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The document provides a comprehensive list of alternative video platforms and resources for viewing, sharing, and educational purposes, including Vimeo, Dailymotion, and various sites focused on language learning. It also highlights commercial sites, learner-created videos, and content across different categories such as activism, art, cinema, and science. Additionally, it suggests resources for lesson planning and video usage in classrooms, encouraging educators to explore these options for enhancing language learning.

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Video Sources

The document provides a comprehensive list of alternative video platforms and resources for viewing, sharing, and educational purposes, including Vimeo, Dailymotion, and various sites focused on language learning. It also highlights commercial sites, learner-created videos, and content across different categories such as activism, art, cinema, and science. Additionally, it suggests resources for lesson planning and video usage in classrooms, encouraging educators to explore these options for enhancing language learning.

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Sources

Viewing and sharing


There are alternatives to YouTube! For viewing and sharing videos, you could also look at the
following:
Vimeo (vimeo.com)
The emphasis here is on quality over quantity. It has a more professional interface than YouTube with
a very good range of short films from new directors, experimental videos and interesting new genres.
With regard to searching for videos, a good place to start is with the ‘Staff Picks’ section (vimeo.com/
channels/staffpicks). The great thing about Vimeo is the player itself: unlike on YouTube, for example,
there are very few adverts which can distract you, so the viewing is much more pleasurable and user-
friendly.
Dailymotion (dailymotion.com)
This site offers videos of varying length organized by category. There is a good mix of professionally
made and amateur clips.
WatchKnowLearn (watchknowlearn.org)
This site provides free educational videos for kids (both primary and secondary).
Flickr (flickr.com/explore/video)
Better known as a photo-sharing site, this site also has space for you to watch and upload videos.
Storycorps (storycorps.org)
This site allows people of all kinds to share their stories online. Although mainly audio, there are also
animated videos based around true life histories: storycorps.org/animation.

Lesson plans and clips for language learning


Film English (film-english.com)
Kieran Donaghy’s site contains ready-made lesson plans based around short films.
Lessonstream (lessonstream.org)
Jamie Keddie’s site includes a lot of work with video.
allatc (allatc.wordpress.com)
Steve Muir and Tom Spain’s Activities for Advanced Learners also include a lot of work with video.
Elteachertrainer (elteachertrainer.com)
John Hughes’s blog includes a lot of great ideas for working with video.
Movie Segments to Assess Grammar Goals (moviesegmentstoassessgrammargoals.blogspot.com.br)
Claudio Azevedo’s site looks at how short movie clips contextualize different grammar structures.

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Simple English Videos (simpleenglishvideos.com)


This site includes clickable transcripts and a great selection of movie trailers and music videos, as well
as specially made films which focus on particular language points or structures.
Vicki Hollett (vickihollett.com)
Vicki Hollett’s site has a range of downloadable materials for Business English teaching.
EFL Classroom (community.eflclassroom.com/video)
This site has an enormous range of video clips to check out and includes an ad-free YouTube player
with some interesting clips at: eflclassroom.com/youtube

Commercial sites
English Central (englishcentral.com)
This site boasts thousands of video lessons and video courses. There is a whole host of material
available, though some of it is intended for learner self-study including intensive work on speaking
and pronunciation.
English Attack (english-attack.com)
This site includes a range of video lessons but with an emphasis on gaming and social media.

Learner-created videos
Next Vista for Learning (nextvista.org)
This is a great site which organizes video-making contests and includes videos divided into three
categories: 1 Light Bulbs: for videos that teach you how to do something.
2 Global Views: videos created to promote understanding of cultures.
3 Seeing Service: highlights the work of people who are making a difference in the lives of
others.
GoAnimate (goanimate.com)
Artoonix (artoonix.com)
Zimmer Twins (zimmertwins.com/movie/create)
These three sites allow learners to create their own animated stories.

Content
General educational
Archive (archive.org/details/movies)
A digital archive with downloadable content, including film, documentaries, animation and
sports.
Big Think (bigthink.com)
For ideas, interviews, presentations and video features.
National Archives (nationalarchives.gov.uk)
A comprehensive UK video archive.

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British Pathé Film Archive (youtube.com/britishpathe


85,000 films now freely available online via a YouTube channel.

Activism
It Gets Better Project (itgetsbetter.org)
Campaign for equality and visibility.
Take Part (takepart.com)
Includes many videos on different campaigns.
Uncultured Project (youtube.com/user/UnculturedProject)

Art
The Creator’s Project (thecreatorsproject.vice.com/video)
Google Art Project (google.com/culturalinstitute/project/art-project)

Cinema and television


Netflix (netflix.com)
Streamed TV shows and movies, available in the US, Latin America and parts of Europe.
Hulu (hulu.com)
Streamed TV and video content in the US and Japan.
BBC (bbc.co.uk/iplayer/tv) (only UK)
Public Broadcasting Service (video.pbs.org) (only US)
BlipTV (blip.tv)
Video content series covering animation, comedy, drama, entertainment, food, music, etc.
Vice (vice.com/en_uk/video)
Popular alternative clips and TV shows.

How-to
Videojug (videojug.com)
Howcast (howcast.com)
My Best Idea (ivillage.com/my-best-idea)

Ideas
Idea channel (youtube.com/user/pbsideachannel)
Good (good.is/video)
Wired (video.wired.com)
Google (youtube.com/user/Google)
Includes stories from Google Maps developers.

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Kids
NatGeo (kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids)
PBS kids (pbskids.org/video) (only in the US)
Teen (teen.com/videos)
Sesame Street (sesamestreet.org/videos)

Music
Vevo (vevo.com)
Currently the best site to watch music videos.
Pitchfork (pitchfork.com/tv)
A range of music videos, documentaries and interviews.

Nature
Life on Terra (lifeonterra.com)
Wonderful vignettes of the people, places and animals that make up the heart and soul of life on earth.
Explore (explore.org)
High-quality documentary films focusing on the work of non-profit organizations around the world.
National Geographic (video.nationalgeographic.com)
BBC Nature (bbc.co.uk/nature/collections/p0085nk0)
BBC site which includes time-lapse photography.

News
Video content from news media groups such as:
The Guardian (theguardian.com/video)
The New York Times (nytimes.com/video)
Reuters (reuters.com/news/video/reuters-tv)
For alternatives try:
Newsy (newsy.com)
Live leak (liveleak.com)
Huffington Post (live.huffingtonpost.com)

Science
Periodic Videos (periodicvideos.com)
A periodic table of entertaining videos from the University of Nottingham (also on YouTube:
youtube.com/user/periodicvideos).

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NASA (climate.nasa.gov/climate_reel)
A range of videos on global climate change.
Scientific American (scientificamerican.com/multimedia)
Wired (wired.com/category/wiredscience)

Short films
FILMS short (filmsshort.com)
Short of the Week (shortoftheweek.com)
The Smalls (thesmalls.com)
These three sites allow you to search for short films via category and genre.

Speeches and talks


American Rhetoric (americanrhetoric.com)
A wonderful resource full of speeches from all genres.
TED Talks (ted.com/talks)
TED Ed (ed.ted.com)
For TED talks and lessons based around TED videos.
Five-minute Debates (theguardian.com/commentisfree/series/five-minute-debates)
A range of formal five-minute debates and face-to-face discussions with experts in particular fields.
TrueTube (truetube.co.uk)
For less formal discussions on many topics taught in schools, including citizenship, religion and PSHE
(Personal, Social and Health Education).

Sport
ESPN (espn.go.com/30for30)
Award-winning short film collection based on sports and sporting heroes.
Footytube (footytube.com)
Not just the goals!

Travel
The Vagabond Project (thevagabondproject.tv)
Web-based collective showing insights into world travel for young people.
The Dime Traveler (thedimetraveler.com)
Good for teenagers.
David’s Been Here (youtube.com/user/Davidsbeenhere)
A genuinely informative travel blog.
Finally, please go to the book’s companion website (digitalv.net) for more ideas and inspiration for
sourcing and using video in your classes.

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