At least once a week I try to show my students a video about cool new technology or something. I figure its a good way to get them to hear and use computer related vocabulary without them even knowing it. The following are a few resources that have and have not been successful with students.
Campaign for Real Beauty - A time lapse flash movie of a model going from just woke up to billboard. The best part is when they photoshop her face. The students gave it good reviews.
South Korean Video Gamers - New York Times audio slide show about video gaming in South Korea. I can’t get a link to it working but its on the right side of the technology page. The best reaction was, “10, 12, 14 hours of school? I can barely handle 6 as it is.”
David Pogue’s Technology Blog - Also from the New York Times, short video clips about new technology. They’re tough to see but the students like seeing the new gadgets he reviews.
CPU Overclocking - Who knew people videotape their CPUs? A search on Google video for “CPU” got me this one. There are others but this the only one with two French talking about how “extreme” it is. I told my students it didn’t have any sound.
Me too! Here are a few I’ve enjoyed recently:
The Machine is Us/ing Us (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gmP4nk0EOE)
My students loved this one about Web 2.0.
Amateur by Lasse Gjertsen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzqumbhfxRo)
Students showed me this one and it led to a huge discussion about how the artist made it.
Ok Go! in LEGO stop motion (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjCL0_0Il7w)
Ok go! is a popular song where the band “dances” on treadmills. This is a LEGO stop motion animation version. The students are now excited about trying stop motion movies themselves!
In general, I do well at the K12 group on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/group/K12).
Thanks for sharing your links — I am excited to check them out for my classroom.