Have you ever come across a video on Youtube that would be great to use in class, but you can’t because the site is blocked? Or, maybe you’ve downloaded a video from Teachertube, but your computer doesn’t recognize the format of the downloaded file and won’t play it?

Well, take two and call me in the morning — two websites that is.

The first website is called VideoDownloader. This site gives you the ability to download videos from sites like Youtube, MySpace, Google Videos, etc. Once you’ve downloaded the video, you will have to add the correct extension (.flv) to the end of the file name.

After downloading a file, you have to convert it from a .flv file to something your computer will recognize–usually .avi or .wmv. To convert the file, use the website called Media Converter.

Once you have the video in .avi or .wmv format, then you can use it in most MS office applications. If you are planning on using it with Windows MovieMaker, I recommend converting it to .avi–I’ve had more luck with that one when putting together clips from different videos.

We’ll go over this process in the MovieMaker training scheduled for Wednesday, September 26 (which is probably today for most of you reading this.)