Thing # 20

You Tube, Teacher Tube, and Zamzar

The following video from You Tube shows the history of educational technology from the past 100 years. It is a great reflection into where we have been and a look at where we are going in the future. Check it out!



Teacher Tube is a great resource for content specific videos created by educators for educators. I have used this site many times in my work to demonstrate a topic to both students and teachers. I have included a video on the water cycle that I have used with students in the past.



I did not know about Zamzar until recently. A friend of mine and I were working on a project and we needed to convert a file to a format that we could bring into another software application for editing purposes. She suggested I use Zamzar and I was curious so I checked it out. What a cool resource. I no longer have to google file conversion applications to find one that I can use to convert. I have been using Zamzar for all my conversions since. One drawback is that sometimes it takes a while for them to notify you that the conversion is complete - plus the limit on the size of the file is annoying. I am not to a point though where I am willing to pay for the site yet (I just don't have the need to convert that many files).