Yarmouth Staff

"How-To Videos for the technology classroom "

"Primary Source promotes history and humanities education by connecting educators with people and cultures throughout the world."

By MATT RICHTEL Published: November 21, 2010 The constant stream of stimuli offered by new technology poses a profound new challenge to focusing and learning.

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These Primary Source Sets are compiled and written for educators. However, we think these collections will be of interest to many groups of users. Check out these additions to the growing list of primary source sets, selected primary sources from the rich collections of the Library of Congress on a particular curricular topic. Designed for quick and easy download, each set includes a teacher's guide to historical context, teaching tips and analysis guides, and a graphic organizer to deepen student engagement with these rich artifacts from the past. Here are the newest topics: + The Industrial Revolution in the United States Maps, songs, photos, and political cartoons tell the story of the United States' transition to an industrial nation. + The New Deal Photographs, posters, oral histories, and music recount how Federal programs sought to end the Great Depression.

For teachers hoping to infuse multimedia into their classrooms, YouTube makes for an excellent starting point. Plenty of universities, nonprofits, organizations, museums and more post videos for the cause of education both in and out of schools. The following list compiles some of the ones most worthy of attention, as they feature plenty of solid content appealing to their respective audiences and actively try to make viewers smarter.

"We asked 30 of the world's most creative professionals two questions: "What single example of design inspires you most?" and "What problem should design solve next?" Their answers might surprise you. And, hopefully they'll inspire you. Discover what they have to say. Then share your thoughts. After all, this is a conversation. We'd love for you to join."

"How do you select books to read? Do you use the jacket cover? Word of mouth? Reading lists? Which comes first, reading a book or watching a movie made from it? We do not believe it has to be an 'either-or' choice. Book trailers are short, two to three minute videos that introduce the basic storyline and in which the story is re-enacted with similar artistic and creative decisions made by a movie director as to what parts of the story are presented in a film he or she is creating."

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"This site is devoted to listing educator-friendly, copyright free resources for audio, video and pictures which may be helpful to students and teachers." images, videos, sound

"These tools include authoring tools as well as as delivery/tracking platforms like course and learning management systems. "