They connect to a computer with a USB plug that "flips" out from the side of the camera. The benefits of these cameras include another means for assessing students understanding of concepts beyond worksheets and tests. Besides a teacher's record, the videos provide a digital record for parents and administrators to show a student's successes or areas which need improvement."

A roundup of online video hosting services and related tools that support publishing under Creative Commons. These are services for sharing documentaries, movies and short video clips that can be legally downloaded and freely distributed under the terms of license.

blinkx has built a reputation as the Remote Control for the Video Web. Now, with an index of over 35 million hours of searchable video and more than 450 media partnerships, including national broadcasters, commercial media giants, and private video libraries, it has cemented its position as the premier destination for online TV.

"25 places to find instructional videos Recently I have received a number of emails asking about places that offer free instructional videos (on all subjects), so I thought I would put together a posting of the main ones that I know about"

"We believe in the power of face-to-face communication. That's why we created TokBox, the simplest, most engaging way for you to connect face-to-face with up to twenty of your colleagues, customers or friends at once. Thousands of people video chat using TokBox everyday. They use it to collaborate within and across teams, video conference with customers or simply to share experiences with friends and colleagues. It's really easy to get started. All you need is an internet connection and a webcam. No expensive equipment required. Video chatting with up to 20 people at once is FREE You pay only for the premium features you use."

"I was browsing through YouTube last evening, searching for videos to show my students about new and emerging technology. I was quickly side- tracked by looking to see if there were any good videos made by teachers about how they use technology in their special education classroom. I was quite surprised to see the number of results , in-depth explanations, about variety of assistive technologies being used, and how many teachers are going to YouTube to share their creative teaching strategies. Below is a synopsis of links to great videos with great ideas!"

"The first looks at some of the basics of video conferencing. It is intended to be accessible to a non-technical audience who are interested in picking up key video conferencing concepts and pick up some hints and tips. The second section looks in more depth at teaching and learning using video conferencing. Packed with examples it follows real teachers working in real classrooms and looks at how the technology can support and enable good solid teaching."

quietube: Video without the distractions To watch web videos without the comments and crap, just drag the button below to your browser's bookmarks bar. On any of the supported video pages, click the bookmark button to watch in peace. You can then make short URLs too, to send the quietube version to your friends. Easy as. We support YouTube, Viddler, and Vimeo, with more to come...

is a ground breaking free video vocabulary builder. We have started beta testing with more than 515 Vocabulary Videos. Our goal is to include several thousand vocab videos for SAT / ACT level words in the coming months. Join us, its FREE!

"Glogster on-line training videos" A very nice collection of 20 videos for Glogster. A nice start for anyone wishing to learn glogster on their own.

Kids Tube is a video sharing hosting and sharing site designed for hosting content produced by kids and content about kids. Kids Tube monitors all submissions and monitors comments left on videos. A great alternative to YouTube for schools and young kids.

Welcome to Embedr! Embedr is a free service that lets anyone create a custom playlist of videos from the top video sites on the web. Now start building that

Totlol is a video website designed specifically for children. It is community moderated. It is constantly growing. It is powered by YouTube. All videos were submitted, screened and rated by parents. The selection is huge and if you like, you can participate too.

Welcome! Use our site to record a video using your webcam and share it. Simply record your 30 seconds video and click Save to get your URL. Easy, fast and free!

Free Video Tutorials Watch free video tutorials for all your computer and gadget questions. Find a quick answer or learn something new. Search below!