I am lucky enough to be in a school system that doesn't block YouTube. When I want to make videos available to students, however, I'd like to be able to avoid exposing them to any inappropriate comments or related videos that sometimes appear within otherwise age-appropriate YouTube videos. That's why I was thrilled to find SafeShare.TV. I simply copy the URL for the YouTube video and paste it into SafeShare.TV. A new URL with just the video is created. It does still include pop-up advertising at the bottom, but I only had to minimize it once. Days later, when I opened the link, the ads were still hidden.
I used SafeShare.TV to create this link to a Mr. Bean video that I want to show my upper grade students. [Aside: I am going to ask students to list the things Mr. Bean does right and the things he does wrong. There are a lot of good lessons in this 5 minute video: book care, taking responsibility, and not being afraid to let the librarian know when you've accidentally damaged a book]
WiFi Photo makes moving your image and video files from your iPad, iPod, or iPhone easy. Download the free app, open it, and type the URL into your browser. Your camera roll will appear on your computer. You can download pictures one at a time, or choose several at once to download in a zip file. Videos will be downloaded to your media player where you can create and save a playlist of videos you choose from your iDevice.
Love it!
