Using Video with Adult Learners - Links & Resources

How to Create Videos

http://www.videointheclassroom.com/ - digital storytelling, watching and making videos
http://stopmotionmovies.yolasite.com/ - resource for stopmotion movie making
http://sites.google.com/site/mistersill/google4video - Google 4 Video site for movie making
Google_videos – Making and web-publishing (free) teaching videos
http://edtech.guhsd.net/video.html - Digital Video in Education - student and teacher process, equipment, and internet resources
http://www.apple.com/findouthow/movies/ - iMovie how to
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/lessonplan.jsp?id=1194 – making movies in the classroom
http://www.techlearning.com/article/34346 - Creating Video in Classrooms
http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/ntti/resources/video2.html - National Teacher Training Institute – Video utilization strategies, advice for teachers, video resources
http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/avd09.pd.tavidprod/ – Making a video is a snap. Making a good video is more difficult. Here's a set of free tips from WGBH on creating videos with students

Video-Making Tools

How to Incorporate Videos in Class

http://lkasper.tripod.com/unspoken.pdf - Unspoken Content: Silent Film in the ESL Classroom
Video in action: recipes for using video in language teaching (Englewood Cliffs, NJ : Prentice Hall, 1990)- appears to be out of print but worth getting a used copy)

Video Streaming

Ready-made Video Resources

http://www.iptv.org/wallace/docs/Tips_use_video.pdf - Tips for using video in the classroom
http://www.libraryvideo.com/ - Schlessinger Media k-12 videos for the classroom
http://www.techlearning.com/article/2166 - Meaningful Digital Video for Every Classroom
http://bit.ly/pMhwa8 - eHow Video Learning
http://www.awesomestories.com/videos - Awesome Stories video clips
http://www.nyc.gov/LearnEnglish - We are New York
http://www.tv411.org - ALMA TV411
http://mlots.org – Media Library of Teaching Skills, a library of free, short, adult education classroom videos, designed for teacher professional development
http://www.manythings.org/b/e/ - Manythings collection of videos with ESL students in mind. Many topics; some have subtitles/transcripts.
http://www.youtube.com/user/JenniferESL - Jennifer Lebedov's excellent collection of ESOL minilessons
http://www.delicious.com/dsatin/video?page=1 - Diana's collection of videos, some for students, some for professional development
http://www.mediaed.org/ - Media Education Foundation - online and DVD videos focused on critical thought about media (race, gender, etc.)

Instructional Videos Useful for Adult Learners

Khan Academy: Math, science, history, test preparation, and financial literacy. http://www.khanacademy.org/
The Resource Room: Reading,spelling, math. http://www.resourceroom.net/
TV411: Reading, writing, vocabulary, math and learning. http://www.tv411.org/
Your Other Teacher. http://www.yourotherteacher.com/algebra.html
English with Jennifer. http://www.englishwithjennifer.com/youtube_videos.html
In the English Corner: Grammar and punctuation. http://www.youtube.com/user/InTheEnglishCorner
The Learning Edge: Reading and writing strategies, test-taking strategies, time management skills. http://www.youtube.com/user/LearningEdgeSessions#g/u
English Lessons on Video: http://www.learnamericanenglishonline.com/Video%20Lessons.html
Diana Satin's collection of videos, primarily ESOL/ESL, some for students, some for professional development. http://www.delicious.com/dsatin/video?page=1 -

Blogs

Samples of Student Created Videos

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