Resources for Digital Learning at the Secondary Level

FedFlix

This is a great free resource from the Federal Government. It includes videos the government had commissioned and now they are available online in digital format.  This is the description from their site

FedFlix is a joint venture with the National Technical Information Service (NTIS). Each month they send us government videotapes. We upload them to the Internet Archive and YouTube, then send the government back their videotapes and a digital copy for their files. No cost to them, more data for all of us.

You can watch them on the Internet Archive or You Tube.  I found some very interesting titles when I checked it out:

• Island of Hope - Island of Tears (1989), awarding winning film from the National Park Service about Ellis Island
• From Dreams to Reality - A Tribute to Minority Inventors (1986), from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• Duck and Cover (1951) - cartoon film from the Federal Civil Defense Administration ~ Some of us may be old enough to remember this film in school!

Each film has images you can download from each minute of the film.  You can download the videos or stream them (full-screen if you choose) on your desktop.  This is a great resource for all areas of the curriculum.  It was fascinating to watch some of the historical films.