Trying My Hand at the Looping Video Assignment

Now that I'm almost done with the course, I have time to go back and tackle that assignment that was changed to optional. Melinda Ronat said she found the trick.... so I tried it and it worked.  Very easy!  So easy I wanted to do it twice, so I looped two videos. 

The assignment was to post a video from You Tube and make it "loop" (as in play all day, or until someone screams "Turn that off!")  This will be POPULAR  with the Pre-K set!
Here are 2 video's from "Sounds Like Fun" by Barbara Milne.
Opposites Are Tricky





If you can stand it, this is the Alphabet Song, Pre-K's really enjoy this song, and it's great for early phonemic aweness!




What I Did:  I logged into YouTube, and found these two videos close together.  My children used to listen to these, and I still use them for younger students in my class.  The assignment had proved difficult, and Prof. Pierce said it was optional.  But smart Melinda figured it out, and posted the solution on the discussion board.  Click here to see Melinda's solution.

What I Learned:  The more I do this kind of thing, the more comfortable I am with HTML codes.  It's always looked like gibberish to me.  I saw that I had to replace "embed" with "v".  I think that shows an insertion.  I also had to add "&loop=1" to tell it to keep replaying.  Greater minds than mine understand HTML code, but her solution made sense to me. 
When searching for this video, I also noticed that there are quite a few educational videos for the younger set.  Good for future reference.

NETS-T:  This activity aligns with:
- Standard 3c, which says that teachers are to "communicate relevant information and ideas effectively to students, parents, and peers using a variety of diguital-age media and features."  These songs are effective for conveying basic concepts when presented aurally, but are even more effective through the visual media.  Looping frees me from having to keep "hitting to rewind button" (very last century!)
-Standard 2b, which says that teachers "develop technology-enriched learning environments..."  Use of this educational format promotes the technology environment in the classroom.

How It Can Be Used:  I have a music background (BS, Music Ed, University of VT, 1983).  I use music extensively in my classroom.  Sometimes it is background, sometimes to set a mood, sometimes to teach.  I dislike having to come back to the machine to keep replaying, so I know I will use this feature.  My district dislikes YouTube, so I will have to check to see if I can use the educational YouTubes.  (Or maybe TeacherTube.)