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By Mike Johnson • September 4th, 2012

UPDATED 10/4/2012
Computers on the admin side of the BCBE network (teacher computers) can now access YouTube.com to view videos. Student computers do not have access to YouTube.com at any time.
There are many instructional videos on YouTube.  Teachers can download the videos to use them in class.
The use of videos from YouTube must follow the BCBE [...]

Freemake Video Converter makes it easy to convert your video files to a variety of formats. It’s a completely free program with no ads or hidden costs.
Converting video files can be done in three simple steps:

Drag your video file into the program
Click on the format you want
Click the convert button

You can convert videos to [...]

What do you know about the Gettysburg Address? Abraham Lincoln? Ulysses S. Grant? From 1861 to 1865, the War of the States created a significant amount of historical content in which we now share with students starting the day they attend school.
Learn360 and their longstanding content partner A&E Television Networks, bring you all the resources [...]

Alabama Public Television provides teachers with free access to their video resources as well as more than 8000 videos from Learn360.  Learn 360 enhances APT Plus with upgraded quality videos, more current titles, new and enriched content and Web 2.0 tools.  This resource is FREE to all Alabama teachers, parents, and students.
Follow the directions below [...]

A year ago Alabama Public Television announced they would no longer be purchasing United Streaming for the entire state of Alabama.  APT has since replaced United Streaming with a service called Learn 360. Learn 360 is a part of the larger program called APT Plus which focuses not only on the leased content provided by Learn [...]

One of the main ideas we have been working on here in IT Services is how can we do more training that fits the time schedule of our customers (teachers)? We still use the face to face method as well as online classes and virtual meetings.  These all work great but they don’t hit everyone we need [...]

Several Baldwin County schools are now publishing their school news programs on our district media server. Elementary and high school students are learning how to write scripts, record video and then edit it to keep the school and community informed about what’s happening at their school.  Some schools are shooting their news reports in front [...]

DVD Flick is a free, open-source DVD authoring tool that can convert and write almost any video file or files into a DVD (or ISO) playable on any hardware DVD player.
This program will let you  use a single file or combine multiple files into a playable DVD, (b) add subtitles, and (c) add secondary audio [...]

Most teachers have PowerPoint presentations they use in class to teach with.  Many student projects also involve creating PowerPoints to make presentation to the class.  You can easily convert these presentations to video and add narration.  Then use the BCBE video sharing site to post your presentations online.
Download the free PowerPoint Video Converter
After installing the [...]

YouTube is a site where anyone can post videos to share them with the world.  The problem with it is that ANYONE can psot video there.  Because of the many inappropriate clips that are posted there, it is blocked by our web filter.
Now teachers have another option:  Media.BCBE.org
This is a similar site that allows [...]