If your school is using Google Drive, this free online service works seamlessly and synchronizes notes taken by students while viewing a video. I used Videonot.es with my sixth grade classes for a lesson on Fair Trade. Students were given specific directions on information to look for and I guided them through the user interface. |
To make it easier for my students to set up Videonot.es with the video I assigned, I posted a link to the assigned YouTube video on my class Symbaloo page. Don't try to use SafeTV to generate a stand alone video. That won't work as I found out the hard way. The video link must come directly from YouTube or another recognized source such as Vimeo. Students used their school Google accounts to sign in on Videonot.es, copied and pasted the YouTube URL, and then note taking began. You can take this a step further if you have Google Classroom, but that's another blog post to look forward to.