TeacherTube, is a site where you can host, tag and share instructional videos.  If you like a video you see you can link to it on the TeacherTube site or embed it into a web page or blog.  It is also a valuable resource of instructional videos. Using Zamzar you can download videos for classroom use and teacher trainings.

Comments from contributors who selected TeacherTube as one of their Top 10 Tools

• "Is actually NOT firewalled by my school's security!  Teachers post interesting video clips.  Easy to search"  Kora Stoll
• "The ability to quickly create a small learning piece and then distribute it to thousands of people instantaneously is great for quick pieces of instruction. I embed YouTube and TeacherTube videos into wikis and blogs all the time."  Karl Kapp
• "Like YouTube, but for Teachers."  David Smailes
• "The ability to quickly create a small learning piece and then distribute it to thousands of people instantaneously is great for quick pieces of instruction. I embed YouTube and TeacherTube videos into wikis and blogs all the time."  Karl Kapp
• "The clips are organized on tags, on channels (University, High School, Middle School), workgroups. They can be downloaded and you can associate an activity for each"  Gabriela Grosseck
• "I also love the idea of TeacherTube. Educators need a safe and secure place where our students can participate in the social aspect of video sharing and engaging students with video responses."  Colette Cassinelli
• "a free video resource with loads of possibilities for use in the K-12 classroom"  Ramona Dietrich

How to Use TeacherTube:

To create an account click on the "Free Sign Up!" and fill in the information

Click on the "Sign Up" and you are ready to go!

To view videos, click on any of the categories or do a search for a specific video.  When you find a video, just click on the play button.

Click on "Save to Favorites" if you like the video and you want to add it to your favorites list. 

If you find a video you want to download:

Use the Convert it! Tool:

Note:

If you don't know how to use Zamzar........... just click on "Convert it!"

1. Navigate to the video you want to downlaod on TeacherTube.
2. Click on the Convert it! Tool on your "Bookmarks Bar" 
   
3. Click on the convert it  button with Zamzar found in the TeacherTube window.
4. Step 2: Choose the file format to convert to.
   Step 3: Enter your email address.
   Step 4: Click on Convert

After a few minutes go to your email and click on the download link in the email from Zamzar.