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Google Instant Music Videos

Sep 13th, 2010
by pollyalida.
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No doubt you’ve seen the new Google Instant search feature by now, where Google not only tries to anticipate what you’re going to type, but also changes your search results as you type. (I assume I’m not the only one who’s turned it off because they were getting dizzy?)

Anyways, geek that I am, I love these music videos that use Google Instant for the visuals.  Whirled Creative seems to have started it with Instant Elements

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SlideShare & YouTube

Jan 22nd, 2009
by pollyalida.
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SlideShare, the popular site for sharing slide presentations, now lets users embed YouTube videos in their presentations. Just upload your slideshow as usual. From the edit screen, there’s now an option for embedding up to 5 videos per presentation. Very easy to do. More info available on the SlideShare blog.

Here’s my very quick test.

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View more presentations or upload your own.

Give a kid a voice and WOW! Election coverage from 5th grader.

Oct 27th, 2008
by pollyalida.
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Election coverage from the Kathryn E. Cunningham/Canal Point Elementary in Florida. Damon Weaver, a 5th grader, is the news reporter covering Obama and McCain rallies in Florida. And he gets a terrific interview with Joe Biden. Well done Damon! And “well done” to the school too. What an amazing way to involve your students in the election process.

More videos from Canal Point KECT

Wordia – a video dictionary

Sep 22nd, 2008
by pollyalida.
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This is way more fun than the vocabulary flash cards we used back in 3rd grade. Wordia is a collection of short videos submitted that explain the meaning of a word. Anyone can submit a video, some are casual, some goofy, some are a bit serious. But most of the ones I watched really did help understand the meaning of a word.

Wouldn’t this be a great class project?

Take a look for yourself and then get out your video cam and explain your favorite word.

One of my favorites was “fermata”, which was a new word for me!

(via: Infodoodads)

Standing an egg on end – from Bad Astronomy

Mar 20th, 2008
by pollyalida.
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In honor of the vernal equinox and Easter, learn how to stand an egg on end any time of year. It just takes patience and a steady hand, so says Phil Plait over at the wonderful site, Bad Astronomy.