Commoncraft Videos

Posted on July 17, 2008 by Karl Richter



Isn’t youtube great?  I know it’s probably blocked in your district, and can be tough to use it in the classroom, but I love the fact that we can find, make, or share videos with other people from around the world.  There are lots of youtube spin offs, like Teachertube.com is a youtube for educators. Or check out Hulu.com to watch popular TV shows and movies on demand.

One of my favorite videos are the paper illustrations made by Commoncraft. You can visit their Web site, or their Youtube channel to find more, but here are their explanations for Blogs, Wikis, and Podcasts.

Please watch all three videos prior to our class on Saturday.  

Blogs in Plain English
 

Wikis in Plain English

Podcasting in Plain English


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20 Responses to “Commoncraft Videos”

  1.   Mrs. C, on July 17th, 2008 at 9:37 am Said:

    I do not see the video links. Any advice?

  2.   tbrent, on July 17th, 2008 at 12:11 pm Said:

    wow. very clear. i love these.

  3.   tbrent, on July 17th, 2008 at 12:11 pm Said:

    i still don’t know what a meta is though…

  4.   angw1068, on July 17th, 2008 at 2:00 pm Said:

    These were great. The videos answered a lot of my questions and really cleared up the differences between the three.
    Thanks!

  5.   mamim, on July 17th, 2008 at 2:29 pm Said:

    Thanks Karl. I liked these as well. Very clear cut and fun to watch.
    Still fuzzy on meta as well.
    Guess I should link up my blogger page and google page to my edublog page.
    So much to blog about. So much to say! (Dave Matthews song, he is my favorite)

    Monica

  6.   Richard Dysinger, on July 17th, 2008 at 3:28 pm Said:

    I also can’t see the links. Does anyone have them that could post them here. Thanks.

  7.   garcia202, on July 17th, 2008 at 3:35 pm Said:

    This is spooky. 10 minutes ago I bookmarked CommonCrafts video on photosharing to share with my Digital Photography students. If you post something about the other two resources I found today, nativewiki.org and trackstar.4teachers.org, I’m going to start looking at ouji boards.

  8.   isurewould, on July 17th, 2008 at 6:18 pm Said:

    Brilliant. These videos are great for explaining the concepts to teachers.

  9.   Ken Callaway, on July 17th, 2008 at 7:03 pm Said:

    Karl

    You’re killing me! I had no idea we would be commenting on so many things! Am I now officially a “commentator”? And is that similar to a being a “common tater”?

  10.   martyjay75, on July 17th, 2008 at 8:15 pm Said:

    Simple, but effective. The podcasting one gave me some possible ideas for my project.

  11.   hbeezley, on July 17th, 2008 at 8:56 pm Said:

    Love these videos! I know I will use them with students

  12.   denisekhenry, on July 17th, 2008 at 10:10 pm Said:

    Here’s my favorite Common Craft video: http://www.commoncraft.com/zombies

  13.   cwilsie, on July 18th, 2008 at 10:02 am Said:

    OMG — the zombie video was hilarious! I’m headed to Costco at the first sign of an outbreak!
    The other videos were great…talk about “Plain English”!

  14.   Ken Callaway, on July 18th, 2008 at 10:49 am Said:

    I was impressed by the quality of these videos. Brief, highly instructional, and creative. Blend of high and low tech that actually teaches. Well done. I need these people to explain the difference between a continent and a country to my students.

  15.   mamia, on July 18th, 2008 at 8:04 pm Said:

    I can’t see the links either-all I see are 3 white boxes…advice?

  16.   jennitopmiller, on July 20th, 2008 at 10:02 am Said:

    Very cool, I find it so interesting that these tools are all free and allow anyone to publish, possibilities are endless. Creative commons is a great site that is helpful in explaining in a way anyone can understand. Thanks for sharing hulu, I am excited about using as my husband and I do not have cable it is great to watch shows we miss!

  17.   jliebke, on July 21st, 2008 at 9:59 am Said:

    Yes-I would advise anyone to bring a lap top from now on when you travel. Podcasting would have been a great way to record my trip–I had my ipod and camera, but with no computer it wasn’t recorded. Amazing how most places now have Wi-Fi!

  18.   mamia, on July 23rd, 2008 at 5:35 pm Said:

    ok, I googled the Commoncraft videos and am subscribing to their rss feed. I love these videos! I will be doing several EdTec presentations this school year and will definitely be using these and other Commoncraft videos in my presentations; they are creative, short and easy to follow. I think they wikll not only enhance my presentations but make the topics I will be presenting soooo much more accessible to my audience.

  19.   imriek, on July 30th, 2008 at 1:45 pm Said:

    Entertaining and Engaging and I Learned Something Too!

    What great training videos! Funny, entertaining, engaging…a great learning tool! These guys are really clever, I wish I had thought of doing that with a training video.

    I will be subscribing to their RSS feed to use their videos in my presentations. The teachers will love it… Lets see, motivate and engage learners, Gagne would love it!

  20.   rharmon527, on August 13th, 2008 at 6:22 pm Said:

    Classroom publishing is a great idea. I am working on creating ideas for projects for my MUSD students to work on. Commoncraft was very cool.

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