FREEMAKE - You Tube Downloader and Video Converter

1) Download the "Freemake Video Converter" from http://www.freemake.com.

Steps 2 and 3 refer to a few questions you will be asked during the FreeMake install.

2) During the install try not to install the "Amazon Toolbar" unless you really need it.

3) During install don't install the "Tune Up Utilities" software ( untick the " I accept the terms of the TuneUp Utilities 2013" and click "Next".)

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4) Once you have installed the FreeMake software, open "YouTube" in a web browser and find the video you want to download.

5) Watch the You Tube video from start to finish to check the content.

6) Once you are happy with the video, highlight the URL (web address) with your mouse, right click and select "Copy". See screen shot above.

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7) Open "Freemake Video Converter"

8) Click "Paste URL".

 

9) Follow steps 1, 2 and 3 in the screen shot above.

10) After selecting your video file format i.e. WMV, a pop up box will appear as shown in the screen shot below.

 

11) Here is a key for the labels shown in the screen shot above:

A - Select the Video screen size ( I usually leave this setting alone).

B - Take note of where the file is to be saved or change the location of the saved file. ( default is "My Videos")

C - Finally click CONVERT.

12) The file will take a while to convert depending on the file size of the video.

13) Copy the finished video file you have just created onto a memory stick.

 

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Under Ten Minutes

A blog with some really good sites listed such as Hackasaurus and 3 x 3 links.

 

http://www.undertenminutes.com/

 

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Literacy Shed

The Literacy Shed is home to a wealth of visual resources chosen to inspire the children with their writing. A lot of the content comes from Vimeo or You Tube, so teachers much check they have access through the schools web filtering.

Click here to visit the site

 

 

 

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ICT Magic

ICT magic is a fabulous site for finding out about new websites that can be used in lessons. The site sends out tweets about new sites about 20 times a day so well worth a follow as you often come across hidden gems. The list to the sub-menus is on the right hand side of the site of the page.  The site author brings out a useful PDF document every so often called *ICTmagic Show.

http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/

Website Highlighter and Post-It Notes

This is a very useful tool for doing research on the internet.  The tool allows you to paste Post-It Notes and Highlight Text on websites.  Good for text based pages such as wikipedia.

When you have finished click DONE and the site recreates the webpage with all your Post It Notes and Highlighted Text.

The photo shows one I did earlier.

http://www.awesomehighlighter.com/

Cool Tools for Schools

This site is mentioned in the Bristol Scheme of Work for ICT and may be useful to fill in some of the gaps when  completing units you don't have the software for.

Let me know if you find any really useful ones on this site and I will mention them in this post.

http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/Home

TeachFind

A search engine designed for teachers.  The engine targets the sites that are specifically designed for teachers for example:  Teacher Tube, National Strategies Website, TeacherNet, Ofsted.

http://www.teachfind.com/

Online Stopwatch and Countdown Timer

Lots of fun designs of stopwatches and countdown timers.  Including egg timers and a bomb.

http://www.online-stopwatch.com/

Worksheet Genius

Design your own worksheets quickly, randomised worksheets, easy to differentiate and free.

http://www.worksheetgenius.com/

Sticky Notes Websites

Wall Wisher and Primary Wall are 2 sites that can be used to share ideas with the whole class using their computers.  Put a question on the wall and let the whole class collaborate and share their ideas.  No registration required.  Can be used in a similar way to a voting system.

http://www.wallwisher.com/

  http://primarywall.com/

Safe Share

A fantastic site that allows teachers to show You Tube videos safely.  The site removes all the extra links that you get on the page when using YouTube.  The videos can also be cropped.

http://www.safeshare.tv/

Swiggle - Safe Search Engine

This site provided by SWGFL has multiple uses:

1) It is a safe search engine.
2) Learn Online - Lots of useful sites and resources.
3) E-safety Information and links to e-safety sites.
4) Easy access to Merlin.

http://www.swiggle.org.uk/Home.aspx

Primary School Teaching

A useful resource for Primary, the site contains printable labels and signs, lesson plans, games and many other items all easily accessible from a simple menu.

http://primaryschoolteaching.co.uk/

 

Letters and Sounds

The clue is in the title a great site for letters and sounds resources and games.

http://www.letters-and-sounds.com/

Twinkle

A fantastic site for Teachers Displays and Resources.

http://www.twinkl.co.uk/

Zu3D Stop frame animation software

Zu3D - brand new stop-motion animation software for Windows PCs.

Zu3D is an exciting, new stop-motion animation program designed specifically for schools. It has been developed in consultation with a professional animator and primary school children.

Download and purchase (£25 for 1 user) from : http://www.zu3d.com/

Sing Up

A good teachers' resource site to help teach singing.

http://www.singup.org/

Learning Clips

Learning Clip is an online project to create resources for teaching primary maths. There are hundreds of interactive activities, video clips and worksheets covering a huge range of mathematical topics, concepts and methods. 


To see a list of free resources for registered users click on the link below.

http://www.learningclip.co.uk/freelearningclips.aspx

NASA Image of the Day

NASA image of the Day. The NASA satellite's taking fantastic photo's of areas of the Earth.

Click Here - To View the Image of the Day

Free iWork Templates

This site is dedicated to bringing you high quality free iwork templates. We found some on the internet, we've created some, and we also have some that users have submitted. Take a look around we're sure that you'll find Pages templates, Keynote templates and Numbers templates that you'll love

Click Here - To go to iWork resources