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vixy.net (beta) - The Vixy project: Takuma Mori Grades 0 to 12

TeachersFirst Edge Entry: For the most adventurous technology users. This online tool can convert online videos such as the ones you find on YouTube into a portable format you can play at school when filtering blocks access to the regular video site. You will likely have to do the conversion on a home computer and bring the file to school on a USB storage device or CD. With the rapid growth of YouTube as a participant forum, the content is most always blocked by school filtering, yet SELECTED videos may have real usefulness in the classroom or even in professional development settings.
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In the Classroom:
Skills needed: locate the online video and copy the URL. Open the Vixy site and paste the URL into the converter. Click to convert to AVI for windows or Mpeg4 for Mac, then download the file. Save the file to your local computer, then transfer to your portable device (USB or CD). The complication: Windows will require the DivX plug-in to play as an offline video file, such as in Windows Media Player. There is a link from Vixy to download it, but you may not be allowed to install it on your school machine. You could bring the install file to school on CD and ask your tech department to install it for you, if your machine does not already have it.

Why bother? YouTube and similar sites provide videos that are powerful tools in political campaigns and social commentary. Such videos may be worth the effort for your American Government or history class. YouTube also hosts artistic films and examples of literary genres applicable in the English classroom, as well. Sharing these videos, licensed under Creative Commons Share and Share Alike Licensing, is LEGAL, especially for your classroom use.

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