Free videos explore the science behind the Olympics

From eschoolnews on Twitter: Free videos explore the science behind the Olympics http://bit.ly/8ortCm.

From NBC Learn: NBC Learn in partnership with the National Science Foundation, unravels the physics, biology, chemistry, materials science and math behind the Olympic Winter Games .... More

Podcasting in Blackboard

Podcasting in Blackboard supports the following file types:

.m4a – Audio only format
.mp3 – Audio only format (can be built using Audacity or Camtasia)
.mov – QuickTime movie format (can be built using Camtasia)
.mp4 – Video & Audio format
.m4v – iPod/iTunes video & audio format (can be built using Camtasia)
.pdf – documents as file attachments (attachments to a podcast episode can only be viewed in Blackboard as they are not syndicated with the episodes for automated downloading.)

Examples of free educational podcasts & videos :

1. Open Culture

2. Free video lectures (http://freevideolectures.com/electronics.html)

3. Teaching with Technology podcasts from Polamar College

4. Teaching with Blackboard Podcast from Northern Illinois University

Recipe from YTower

Embedded a video from a non-Youtube site using iFrame code.




Enjoy viewing!