Robin Young on April 28th, 2010

Here are a few video tools for YouTube  all teachers should know about: YouTube – http://www.youtube.com/ TubeChop – http://www.tubechop.com/ – Ever had a video on Youtube that you only wanted to show part of?  This website helps with that. Find a YouTube Video you want to clip Copy the URL – and go to http://www.tubechop.com/ [...]

Continue reading about YouTube Video Tools for Teachers

Robin Young on September 16th, 2008

The return of Web Wandering Wednesdays brings a focus on educational online videos.  Why use video in the classroom?  Video provides a common experience for everyone in a class.  It brings the subject to life and teachers report students understand the concepts better and retain the information longer.  Best practices suggests that short clips work [...]

Continue reading about Web Wandering Wednesdays – September 16, 2008

Robin Young on June 4th, 2008

This week’s installment is short, just a simple video from YouTube.  I love this video as a way to show students that just because you don’t “get” it the first time, it still can happen. addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.robinstechtips.com%2F%3Fp%3D58′; addthis_title = ‘Web+Wandering+Wednesdays+%26%238211%3B+June+4′; addthis_pub = ”;

Continue reading about Web Wandering Wednesdays – June 4

Robin Young on May 8th, 2008

Did you know that you can embed YouTube video into PowerPoint 2002?  I just figured this out and wanted to share what I learned.  This only works when the computer you will be showing the powerpoint on will be connected to the internet. Find the movie you want to embed and find the URL: In the address [...]

Continue reading about YouTube on PowerPoint

Robin Young on April 16th, 2008

Need Pictures: Comp Flight – http://compfight.com/ What is it?  Searches Flickr for photos for the term you give it.  The results are returned on one page in thumbnail form instead of a list of images that you have to page through in Flickr.  Hold your mouse over an image and you can see the image [...]

Continue reading about Web Wandering Wednesdays – April 16