I decided to write my first ever “techie” post to help teachers use the wealth of authentic materials found on YouTube. I recently began using an iPod Touch and some cheap speakers in my classroom. (I am done with my boxes and boxes of CD’s and cassettes, not to mention the bulky boomboxes of years gone by!) So, I was planning a nice little immersion cooking lesson for French camp tomorrow, when I thought how nice it would be to show a clip of crepes being prepared by a Parisian street vendor. This is camp, so I don’t have computer/Internet access, just my trusty little iPod. Here’s what you do:
1. Locate the YouTube video you wish to use. I look for authentic sorts of clips–nothing that broke copyright in any way!
2. Copy the url at the top of the screen.
3. Go to: KeepVid.com, copy the url, and click “download.”
4. Save as MP4. Once it downloaded, I did a “Save as” onto my desktop.
5. Open iTunes and select “Video.” Drag in your new video.
6. Plug in your trusty iPod. Click “Devices”, then “Movies” and select the new movie you want synced.
7. Sync your ipod. Ta-da! Authentic video clip for teaching tomorrow.
p.s. I haven’t tried this procedure on my PC, just the Mac. I “heart” my Mac! Please comment if you know something I don’t about getting this to work on a PC!
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Enter the Playlist Revolution! Truly, truly a life-saver once I got my mind to shift to the digital. I’ve done this for music on ipod playlists; burning my CDs into my library and then syncing to the ipod.
But, now to do this with video is fantastic.