The is the clever video for Selfish Jean starring Demetri Martin. It’s from the album The Boy With No Name. I can imagine that showing this to students would really get the creative juices flowing for many of them. There’s no telling what kind of impact this would have on their creative expression, interpretation, communication, etc.
Category: Music
Here It Goes Again by OK Go
Here’s the world (in)famous Here It Goes Again treadmill video from the band OK Go. I think educators and instructional designers should take note of the success of this and other insanely popular viral videos and consider the implications related to teaching, learning, and motivation. (A viral video is a video that has been passed around many times and has gained popularity largely by word of mouth, email, instant messaging, or online bulletin boards, rather than a publicity campaign.)
We Didn’t Start the Fire: A Brief History of the U.S.A.
Scott Allsop has taken Billy Joel’s We Didn’t Start the Fire and created an educational video that depicts all the historical events that Joel sings about. Tracey Osborn uses Allsop’s video and takes it even further. Osborn created this webpage that provides the song’s lyrics and hyper-links all of the historical events metioned to related online resources. Wow!!! I could see some kids just going crazy with this kind of activity. You know they’ll even do this at home and come back the next day still talking about all the history that they’ve absorbed.
You can watch the video here…
…or you can also view/download this video (and many other great videos for use in the classroom) from the awesomely cool TeacherTube.com.
What impact do you think this kind of lesson would have?
More Video Favorites
Since posting the Water Buffalo Song a few days ago, our children have been after me to post a few more of their favorite video clips. Their very favorite is The Hairbrush Song from Veggie Tales.
They also really like Love My Lips which is also from Veggie Tales.
The Water Buffalo Song
A few days ago I posted this inspirational video involving the gift of a water buffalo. Not at all meaning to diminish the important message of that video, I now wish to share another buffalo video. Our children love this video from Veggie Tales.
No Words Needed
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then this short video speaks for itself. THIS is truly “must see TV.”
Happy Easter
Happy Easter, everyone.
Hear the bells ringing, they’re singing that you can be born again
Here the bells ringing, they’re singing Christ is risen from the dead
The angels up on the tombstone
Said He has risen, just as He said
Quickly now, go tell his disciples
That Jesus Christ is no longer dead
Joy to the word, He has risen, hallelujah
He’s risen, hallelujah
He’s risen, hallelujah
—Easter Song, Words and music by Annie Herring © 1974 Latter Rain Music (ASCAP)
Polaroid Stop Motion Film
This cool short film was created with 987 Polaroid pictures and no computer compositing.
Prison Inmates Re-Enact Thriller Video
CNN’s Hugh Riminton reports about this Philippine prison’s program that takes its inmate rehabilitation one step at a time. You can watch their Thriller routine, one of their many re-enactments, below.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_o-uACayEA