I love it! I'm talking to a netTrekker user about videos, clicked to open a tab and instead opened up my Twitter tab. There I see a posting about Open Vault. I finish the conversation with the customer and check it out. I learn so much from Twitter!
Basically Open Vault provides content from WGBH (the same people who bring us Teachers Domain!) of videos with historical importance that were produced by this great public television station. It's meant for classroom (and even personal) learning. I looked at two videos and saw that they included the transcripts! WHOO HOO! I don't know about you, but sometimes in those "historical documents" I get lost in the lingo and the transcript would help me make notes and stay on task. I'm not seeing a way to download the video, but hey - if you're using it for research, then why download it? There are other great tools, but my phone's ringing and I really need to get back to work!
And my brother laughed when I told him I Twitter and learn a lot from my fellow Twits!
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Thanks for the post. We (WGBH) really appreciate the feedback. Although we can't do downloads yet on OpenVault, some of the longer interviews can be purchased (at cost) on DVD. And we have started offering downloads on Teachers' Domain in our Open Educational Resources collection.
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