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Q: Can I record myself reading a book aloud and post it on my social media page? Storytelling/reading books aloud in classrooms favors fair use because it's instructional, non-profit, involves commentary, is confined to students in the class, etc. However, you change the scenario by videotaping it and posting it online where it is accessible to those outside of your classroom. Reading a book aloud (esp. in its entirety) and posting that online may be considered public performance and/or distribution which may infringe on copyright. Consider conducting a fair use analysis to determine if you are confident with a fair use argument. If you are not confident that your planned use is fair, get permission from the copyright holder or use books in the public domain and/or books licensed for your planned use.

Can I do it on Google Classroom? YES! It is limited to your students for educational purposes and is not available to anyone.

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Video Resources

  • PBS Free Access to videos and lesson plans, can search by grade level and content area

  • Explore.org

  • Watch Know Learn

  • TeacherTube Easy to search video collection.

  • Nasa for Kids

  • BoClips for Teachers Hosts videos from producers that you're probably familiar with through their YouTube channels. Videos are actually hosted on BoClips with the permission of the video producers. Here's a quick overview of how to find and share BoClips videos Easily linked in Canvas.

  • Science News for Students

  • LiveScience

  • Vimeo wasn't made specifically for education and like YouTube, you will find some content that you don't want your students to watch. But just like on YouTube you will find some great clips. Vimeo Basic is free.

  • EdPuzzle Add questions to a video.

  • EdPuzzle YouTube Chrome Extension

  • Nova Sponsored by PBS. Science, technology and Social Studies focused videos.

  • BrainPop Free Stuff!

  • National Geographic for Kids Top geography resource site provides videos, as well as articles, activities, and Infographics. You can search by grade level, content type, and subject or topic.

  • American Archive

  • NBC News Learn Vast video site offers current, historical content. Easily search by State Standards.

  • Next Vista for Learning Next Vista's purpose is to provide a place for teachers and students to share videos with other teachers and students in a safe environment. All videos that appear on Next Vista for Learning are intended to teach short lessons.

  • Khan Academy Search for a learning videos and choose between subjects like Math, Science, Technology and the Arts.

  • History Everything you need to teach your students about history is right here. Go to the tab “This day in history”, and start every lesson with a video of this day in the past.

  • How Stuff Works Vast site offers both current and historical content. Click on the Video tab to search for videos.



  • ViewPure Clean up YouTube Videos

  • YTCropper Clean up YouTube Videos

  • ClassHook ClassHook is a great place to find video clips from popular movies and television shows to use to teach short lessons. ClassHook lets you search according to grade level, subject and clip length.

  • Common Sense Education Video library focusing on Digital Citizenship. Great for Media Specialist, Guidance Counselors or Health and PE.

  • National Geographic


Whiteboard & Teaching Resources

Creative Resources


Organization and Curation

Wakelet

eLink (Chrome Extension)

Renewal Year? Need CEU Credits?

NC WiseOwl Training

NCDPI Professional Development


Management Tools