Showing posts with label web video. Show all posts
Showing posts with label web video. Show all posts

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Watch Free Documentaries


Free, embeddable, full-length documentaries!

This week, over a billion people will celebrate the 39th annual Earth Day, the largest secular civic event in the world. To celebrate, SnagFilms presents Earth Day 2009: Going Green, a specially curated collection of films that highlight the impact we all have on the environment, and the responsibilities we bear for the planet’s future.

You'll find films like:

* Human Footprint, by PBS, A remarkable look at what you consume during your 2,475,526,000 seconds on earth.
* The Times of Harvey Milk The Oscar-winning documentary about the successful career and assassination of San Francisco's first openly gay elected official
* Chahinaz: What Rights for Women? (ITVS International) A 20 year-old Algerian woman wonders what life is like for women in other Muslim countries

Users may search the collection or browse the 650 documentaries A to Z or by channel or topic.

Full-length documentaries offering yet another way to expand our collections in tight times. Shared by Kathy Schrock http://tinyurl.com/d6uxfj

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Using BlackBoard to host videos, rss feeds

Just sharing with colleagues that we do have capability through BlackBoard which has full capacity to create rss feeds and host videos.

Here is the podcast that Matt Stuczynski produces with his Spanish grammar class:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/NewTrierSpanishGrammcast

See Sharon Mooney's video podcast of her cat videos:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/Carlandwallace

You can subscribe (via rss) to these public podcasts through iTunes, etc.

Vernon Hills High School has a library video channel hosting "movie trailers" for the Abe Lincoln nominees. Take a look.