A while back I wrote an article Flipping out for Fliggo that was posted by Technology & Learning. I can’t tell you how many people stopped me or wrote to tell me how much they enjoyed the product. Well, as many of you already know….Fliggo was replaced with another product that I do not recommend for educational use. I have vigilantly been seeking a substitute for Fliggo for a while now.
Today I found Drag On Tape, a resource I feel comfortable recommending as a reasonable (not perfect) replacement to Fliggo. Drag On Tape is a mashup that makes it easy to post and combine different YouTube into one video that can be clipped and watched without a link back to YouTube. When posting and developing video clips choose the Tape is Locked/Tape is Public options prior to saving your clip(s) so that students cannot change or add videos. By the way, the YouTube video is present and visible on all the videos you import, but when users try to click on the logo to go to YouTube, they are taken back to the Drag On Tape timeline of videos. Registration for this Beta tool is free with email verification.
Check out this site on your classroom computer prior to using it for a lesson, particularly if YouTube is blocked by your school filter. Review Drag On Tape with your Technology Coordinator…it could serve as a valuable “work-around” for teachers and students who want to share valid, curricular YouTubes in class or as an assignment. Click on the link below to view the sample stop frame videos I posted to share with students who will be using my Claymation Animation WebQuest later this Fall.
