Monday, February 10, 2014

Quietube

Our students have been making video announcements for about two months (more on that later this week). At first, we were transferring the segments to Dropbox, then to Windows Movie Maker on the PC. This was tedious, and when the teachers tried to watch the videos, the buffering took so long it was not an effective use of time. Three weeks ago, I discovered that it would be acceptable to use YouTube to publish our announcements. MUCH EASIER!! The only thing I do not like about using YouTube is the information on the sides when you are getting ready to show the video. Enter Quietube.com. When you go to quietube.com, you will be instructed to drag the quietube button to your toolbar. It took about two seconds to get it set up. Now, all you have to do is enter the URL, click on the quietube button, and watch your video.
Yes, you could just watch in full screen mode, but quietube covers up the ads and comments that you might not want little eyes to see. It is definitely worth a try!