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Kanopy video streaming at UCL
UCL staff and students now have access to over 26,000 films via Kanopy, an online video streaming resource. Kanopy‘s collection includes thousands of award-winning documentaries, training films and theatrical releases which can be streamed from any location on various devices. … Continue reading
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Tagged documentary, eResources, film, streaming, video
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BBC’s Knowledge & Learning website
Arriving over the coming months is a new website from the BBC to support learning and teaching. Building on the already invaluable material available for classroom use, the refreshed site, currently in beta, will bring together factual and learning content … Continue reading
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Tagged audio, audiovisual resources, BBC, school resources, Television, video
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Enid Blyton – the Beckenham years
Just added to our stock is a new DVD on the early life of children’s author Enid Blyton. Produced by Footprint Productions in Bromley, this production looks at the formative years of the woman who would later go on to … Continue reading
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Tagged audiovisual resources, biography, childhood, children's authors, Enid Blyton, video
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Teachers Media Plus
Throughout August we have set up trial staff access to Teachers Media Plus, the online CPD service built on the content originally produced for the Teachers TV channel. As many of you probably know, the Teachers TV material has appeared … Continue reading
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Tagged access, eResources, Online resources, Teacher's TV, Teachers Media, Television, trial, video
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Moving Image Gateway – a source of inspiration?
The Moving Image Gateway, hosted by the British Universities Film & Video Council, links to over 1,300 websites relating to video, multimedia and sound materials. Check out the latest additions, browse using the subject links (including Education) or try the search function. Also included are … Continue reading
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Tagged audiovisual resources, BUFVC, discovery, MOOCs, moving image, podcasts, sound, video
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Growing children – BBC4 series
Coming up next week, the start of a three-part series presented by child psychologist Laverne Antrobus (‘Growing Babies’ & ‘The Biology of Dads’ previously shown on BBC4), exploring how child development is affected by three major developmental disorders – autism, dyslexia, … Continue reading
EdMediaShare: share + find video for education
I’ve just attended a launch event for EdMediaShare, a JISC Digital Media service which could be the answer to quite a few queries about finding suitable video for use in teaching. In no small measure this site addresses the tidal wave … Continue reading
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Tagged discovery, EdMediaShare, JISC project, search tools, video
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Teachers TV website closes 29th April 2011
Last week I had hoped that the termination of the contract for Teachers TV (TTV) by the Department for Education (DFE) would lead to an orderly hand-over of material available on the TTV website. Unfortunately the situation today is less clear, with statements from … Continue reading
Teachers TV – is no news good news?
No news yet on the negotiations between Teachers’ TV (TTV) and the Department for Education about the continued availability of the TTV material after the end of April. The Department terminated the TTV contract, due to run until 2013, as … Continue reading
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