A Collection of Classroom Videos to Use in Your Professional Development and More!

Today I was preparing a professional development for innovative learning walks and was looking for video(s) of classroom lessons that participants could watch as if they were visiting a classroom so they could practice the learning walk protocol. I turned to my personal learning network for suggestions when I Tweeted the following (which also feeds into my Facebook account).
Lisa Velmer Nielsen What's a good site to find free videos of teachers teaching?

Instantly a stream of suggestions came flooding in.

Here they are:

Angela O'Dowd
TeacherTube
5 hours ago ·
Leslie Schecht
we have dozens here for Special Ed that we produce
5 hours ago ·
Anne Bubnic
Annenberg Foundation has some good videos for teaching teachers how to teach math. http://bit.ly/cVJjW0
4 hours ago ·
Angela O'Dowd
Very helpful...just checked it out!
4 hours ago ·
Michael Soskil
The Annenberg Foundation is fantastic.

4 hours ago ·
Lisa Velmer Nielsen
Thanks all! Here are some more suggestions from my Twitter friends:
http://www.teachers.tv/
http://teachscience4all.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/tools-for-ambitious-science-teaching/- Great site that has clips of MS & HS science teachers engaging in "ambitious science teaching"
http://www.intime.uni.edu/video.html
4 hours ago ·
Lisa Velmer Nielsen
Leslie, do you have any links?
4 hours ago ·
Anne Bubnic
I like the California K-12 Technology Showcase too. The teachers are all interviewed on camera and do a great job of walking you through their class projects.
http://bit.ly/9pyLJo
4 hours ago ·
Anne Bubnic
Here's another great one from Math TV: http://www.mathplayground.com/mathtv.html
4 hours ago ·
Anne Bubnic
I love the MMM videos also because not only does the teacher show you how to teach the math module, but it also includes an actual video of how it played out in class: http://www.mmmproject.org/video_matrix.htm
Try the Trashketball video!
4 hours ago ·
Angela O'Dowd
Wow..the tech showcase is great too...just the kind of thing I've been looking for..thank you!
3 hours ago ·
Lisa Velmer Nielsen
This is a great collection! I may use this whole exchange in a blog post. Please let me know if anyone here would mind me sharing their comment and name. And, please keep the ideas coming.
3 hours ago ·
Jeff Branzburg
watchknow.com
3 hours ago ·
Lisa Velmer Nielsen
Haha! Yes, Jeff!
3 hours ago ·
Angela O'Dowd
I've just shared the information with all our teachers (72) via gmail and our Google Site
3 hours ago ·
Lisa Velmer Nielsen
Here is a video of Jason Levy's school in the Bronx from Frontline Digital Nation http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/digitalnation/resources/teachers/
3 hours ago ·
Lisa Velmer Nielsen
Here are videos of NYC DOE Innovation Zone (iZone) schools. http://izone.wikispaces.com/Innovative+School+Case+Studies
3 hours ago ·
Jeff Branzburg
I also like VocabAhead (http://vocabahead.com/) with over 1,000 short videos each defining and demonstrating a vocabulary word.
3 hours ago ·
Angela O'Dowd
The California site though appeals more to our needs both as an elementary school and design of lessons
3 hours ago ·
Brent Teske
http://www.lecturefox.com/
http://academicearth.org/
http://www.ted.com/
http://www.bestuniversities.com/blog/2009/100-free-online-lectures-that-will-make-you-a-better-teacher/
3 hours ago ·
Anne Bubnic
I took one of the California Technology Showcase ideas (Vocabucasting) - and turned it into an entire workshop for teachers, showing them how to do it. http://ctapvocabucasting.pbworks.com/
2 hours ago ·
Melanie Sutherland Holtsman
We have a ton of elementary model lessons posted on our ning. http://settingthestandard.ning.com All educators welcome.
about an hour ago ·
Anne Bubnic
Teachers' Domain is an extensive library of free digital media resources produced by public television, designed for classroom use and professional development.
http://www.teachersdomain.org/
about an hour ago ·
Anne Bubnic
The Apple Learning Interchange (ALI) has many good examples of best practices. They typically include a teacher interview describing the effort and the thinking behind it. http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/
about an hour ago ·
Anne Bubnic
Edutopia (George Lucas Educational Foundation) also has a great video library with over 200 videos that reflect best practices: http://www.edutopia.org/video
about an hour ago ·
Lisa Velmer Nielsen
Wow! I think I have the world's best personal learning network...with some awesome surprise guests :-)))
57 minutes ago ·

2 hours ago ·

Lucy Gray

http://www.nextvista.org/

8 minutes ago ·

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What Educon Teachers Make

I just returned from Educon which was an absolutely fantastical experience. At this moment, the thought of writing what I learned is overwhelming, but I am sure it will be shared in future posts, thoughts, activities. In the meantime, I kind of accidentally or serendipitously have begun reading old posts from the conference leader, organizer, founder, Chris Lehmann. I have chosen this one to be my post-Educon reflection :-)

Watch here and read the transcript below.

What Teachers Make,
OR
You can always go to law school if things don't work out
By Taylor Mali
www.taylormali.com

He says the problem with teachers is, "What's a kid going to learn
from someone who decided his best option in life was to become a teacher?"
He reminds the other dinner guests that it's true what they say about
teachers:

Those who can, do; those who can't, teach.

I decide to bite my tongue instead of his
and resist the temptation to remind the dinner guests
that it's also true what they say about lawyers.

Because we're eating, after all, and this is polite company.

"I mean, you¹re a teacher, Taylor," he says.
"Be honest. What do you make?"

And I wish he hadn't done that
(asked me to be honest)
because, you see, I have a policy
about honesty and ass-kicking:
if you ask for it, I have to let you have it.

You want to know what I make?

I make kids work harder than they ever thought they could.
I can make a C+ feel like a Congressional medal of honor
and an A- feel like a slap in the face.
How dare you waste my time with anything less than your very best.

I make kids sit through 40 minutes of study hall
in absolute silence. No, you may not work in groups.
No, you may not ask a question.
Why won't I let you get a drink of water?
Because you're not thirsty, you're bored, that's why.

I make parents tremble in fear when I call home:
I hope I haven't called at a bad time,
I just wanted to talk to you about something Billy said today.
Billy said, "Leave the kid alone. I still cry sometimes, don't you?"
And it was the noblest act of courage I have ever seen.

I make parents see their children for who they are
and what they can be.

You want to know what I make?

I make kids wonder,
I make them question.
I make them criticize.
I make them apologize and mean it.
I make them write.
I make them read, read, read.
I make them spell definitely beautiful, definitely beautiful, definitely
beautiful
over and over and over again until they will never misspell
either one of those words again.
I make them show all their work in math.
And hide it on their final drafts in English.
I make them understand that if you got this (brains)
then you follow this (heart) and if someone ever tries to judge you
by what you make, you give them this (the finger).

Let me break it down for you, so you know what I say is true:

I make a goddamn difference! What about you?

(And you can listen to him perform it here.)

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