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**Video Sites**

 * //where you can upload and download videos to be shared on blogs and wikis.//**

[|John Locker(dot) com] was started in April of 2008 to help students, teachers, educators, and the public get educated on a variety of topics. As the first user powered online learning network, you can expect to come away with knowledge that both challenges and empowers you. By harnessing the power of social communities and video sharing, JohnLocker.com is able to provide the best documentaries and educational videos found on the web. It is our goal to make the process of watching, adding, rating, and discussing the videos as simple as possible.

[|Teachertube] **-** an alternative to YouTube. Educators need a safe and secure place where our students can participate in the social aspect of video sharing and engaging students with video responses

[|YouTube] is a video sharing website where users can upload, view and share video clips.

[|Google Video] is a free [|video sharing] and video [|search engine] service from [|Google] that allows anyone to upload [|video] [|clips] to Google's web servers as well as make their own media available free of charge. Searches includes other video hosting sites such as Youtube and Teachertube.

[|KeepVid-] downloads videos from most video hosting sites- a very useful site to enable teachers to collect videos from sites such as**YouTube** to play back at school with or without internet connection. If you download an **flv file** you will also need to download [|flv player.]
 * Ways to access videos for classroom use.**

Is another program that lets you **download YouTube videos** and watch them on your computer, iPod, Sony PSP or mobile phone. It downloads video files and automatically converts them to appropriate file format (for example, files to be viewed on a PC have standard AVI format).

[|Zamzar] is an online site where you can convert any video, sound, image or text file that you find on the web or on your computer into another filetype that can be played on your computer or Ipod etc. You simply locate the file, either by browsing to it or by copying the url. Then you select what type of file you want to convert it to. Nominate an email address to recieve the converted files and click convert.



**Videos for Professional Development:**
[|The Machine is Us/ing Us-] YouTube version [|Pay Attention] - Teacher tube version [|Digital Students @ Analogue schools]- discussion by students about what they want in class and use to learn and express themselves.