Quick overview: Do you often encounter YouTube videos that you’d love to show your class but the YouTube site is blocked by your school board’s IT department? The Zamzar website (http://www.zamzar.com) can help! Zamzar will grab any YouTube video and convert it into a offline video file. An offline video file resides on your computer and therefore does not require YouTube or an Internet connection to play.
How can this be used in the classroom: The Zamzar site will allow you to show pedagogically relevant YouTube videos in your classroom. No more worries about blocked sites or insufficient bandwidth! Zamzar enables you to convert an online YouTube video into an offline video file that you can copy onto a USB drive to bring into your classroom. Want to know how to use the Zamzar website? I’ve included a detailed 6 minute video tutorial that will step you through the process.
Video Tutorial: To see an on-line video tutorial of how to use the Zamzar site, click the large play button below:
