I mentioned that I had found a number of streaming satellite television web sites before. This time Rob pointed me over to Videohybrid, where you can watch full length movies and television shows online.  Again, I do question the legality of the web site and could see it being shut down by copyright holders in the very near future, but it is worth a look.

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Update:  You may have to try the web site again later, as it is quite busy.

I really am amazed when I look at all the resources that are freely available that help educators to drive their own professional development.  I don’t really care what you want to call it “personal learning environment”, “professional learning environment” or "ple."  Arguing over syntax seems like a waste of time to me and doesn’t seem to go anywhere. (i.e. “learning objects”)

Aside from online communities, blogs and podcasts, I personally enjoy watching keynote, conference presentations and a variety of video content that has been archived online.  I find that these are often the greatest motivators that help immerse me in new innovations or just inspire me.

Here my current favourites:

NECC2006 and here  (I hope to make it to this conference)

Building Learning Communities 2006  (I hope to make it to this conference)

Teachers.tv

TedTalks  

Curriculum Services Canada  

Cue Conference  

Leading Learning 2006  

Leading Learning 2005  

Annenberg Media Center  

Google Video engEDU and Educational Genre  

Frontline  

When I feel the need to start looking at Higher Ed. materials:

Stanford on iTunes  

Berkeley
on iTunes  

MIT World 

Archive.org  

Please feel free to add your favourites.

(Ah!  – Alan – I created another list again – shall we start another shared tag in del.icio.us?)

Update:

I have added the shared tag "pdvideo" in del.icio.us for adding any resources to the list.  If you need a batch renaming tool for del.icio.us try Scripted Remark, it worked well for me.