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Research Guide
Media Resources Online
Videos
Online : Teaching Ideas/ Historical /Educational
Lectures /Other Online Videos
Video Rental / Subject
Specific Resources / Other Sites of General
Interest
Videos Online
Listed below are websites that have videos available for viewing
online. More will be added on a regular basis.
Online Videos for Teaching
Ideas
- Annenberg Media
http://www.learner.org
Annenberg offers educational video programs with coordinated
Web and print materials for the professional development of K-12 teachers.
There are
also videos featuring content appropriate
for high school and college classes. Almost all Annenberg programs can be viewed
on their website either as
they are being broadcast via the Annenberg/CPB Channel or through “Video
On Demand.” Programs can be searched by discipline, grade level or
keyword. Windows Media Player and free registration for first time users
are required to view videos.
- Edutopia
http://www.edutopia.org/video
This site, put out by the George Lucas Educational
Foundation, looks at models of innovative practices in K-12 public schools.
The site includes
over 150 online videos (choose " Video" from the menu on the
left side of the web page) featuring short documentaries and interviews
with experts on educational topics. Links to related articles are also
included. Sample topics include: Project-Based Learning, Emotional Intelligence,
Technology Integration and Assessment. Most videos offer a choice of viewing
with QuickTime or Windows Media Player, or an audio only option.
- PBS Online
http://www.pbs.org
PBS has selected programs from a number of their video series available
for online viewing, including NOVA, Frontline, Scientific American Frontiers,
NewsHour, and Wide Angle. Go to the individual series website from the
main PBS site and look for the “Watch Online” or “Video
Archives” options. Viewing options vary by series and can include
Real Player, Windows Media Player and/or QuickTime options.
- PBS Teachers
http://www.pbs.org/teachers
Multi-format educational resources for preK-12
teachers. Includes thousands of lesson plans, teaching activities, on-demand
video clips, and interactive
games, as well as professional development opportunities for teachers.
Divided by subject. Many subject areas include links to online video of
related PBS programs.
- TeacherTube
http://www.teachertube.com
Officially launched in March 2007, TeacherTube , a free
service, provides an online community for sharing instructional videos
for teachers, schools
and home learners. Members of the community can also post videos designed
for student learning, along with related support materials such as lesson
plans and activities.
- Apple Learning Interchange
http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/
A social network for educators containing
content for K-12 teachers, as well as a channel for higher education faculty.
Includes video, among other
formats.
- MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Online Learning and
Teaching)
http://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm
Peer-reviewed online teaching and learning materials primarily for higher
education, available in a variety of formats, including video. Many assignments
also included.
Online Historical Videos
- American Memory Collection
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/
This historical collection from the Library of Congress includes primary
source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States.
Moving images are included among the available formats. The above link
will take you to the Browse Collections page. Choose Browse Collections
Containing: Motion Pictures (direct link: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/ListSome.php?format=Motion+Picture)
to find a list of moving images available for viewing online. Formats available
for motion pictures include MPEG, QuickTime and Real Media.
- History Channel Video Gallery
http://www.history.com/
Includes historical
speeches and other footage in video and audio formats.
- The Living Room Candidate
http://livingroomcandidate.movingimage.us/index.php
This site offers an online exhibition presenting more than 250 television
presidential campaign commercials from every election year from 1952
through 2004. The site includes a searchable database and features commentary,
historical background, and election results. Navigation is organized
by
both year and theme. Requires Windows Media Player or Real Player.
- Internet Movie Archive
http://www.archive.org/details/movies
The
Internet Archive has the purpose of “offering permanent access
for researchers, historians, and scholars to historical collections that
exist in digital format.” Their collection of moving digital images
is “free and open for everyone to use.” Among its collections
are the Prelinger Archives of ephemeral (advertising, educational, industrial,
and amateur) films, public domain feature films, open source movies, a
video archive of Election 2004, Universal Newsreels, and many others.
Educational Lectures Online
- MITWorld
http://mitworld.mit.edu/
MITWorld is a free, open streaming media web site of the most significant
public events at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It features
unedited, unmodified videos of the most recent speakers and guests from
across the campus and around the world. Video content can be searched by
keyword, or browsed by sponsoring department hosts. Approximately 90 videos
are added each year. RealPlayer is required.
- WGBH Forum Network
http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/
Live and archived webcasts (audio and video streaming) of free public lectures
by the world’s foremost scholars, authors, artists and social leaders
that take place around the Greater Boston area. The content can be browsed
by category (examples: Education, Health, Poetry and Science and Technology)
or organizations/partners (examples: Cambridge Forum, MIT, the Harvard
Graduate School of Education, etc). There is also an option to search
for lecture topics by keyword. RealPlayer is required to view the lectures.
The site also now includes podcasts.
- University of California at Berkeley on Google
http://video.google.com/ucberkeley.html
Videos from campus seminars, courses and events at UC Berkeley.
- The Research Channel
http://www.researchchannel.org
“
Research Channel is nonprofit media and technology organization
that connects a global audience with the research and academic institutions
whose developments, insights and discoveries affect our lives and futures.” Includes
over 3,000 videos in areas such as the Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities,
Health, K-12 Education, Business and Economics, and Sciences. Windows Media
Player or QuickTime required.
Other Sites of Interest for Online Video
- National Film Board of Canada: Focus on Animation
http://www.nfb.ca/animation/objanim/en/films/
Includes 50 animated films from National Film Board of Canada, including
some classics. They are available to watch in Flash or QuickTime format.
These can be searched by title, director, date and closed captioned or
described video titles. The library has a small number of these in its
video collection, but you can view all fifty of the videos here!
- WGBH Services for People with Disabilities
http://main.wgbh.org/wgbh/access/
Information
about accessible movies and television programming for people who are deaf,
hard-of-hearing, blind, or visually impaired. Includes schedules
of closed captioned programs and programs featuring Descriptive Media Services
(DVS- for the visually impaired) on WGBH channels, links to captioned and
described webcasts, listing of movies and theaters equipped with WGBH's
Rear Window® Captioning system and/or WGBH’s DVS Theatrical Service,
and links to home videos featuring Descriptive Video Service. Also has
links to research and development information for the CPB/WGBH National
Center for Accessible Media.
Video Rental Libraries
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This collection includes over 1,000 films, videos and slide shows dealing
with social, political, health, economic and gender issues. The catalogue
can be searched by program topic or by title using most web browsers' "find" function.
There is also an annotated alphabetical title list. Programs may be borrowed
for classroom, public group or individual use. Donations are suggested
for titles borrowed ranging from $5.00 - $25.00, depending on the use.
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Access to large collection of educational film and video titles, most
available for rental. Many titles in psychology, anthropology and education,
among other subjects. Programs can be searched by title, keyword, series
or subject headings as well as by audience level, language, and format.
Programs are mailed to borrowers.
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Includes a collection of 5,000 films and videos in various subject areas
available for short-term rental. Catalog is searchable by keyword, subject
or series heading. Also includes a list of over 400 subject areas by which
titles are categorized. Programs are mailed to borrowers.
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Includes a collection of close to 2,000 films and videotapes in various
subject areas, most available for rental to outside users. Includes an
alphabetical list of titles, a topical index, and an abstract/keyword search
page. Programs are mailed to borrowers.
Subject Specific Resources
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Maintains a database of over 4,600 films by and about African Americans,
including historic, contemporary and independent films. Database research
information about these films can be faxed or mailed (for a nominal fee).
Also has many links to other internet resources related to African Americans
in film.
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A non-profit educational organization recognized as an international center
for anthropological and sociological film. Has over 200 film and video titles
featuring an in-depth archive of anthropological films and titles representing
cultures and producers from every continent. Programs are available for
purchase or rent. Can search by title, geography, subject, filmmaker, new
releases. Includes a link to the Society for Visual Anthropology.
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This is a searchable site for independent, documentary, educational and
social issue videos and films. The site currently searches the combined
collections of seven leading distributors of independent documentary film
and video. The distributors include: Bullfrog Films, Direct Cinema, Ltd.,
Fanlight Productions, First Run/Icarus Films, Frameline, New Day Films and
Women Make Movies. The combined collections include over 1,800 titles and
additional titles are expected as more distributors are added in the near
future. Search options include searching by title, subject, geographic region,
audience level, keyword, length, date, format, producer/director, distributor,
awards and more. Other features include links to reviews, the represented
distributors, journals, associations, and media copyright information.
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The National Asian American Telecommunication Association offers films,
videos and audiotapes by and about Asian American and Pacific Islander communities.
Materials are available for sale and rent.
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A collection of over 700 films and videos on topics relating to aspects of aging and long term care. Includes the Gerontological Film & Video Collection (GFVC) and the National Media Owl Award Video Collection (Owl). Most titles can be rented for about $20.00 plus shipping.
Other Sites Of General Interest
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One of the longest established film resources on the Internet, maintained
by 18 people in 6 countries and has information about 65,000 movies and
300,000 people. Can search by title, genre, year, actor, crew, character
name, quotes and more. Has many cross-reference links!
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The Internet Archive has the purpose of “offering permanent access for researchers, historians, and scholars to historical collections that exist in digital format.”Their collection of moving digital images is “free and open for everyone to use.” Among its collections are the Prelinger Archives of ephemeral (advertising, educational, industrial, and amateur) films, public domain feature films, open source movies, a video archive of Election 2004, Universal Newsreels, and many others.
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Includes links to the National Film Registry titles (a list of films deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically important" by the Board), motion picture research centers and film archives, film schools, preservation organizations, television resources, copyright information related to film, Library of Congress film resources and more.
These sites selected and annotated by Robin Feinland, Media Resources Specialist at Lesley University Library.
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