Using YouTube Videos for Instruction

Many schools block the YouTube site to prevent students from viewing inappropriate content.  However, there is also a lot of educational content that would be useful for class instruction and research assignments.  One way to allow students to view specific YouTube videos is to download them and convert them to a format, such as AVI or WMV, that can be embedded in the class blog or in a PowerPoint video.  I used a Mac with YTD Video Downloader and Kigo Video Converter.  The video below is one that was downloaded from YouTube, converted, and now embedded into this blog post.