Video host sites

Here's an email I received from a friend who was doing research for me on video host sites:


Video Hosting Sites

Potential Issues - Many sites will make recomendations to other videos. Sometimes the recomended videos are totally inappropriate. Additionally, many districts have decided to block sites rather then take time to figure out appropriate ways to use them. Often you can get some of these unblocked if you talk to the right people.

YouTube - Most common site, but it is blocked in many schools. If you use Google Sites then you may want to use YouTube as embedding videos into Sites from YouTube is seamless. Embedding videos from other hosts is a lot more difficult (nearly impossible).
Google Video - Also fairly common. Just like YouTube, Google Video allows you to easily embed videos into a Google Site. Go figure, the video hosts that Google owns work well with the other tools they own.
Blip.tv - This is the one I use. I can upload files in multiple formats (so users can download high quality video), it allows for easy creation of podcasts, and it will cross upload to the archive.org.
Archive.org - Site trying to archive the entire internet. This one is cool because after a video completes it does not recommend other videos. Thus avoiding a potential pitfall of using other video hosting sites with students.
Ourmedia - Partners with the Internet Archive and Blip. Free hosting of a variety of files.
Vimeo - Upload up to 500 mb/week. The original files can be made available for download.
Metacafe - All videos are reviewed before they go live. The have policies against "bad stuff".
TeacherTube - This is basically a school friendly version of YouTube. There is no limit on video length.
SchoolTube - Another school friendly alternative. This one includes some sort of vetting process. Someone (or multiple individuals) serves as an Administrator for the school and will have to approve all video uploads from your school. Videos must be shorter than 10 min.
Video Editing Sites listed above