Educational Videos - Ted-ed

Take a look at TED's newly launched educational video project. This is a library of educational talks illustrated by animators. You can browse the video library by subject and customize (Flip) lessons with existing questions or with your own questions and additional resources.

Teachers can also upload their own videos or videos from sites like YouTube and create new lessons.

There is also a way to track student progress. When a teacher logs in, they can see who viewed the video, how many questions students attempted and the answers that they provided.

TED-Ed video with supplementary materials

For example, here is a popular video about the origin of franchises.

It is a talk by journalist and writer Sir Harold Evans illustrated by Sunni Brown. It comes with a multiple choice "Quick Quiz" about the video as well as two open ended questions of varying difficulty "Think" and "Dig Deeper."

By clicking on the "Flip This Lesson" button, the teacher can customize the lesson by deciding on which of the existing materials they want to keep. They can also create new open-ended questions and add additional readings or activities to the lesson.
 
Watch the website tour below to learn more.

New Mediascape

Take a look at Michael Wesch's video An anthropological introduction to YouTube. He and his students presented it at the Library of Congress in June 23rd 2008. Wesch explains how YouTube is interconnected with other Web 2.0 tools and argues that we live in a new mediascape that has changed human relationships.

Wesch is an Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology and Digital Ethnography at Kansas State University.