Prescott Library: Videos in the Classroom: Classroom Video on Demand

What is Classroom video on demand?

Classroom Video On Demand is a state-of-the-art streaming video platform that makes it possible to incorporate outstanding educational programs from Facts On File and Films Media Group into your classroom.

Some of the basic functionality of Classroom Video On Demand includes the ability to:

Access your digital content, anytime and anywhere you need it
View full-length video programs in your digital collection
View and present partial segments of a program to your students
View pre-defined learning objects for each program
Create personal playlists to assemble full-length videos and/or segments into a classroom presentation or to share with students for out-of-class viewing
Search your digital video library by title or segment using keywords, subjects, and other criteria
Browse your digital video library using a curriculum-based taxonomy
Organize your digital videos into custom folders for quick and easy access to your favorite titles and segments

10 Ways to use Video in the Classroom

Archive your work
Use YouTube, Slideshare, or another site to upload your content so you can return to your created videos from any location
Create video viewing stations
Or watch selected video clips as a class. Either way, the video element can be just one small piece of your lesson and help reinforce main ideas/concepts
Differentiate learning
Use videos to get some students up to speed and accelerate learning for others
Flip your classroom
Let students DIG DEEPER into a topic
Make interactive video quests
In YouTube, a user (like you) can annotate video clips to create a new video that works as a choose your own adventure type learning pathway for students.
Organize the video content you find
Create your own account on the video site(s) of choice and save your Favorites to the account. Then when you return, you won't have to search back and forth over and over again. Or create Playlists your students can access in the order you want them to view items.
Review for exams
Before exam time, let students hear the core concepts of the semester with the help of videos
Spark lively discussion

Why use a video streaming database?

What are playlists and how can they help my students?

Video clips can be embedded

Where do these videos come from?

Classroom Video on Demand videos come from a variety of educational sources including:

ABC
including ABC Nightline
American Museum of Natural History
BBC
Cambridge Educational
CBC Television
Films for Humanities and Sciences
History Channel
Monterey Media
National Geographic
NBC
including MSNBC and CNBC
The Open University
PBS
Including Frontline, NOVA, Bill Moyers, Ken Burns, American Experience, NewsHour and More
Royal Opera House
TED Talks
Video Education America (VEA)