[Year 12 IT Apps] Downloading from Youtube and elsewhere

[Graham]

Thanks for this,  Colin ...

but I have been OS on LSL ... and was pleased to find this in my  
mailbox upon return ...


Graham Gales
Bright P-12 College



On 17/05/2008, at 6:06 PM, Colin SUTTON wrote:

> Hi
>
> There are many solutions to downloading Youtube and other video  
> from websites.
>
> I've just spent 2 days at an overnight conference for our staff (at  
> a winery and I don't drink!).
>
> It was focussed on practical ICT stuff - photostory, blogs, forums,  
> digital portfolios, webquests.
>
> Unfortunately I had to miss the Prin's presentation on Ultranet as  
> I was setting up for my first session!!
>
> It was a very successful 2 days - staff felt genuinely enthused  
> (and up-skilled - if that's a real word!).
>
> I showed keepvid as a simple solution to getting Youtube stuff for  
> use at school - it's blocked at MontySC.
>
> A few found the instructions a little daunting and asked for a  
> guide. as the weather was freezing I spent the hour after the  
> sessions finished writing the attached instead of wandering the  
> beautiful countryside. I guess that may qualify me as a NERD!
>
> I mentioned a few other solutions at the bottom - these require  
> installation, but are then quite easy. keepvid requires a file name  
> change which some may find difficult - but should pick it up once  
> shown.
>
> keepvid only works with a limited number of sites. Some other  
> solutions work with a greater varietyof sites - some will even grab  
> Newstopia from SBS!
>

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