Get YouTube Videos for Use in SAISD

YouTube is blocked at my school facility (for good reason,) but I've excess at home. A colleague has discovered a jewel. It's an inspirational short by Will Smith. Now, for my surely, simple question...How do we circumvent the filters allowing us to show/use this YouTube treasure for a beginning of the year motivation lesson with our students? By the by, the YouTube instructional clips on how to do this haven't helped.
Source: Email from the EDTECH email list (international listserv)

Several ways to accomplish this.

The first way is to find a conversion service that hasn't been blocked at work. You can find my list of services to use here. One of my favorites is the Zamzar.com (allowed in SAISD) conversion by URL. You just paste the address in and it makes the conversion for you, then emails you the download link when ready.

The second way is to find a video hosting provider that isn't blocked, such as Edublogs.tv. Since edublogs.tv handles video/audio for just education use, it's easy to make the argument to school district providers that it should be left unblocked. Too bad they don't handle photos/images at Edublogs.tv, and that would take care of Flickr/Picasa blocked sites!!

Ok, here's a few quick illustrated steps to get a video from YouTube to Edublogs.tv. I hadn't done it before, so I figured I'd take some screenshots along the way:

Step 1: Click the Grab YouTube button

Step 2: Paste in the URL for the YouTube video

Step 3: Confirm Information

Step 4: Confirmation Provided

Step 5: See Video

Step 6: What Success Looks Like

 

and you can use the embed code or just link to the video:

http://www.edublogs.tv/play.php?vid=367

Note that I've deleted the video already, so clicking the link won't work <smile>.