aclJohn's Media Finds

YouTube XL is a modified version of YouTube designed to use on...

• large-screen televisions; and

• on Interactive Whiteboards (IWBs).

The interface makes it simpler to use by cutting out a lot of the clutter on the page.

Note: Theres no way of hyperlinking to a specific video, but users can add to their Favourites, which can then be accessed under the Favourites tab on the main YouTube XL screen.

When I accessed YouTube XL I was logged into my YouTube account; my clips were a...

QuieTube and SilenTube provide users buttons which they can drag to their toolbar.

When they see a YouTube video they want to use in resources/VLE/etc., they can click the button and they’ll get a URL which will let them, and/or their learners, watch just the video.

Users can embed these links into IWB pages to go straight to the video page.

Visit http://quietube.com/ or http://silentube.com/ to drag the button to your toolbar.

GlassGiant isn't new, it has been around since 2001 as a personal portfolio website and programming "scratch pad" for it's founder, Shawn Wilson. I was reminded to revisit by the...

Blog.

It's a great website to play with...

• type in messages to display on images;
  

• create images to use in...
  • presentations;
  • work sheets;
  • virtual classrooms; or
    
  • decorate learning environment walls

• games

• geek stuff; I particularly like the "binary" resources.

Visit http://www.glassgiant.c...

I've included this YouTube Video Clip for two reasons...

1. PR executive Graeme Anthony, using YouTube Annotations, has created a series of linked video clips that enables users to click through to the sections they are most interested in viewing. Creating such series have great potential in so many areas of teaching & Learning;
   and...
   
2. A well-edited and informative video resume could be the perfect complement to a traditional resume. Videos can enable job seekers to showcase t...

Allowing broad noncommercial use of otherwise protected material significantly expands the pool of resources faculty and learners can use in teaching and learning. Knowing quickly and easily whether a piece of content can be distributed, modified, or remixed fits well with the teaching style of many practitioners—they want to be able to search for up-to-the-minute artifacts and include them in lectures and learning materials, without having to worry about obtaining permission.

On Jun...

PublicDomainPictures is a repository for free public domain photographs.

Visitors can...

• download high quality photographs;
• upload their own pictures; and
  
• earn money for charity.

The pictures are free for visitors to use but, be careful you don't select an image from the Professional Stock Photos which appear on the same pages as the free public domain photographs.

Visit http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/ to find out more.

LiveStation brings visitors international news channels to give them more choice and perspective wherever they are.

Livestation also offers free software that lets "downloaders" watch live television and radio broadcasts through a desktop player on their...

• PC;
• Mac; or
• Linux

...computer.

The free version of LiveStation player offers a number of free channels to watch –

• BBC News;
• Al Jazeera English;
• ITV;
• Channel 4;
• More4;
• etc.

Users can...

• chat with oth...

Newspaper Map...

• is a website for locating and reading newspapers from locations all around the world;

• claims to have geolocated more than 10,000 newspapers.

To find a newspaper users can...

• browse the map;
• click on any placemark to open further information and access to a link which takes them to a site to read the newspaper;
  

OR

• locate newspapers by using the search boxes
  • by title; or
    
  • location.
    

Along with links to newspapers, Newspapers Map also pro...

RadioLovers is an archive of old radio shows from the pre-TV days. Bob Hope, Groucho Marx, and Laurel and Hardy are just a few among the classic voices kept alive at this site; free downloads of the files are available for download in MP3 format, featuring comedies, mysteries, science fiction, and even music programs.

An interesting resource for media literacy...

• showing how entertainment has often been commercialized. The first few minutes of some of these programs are used to showcase...