It continues to be time for end-of-year “Best” lists.
Now it’s time for the Best Videos For Educators.
You can see all my previous “Best” lists related to videos and movies (and there are a lot since I’ve doing this since 2007) here. Note that they’re also continually revised and updated.
Here are my picks from the second half of 2024:
I’ve got to start off with the nearly 30 videos over the years, including quite a few animated ones with Education Week on differentiated instruction, learning transfer, and student motivation. You can see them all here. I’ve also made about fifty more on TikTok over the past year, which you can see here.I’ve begun uploading those TikTok videos to my YouTube Channel, which you can access here.
Last year’s “Washington’s Dream” sketch on Saturday Night Live was one of the best ever and great to use in class (I’ve embedded it again below).
This fall’s “Washington’s Dream 2” was almost as a good, especially for English and ELL teachers:
And here’s last year’s sketch again:
I’ve used these two videos in the Artificial Intelligence unit I teach to my IB Theory of Knowledge class. I’m adding them to A Beginning List Of The Best Resources For Teaching About Artificial Intelligence:
You don’t have to agree with everything that Ta-Nehisi Coates says or writes, but there’s a lot of food for thought in this interview about his new book (you might be interested in my multiple previously-published posts about his work):
This video might come in useful when teaching U.S. History:
This video is a lot of fun:
Here’s how NASA describes this video:
This new, immersive visualization produced on a NASA supercomputer represents a scenario where a camera — a stand-in for a daring astronaut — enters the event horizon, sealing its fate.
PBS began a series called “Introducing In the Margins” on June 6th. You can see their entire playlist here.
Here’s their introductory video:
I really like this new TED Talk on leadership, which highlights that we often confuse leadership with those who recover from self-inflicted wounds.
You can see the transcript here.
I’m adding it to A BEGINNING LIST OF THE BEST RESOURCES ON LEARNING ABOUT LEADERSHIP – SHARE YOUR OWN.
Though not exhaustive by any means, I don’t think this short video is that bad. I’m adding it to The Best Websites To Learn About Various Religions & English.
I’m adding this new CBS News video to THE BEST RESOURCES DEMONSTRATING THE WEALTH GAP BETWEEN AFRICAN-AMERICANS & WHITES:
I’m adding these two new videos from The British Science Museum to The Best Sites To Learn About Climate Change:
I’m adding this video from ELT Buzz to The Best Sites That Show Statistics By Reducing The World & The U.S. To 100 People:
“How to get motivated even when you don’t feel like it” is the topic of a new TED-Ed lesson and video.
I’m adding it to Best Posts On “Motivating” Students.
This is definitely one of the better TED-Talks I’ve heard.
I’m adding it to The Best Posts & Articles On Building Influence & Creating Change.
You can read the transcript here.
It continues to be time for end-of-year “Best” lists. Now it’s time for the Best Videos For Educators. You can see all my previous “Best” lists related to videos and movies (and there are a lot since I’ve doing this since 2007) here. Note that they’re also continually revised and updated. Here are my picks from the best of the year, video Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
