Instructions to Convert a You Tube Video into a Power Point Presentation

Technology in the classroom is constantly changing and it will continue to be a challenge as we go forward toward the future. MySpace, Facebook and YouTube are becoming increasingly popular among students. I found that you can download a YouTube video and insert it in a PowerPoint presentation. I used it in my Psych presentation on "Bereavement Overload". Below are the instructions that I composed at the Psychology professor's request. Feel free to use them for your classroom presentations

1) Type in or click on the following web address: http://www.videocodezone.com/conversion.php. You can download AND convert on this website and best of all it is FREE!

2) Open another browser and go to http://www.youtube.com to find the video you want. All videos have a URL address that goes with that video. Highlight all of that video’s web address (URL) and paste it into the address bar that says FROM URL on the http://www.videocodezone.com/conversion.php. (see below)

Video Conversion From URL

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From URL: eg: http://youtube.com/watch?v=k66epna2Sss Output Format: 3GP/3G2 Video (.3gp) Audio Video Interleave (.avi) Apple Quicktime (.mov) Motion Picture Expert Group (.mpg, .mpeg, .vob) MPEG-4 (.mp4) AMV Video Format (.amv) Flash SWF (.swf) Game Psp(.psp) Divx AVI,Xvid AVI (.avi) Flv Video (.flv) Mpeg4 Mov(.mov) IPOD MP4 Video (.mp4) PLAYSTATION (PSP) MP4 Video (.mp4) MP3 (.mp3)

3) Then choose the VIDEO OUTPUT you want. The recommended video outputs are .mov and .mpg (.avi is not recommended).

4) Click on the CONVERT/DOWNLOAD button. (This will take some time so be patient.)

5) After a short time another web address will appear. RIGHT CLICK on that address and SAVE TARGET AS. You can save it where you want it on your computer.

6) Now you have a copy of that YouTube video on your computer that you can burn to a CD, insert into a PowerPoint presentation or just keep for future uses.