Year of the Rat- Happy New Year

Even teachers in urban areas like New York have trouble sharing videos with their students due to lack bandwidth in their schools.

Finally I found a solution. Download Helper is a Firefox plugin that allows you to save videos to your computer from sites like YouTube to show in your classroom without having to wait for the video to download. Besides Download Helper all you need is a viewer or player, such as VLC, to play the video for your students right from your computer, no waiting- no more choppy videos.



Now students can watch videos such as Year of the Rat, then discuss topics such as empathy, compassion for others, or how another culture welcomes a New Year.

Thanks Manny for sharing this lifesaver application!