ideas for IT in teaching

There is a load of great stuff on youtube for us to use, but unfortunately we can’t access it through the Wigan network, so here are some ways to get around it.

The videos on youtube are in a ‘Flash’ format. The normal software on your computer won’t play this, so you need to either convert it to AVI format so it can be played, or download an FLV player.

Here is a good video showing what you need to do to either convert or download the videos.

Unfortunately this download service is no longer running but the principle is the same for vixy.net – just paste in the web address of the video you want into the box and then convert it to AVI/MP3. This format can be embedded in powerpoint if you want.

youtubecatcher is another free site, but it won’t convert it to a windows-friendly video format for you, so you will need to download an flv player to your computer to play them.

The only problem with the free sites is that they can become so clogged up with users that it is impossible to use them, so if you feel you can afford £9 or so and you will use it quite a lot I would recommend naevius’ youtube converter software which is pretty neat and far quicker than a free web-based one.

Enjoy!

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