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Video Watch
Welcome to Video Watch, our look at instructional and educationally-focused videos that we think will interest you. Just click and watch!

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Video of the Week
Weebly for Education (education.weebly.com)  
Weebly for Education (education.weebly.com) is free and allows teachers to easily create class websites and blogs. Students can also be added to class accounts in order to develop e-portfolios or to publish website assigned projects. To build a website simply drag and drop desired content elements on to your page, things like text, photos, maps, and videos. At any time you can change the theme, add pages, RSS feeds, a blog page, forms, surveys and more from the multitude of readymade fields. Hierarchy can be added to the pages by dragging the page tab left or right then back on the home screen, the page will appear under a page heading or alongside the main elements. When you’re ready, publish your creation. You can even publish to your own domain if you already have one.
Added: 27/11/2012
Google Docs  
Google Docs is a free, web-based office suite and data storage service offered by Google. It allows users to create, edit and share documents online while collaborating in real-time with other users. There's no software to download and files can be accessed from any computer.
Posted: 17/06/2012
 
Prezi  
Prezi (Prezi.com) is a web-based presentation and storytelling tool that uses a single canvas (page) instead of traditional slides. Information is shown by moving in, out and around the canvas.
Posted: 17/06/2012
 
Voicethread  
Voicethread (voicethread.com) is a cloud-based tool that allows you to collect, share and collaborate on different kinds of media, like images, videos, documents, and presentations.
Posted: 17/06/2012
 
Little Bird Tales  
Little Bird Tales (littlebirdtales.com) is an application that allows users to create online books with images, audio and text.
Posted: 17/06/2012
 
Windows 8  
Windows 8 is the next version of the Microsoft Windows operating systems and among its new features will be an all-new touch interface. The release date for Windows 8 is believed to be around October, three years after the release of its predecessor, Windows 7.
Posted: 17/06/2012
 
The world’s deepest bin  
To throw rubbish in the bin instead of onto the floor shouldn’t really be so hard. The Fun Theory team wanted get more people to throw rubbish into the bin, rather than onto the ground, by making it fun to do. See the results for yourself
Posted: 17/06/2012
 
The TimeMap of World History  
Explore world history with The TimeMap of World History (timemaps.com/home/time-map). Starting at 3,500 BC, this site cleverly combines maps, timelines and chronological narratives to provide a visual guide to each civilisation and nation in history.
Posted: 27/04/2012
 
Search Team  
Search Team (searchteam.com) is a collaborative search engine that lets you and your students/colleagues/friends create better search results. Save related and relevant information and avoid duplicate search results. Also add comments and ‘likes’. Once you register add others to collaborate on searches.
Posted: 27/04/2012
 
Instagrok  
Instagrok (instagrok.com) is a search engine for educational materials. It finds and filters age-appropriate content on the internet. Use it to explore and understand – or ‘grok’ – any topic of interest. Search results include a visual graph, key facts, websites, videos, images, and quiz questions.
Posted: 27/04/2012
 
What is Pinterest?  
It’s an online pinboard that lets you organise and share images you find on the internet. You can also view pinboards created by others, which seems like a great way to find new resources and get inspiration from people who share your interests. It’s been dubbed a ‘visual social network’.
Posted: 27/04/2012