Instructional Technologist

Over the summer, we have replaced many very old WIndows computers with new Dual Boot iMacs. The opportunities to integrate Web 2.0 technology into classroom instruction are phenomenal! However bandwidth needed support 70+ streaming learning spaces is not available at this time.

Planning ahead and downloading a video in advance from YouTube, Google, Yahoo etc. during “non-peak” hours is a good practice. A video on the hard drive is 90% guaranteed to run smoothly (be sure you have the right player) and saves the bandwidth.

I’ve been searching for easy utilities for teachers to download Youtube videos at low usage times to later present to their classes. KeepVid is a great utility. I used the video.mp4 – High Quality download and it was incredibly easy. 23 minutes to download a 1.5 hour video and save it to the hard drive. KeepVId can be used on both Mac and PC’s.