EDFB 4338: Audio/Visual

Art21 is a celebrated global leader in presenting thought-provoking and sophisticated content about contemporary art, and the go-to place to learn first-hand from the artists of our time.

NPR PodCast

Art School is a KQED web video series that introduces contemporary artists who discuss their careers and intentions, then demonstrate hands-on techniques or concepts.

This is the link to the Leonardo DaVinci video, but there is an entire set of these for younger kids.

The Getty Museum and the Teaching Channel have teamed up to produce a 19-part video series, available free online, that shows specific strategies for using art to engage students in all academic subjects. The videos are geared to elementary and middle school students, but also apply to students with mild to moderate special needs, and to the high school ELL classroom.

Pod Casts focused on Art issues from the How Stuff Works collection. Each Pod Cast comes along with an informative web page of information about the topic discussed.

NPR PodCast

Links and lists of BBC documentaries on English Literature

Pod Casts focused on Literature issues from the How Stuff Works collection. Each Pod Cast comes along with an informative web page of information about the topic discussed.

NPR landing page for all podcasts focused on literature.

Pod Casts from the New York Public Library focusing on topics from Literature to History & Music with a surprising roster of guests from John Lithgow to Rick Rubin.

In English, and with both English and Spanish subtitles.

NPR landing page for all of the Pod Casts on government.

An interactive visual search tool that allows users to explore the human body in 3-D.

This is a product by HealthLine - a US privately-owned provider of online health information.

NPR PodCast- Ann Thompson reports on the latest trends in technology and their effects on medicine, safety, the environment or entertainment

Pod Casts focused on Health issues from the How Stuff Works collection. Each Pod Cast comes along with an informative web page of information about the topic discussed.

Pod Casts focused on Sports issues from the How Stuff Works collection. Each Pod Cast comes along with an informative web page of information about the topic discussed.

1000s of high-quality medical pictures produced as vector images for Powerpoint. Non-commercial use is free.

PBS Newshour Extra--News for Students and Teacher Resources 7-12 Grade Level.

"The early newsreels, including the complete series of United Newsreel and Universal Newsreel capture history as it was made and reported to viewers of the time. The collection also contains award-winning documentaries, featuring dramatic reenactments and engaging analysis from prominent scholars and experts, that bring history alive for students and give library patrons hundreds of educational video titles they can view at home or in the classroom."

Renowned U.S. historians Ed Ayers, Peter Onuf, and Brian Balogh have been tearing up the radio waves and podcast-sphere for a while now. Their tactic is to rip a story from the headlines and dive deeply into the historical backstory of that moment in the news.

This is the history lover’s history podcast. Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History‘s deep dives are the deepest out there, from diving deep into historical topics or interjecting historical context into current events.

Pod Casts centered on history from the How Stuff Works collection. Each Pod Cast comes along with an informative web page of information about the topic discussed.

"The richness and variety of the Library’s exhibitions reflect the universal and diverse nature of the Library’s collections. Four major themes underlie most of the exhibitions—the presentation of great libraries and written traditions; the exploration of America’s past and character; the examination of world cultures and history; and the celebration of events, individuals, and works that shaped the twentieth century and beyond."

Pod Casts from the New York Public Library focusing on topics from Literature to History & Music with a surprising roster of guests from John Lithgow to Rick Rubin.

"Thousands of free, high-quality videos, lesson plans, and other standards-aligned digital resources for your social studies classroom."

Pod Casts focused on history topics, broken down by century/ topic/ focus.

"Online collection includes home movies, amateur films, advertisements, local television, industrial and corporate productions, as well as Hollywood and internationally produced moving images of Texas."

"Dynamic displays of rare and unique items, with historical narratives, transcriptions, and links for further research."

Authors Levitt & Dubner (Freakonomics & SuperFreakonomics) explore topics from statistics, economics and psychology in this popular podcast.

As a teacher and mathematician Jason Marshall holds the listener’s hand as he cuts through the math jargon.

An independent podcast presented by engineer and teacher, Erik Seligman, these 5 minute podcast episodes are a mix and myth-busting and math, with some jokes thrown in.

Tim Harford investigates numbers in the news. Numbers are used in every area of public debate. But are they always reliable? Tim and the More or Less team try to make sense of the statistics which surround us.

Don't let the name fool you, this podcast by Peter Rowlett, Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, features mathematicians talking about their work as well as features on maths history and maths news.

NPR PodCast- Ann Thompson reports on the latest trends in technology and their effects on medicine, safety, the environment or entertainment

Pod Casts focused on Science, broken down by topic, from the How Stuff Works collection. Each Pod Cast comes along with an informative web page of information about the topic discussed.

Pod Casts focused on Technology form the How Stuff Works collection. Each Pod Cast comes along with an informative web page of information about the topic discussed.

This is the landing page for all of the NPR Pod Casts on science & medicine.

Pod Casts focused on Music from the How Stuff Works collection. Each Pod Casts comes along with an informative web page of information about the topic discussed.

The entire digitized collection of the LIbrary of Congress in particular films dealing with music.

Library of Congress Films- specifically talking about music

This is the landing page for all of the NPR PodCasts focused on music.

Pod Casts from the New York Public Library focusing on topics from Literature to History & Music with a surprising roster of guests from John Lithgow to Rick Rubin.

Digital resources that include many Spanish language documents.

Alt.Latino is a spotlight on the world of Latinx arts and culture through music, stories and conversation.