For Teachers and Parents

While WatchKnow is devoted first and foremost to educational videos for kids, we've provided this category for videos that teachers and parents find particularly useful.  This is also where videos about homeschooling methods can go.

There are 19 videos in this category and 3036 videos in 361 subcategories.

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Ages: 5 - 18
44045 Views:
Virtual School vs. Brick & Mortar School
From blogtalkradio.com, produced by Briana Dincher
Over the past few years, virtual schools have grown high in demand and millions of American children in grades K-12 are working on their classes through their computers. Join me in this episode as I compare virtual schools with brick & mortar schools... [more]
Found by briana dincher in For Teachers and Parents
November 10, 2014 at 05:38 PM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 18 - 18
1133 Views:
A Real Education: The Plight of Teachers
From YouTube, produced by CBS Sunday Morning
Since 1996 inflation-adjusted pay for a public school teacher has actually fallen, and nationwide about one in five teachers has a second job during the school year to make ends meet. Fury over those flat and falling wages helped spark a movement ove... [more]
Found by teresahopson in For Teachers and Parents
September 24, 2019 at 04:32 PM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 3 - 18
46234 Views:
bitly + custom search engines
From YouTube, produced by Aaron Fowles
This video shows you how to use bit.ly and custom search bookmarks in your browser to facilitate giving URLs out to students (who don't do well with long sequences of numbers and letters).  Note: this method requires that the teacher add the custo... [more]
Found by afowles in For Teachers and Parents
August 9, 2010 at 10:50 PM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 11 - 18
45169 Views:
Copyright Basics
From copyright.com
Moves fast, but gives basics of what is a copyright, how it is earned, and what is okay to share and what needs approval. Some ideas are not copyrighted such as things done by federal government. Fair use is explained. Four factors are purpose and ch... [more]
Found by freealan in For Teachers and Parents
July 12, 2010 at 12:54 PM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 9 - 18
45124 Views:
Fair Use and Copyright Explained
From answers.com
This five minute video explains what is legal and what isn't and gives examples of fair use. A little technical, but is important to share with students who are using the Internet for research.  Also explains public domain and 1922 as a date which be... [more]
Found by freealan in For Teachers and Parents
July 12, 2010 at 12:47 PM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 9 - 18
44554 Views:
Service Learning: An Explanation
From servicelearning.org
Bring Learning to Life: An Introduction to Service-Learning is an eight-minute video offers insights about service-learning, and provides an introduction to service-learning. This is a nice overview, but lacks an explanation on how the student work i... [more]
Found by freealan in For Teachers and Parents
July 12, 2010 at 09:34 PM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 18 - 18
45685 Views:
Expectations: The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
From YouTube
Why parent and teacher expectations are self-fulfilling prophecies for children.
Found by Anonymous in For Teachers and Parents
November 15, 2009 at 02:26 PM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 4 - 7
45161 Views:
School song. Learn English with teachkidsenglish.com
From YouTube, produced by teachkidsenglish.com
http://www.teachkidsenglish.com Simple fun song about school things.  Text is shown so children can read as they sing.
Found by lrombach in For Teachers and Parents
July 31, 2012 at 11:45 AM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 12 - 18
45224 Views:
The Benefits of Social Networking in Schools
From ktvb.com, produced by ktvb
How texting improved attendance and having students better prepared for school. A Portland study.
Found by freealan in For Teachers and Parents
July 17, 2010 at 01:13 AM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 3 - 7
19848 Views:
" It's Time to Clean Up"- A Transition Song
From youtube.com, produced by Harry Kindergarten's Channel
This selection contains a song telling children that it is time to clean up.  The words to the song appear in large letters accompanied by pictures.  This video would be helpful to play in a classroom when transitioning from one activity to another. ... [more]
Found by michellehoggard in For Teachers and Parents
April 16, 2011 at 03:08 PM
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