Posts tagged Video
Watch Hulu, Netflix From Anywhere in The World
If you’re like me then you’ve probably been bothered before by the fact that the contents of Hulu and Netflix (and others) cannot be accessed outside of the United States. So far the only solution was to pay for a VPN service that pretends you’re sitting in North America, but these services are often costly…
Free Media Center Solutions For Sofa Browsing
About seven years ago I painted my television’s screen with thick bright colors to turn the distracting time-sucking device into a permanent artwork. My friends resorted to even more drastic measures such as cutting the power cord with scissors (turn off the device first, thank you!) But we all had one thing in common: We…
Carts Of Darkness [A Documentary]
Yesterday, I stumbled over a documentary called “Carts Of Darkness“. Superficially speaking it’s about men racing shopping carts down steep hills in Canada who also collect bottles and cans to make a living. While this may be reason enough to watch it (great shots of people racing shopping-carts at 70 km/h), there’s a lot more…
Watching Youtube Videos Without The Distractions [TEACHER'S TOOLBOX]
Whether we love YouTube for its endless amount of funny cat videos or hate it for its often vile and hostile comment-sections, we all use it. If you are a teacher you know that a successful lesson is based on both good planning and a certain amount of improvisation. Sometimes you prepare a video to…
Are You Ready for the 21st Century ?
In my last article I wrote about the way the Internet changes our world and sketched out a few points. I also found a video for you which will give you some more ideas. I don’t necessarily agree with everything proposed in this video but I do think that the broad attitute of the presentation…
Media Literacy Awareness [VIDEO]
A big part of being a teacher today (whether online or offline) involves being “fluent” in contemporary media and adapting to its quick-paced development; Whereas a century ago teachers had to deal with mostly written media, nowadays this is not enough. We find ourselves living in an intricate network of all kinds of media, both…