ClassHook...The BEST Place To Find Popular Movie And TV Media Clips!

I love using media clips with young people and in presentations.  It is a way to engage our learners and draw them into something special they recognize and find inspiring.

Recently I came across a website that provides just that.  It is called ClassHook and their motto is...

Teach, Engage, Inspire and we will do just that by using favorite movies and TV shows in teaching our students.

On the ClassHook website it states,

Today's students have grown up in the digital age: they don't know a world without smartphones, tablets, and wireless internet. As a result, our teaching needs to adapt to their interests. Using popular media clips from ClassHook is one way to engage and inspire your students and position them for success.

TV shows and movies often contain scenes that discuss topics such as Science, Math, Art, Music, and more. While funny and amusing, these scenes also have valid educational merit.

Such scenes not only teach students but also make learning more relevant. Students can associate a concept in class to an image they see in their everyday lives. Bringing television shows and movies to your classroom helps connect students' personal lives to the concepts they are learning in class. As a result, content retention increases, and learning becomes more fun.

From the minute I started looking around ClassHook, I knew I would be hooked too!  

When you are on the homepage, you first see Recently Added Clips or scroll down to see...

What do you want to teach? or Choose a subject.  

Since we are celebrating Poetry Month, I decided to search Poetry.. 

My search gave me 6 results and at the top of the screen I can Refine My Search even more.

From the media clips, I clicked on....

Understanding Poetry from Dead Poets Society. 

From this page, there are a lot of different settings which turns ClassHook into an essential tool for any library or classroom.  

You can Add To Playlist that you create, making it Public or Private.  You can also Bookmark the video and give feedback on Using the clip.  It also allows you to turn the Subtitles off.

There is a little loud speaker right under the clip.  This is to Notify us of profanity in this clip, which is super helpful when using media clips with different age groups.

Each video is also Tagged to the different age groups and subjects it falls into.  You can suggest tags too.

 One of my favorite features of ClassHook is the ability to Add Discussion Questions to any clip.

Underneath the entire clip, you will find the Embed Code and several ways to Share This Clip.  

I embedded it....

within this post. It looks perfect!  

Here are a few more tips about Classhook they shared under About Us...

• We're an incredibly friendly team, so don't hesitate to drop us a note for any reason. We'd love to hear from you!

• Our grand vision is to develop a more knowledgeable society by best utilizing the time spent in class. Imagine if every student learned one new fact in every single class as a result of paying more attention throughout their schooling. They'll have learned so much more!

• Many of our clips are vetted by teachers through our Clip Vetter Program.

• We actively maintain our library of clips and replace any broken links. This means that a link to a clip on ClassHook is more reliable than a link to a clip on YouTube. When a YouTube clip goes down, it's gone. When we notice a broken link on ClassHook, we make our best effort to replace it, sometimes spending over an hour to find a replacement.

And just as I stated before...

Bringing television shows and movies to your classroom helps connect students' personal lives to the concepts they are learning in class. As a result, content retention increases, and learning becomes more fun.

I think we can all agree with that.  And after you spend time on ClassHook you will agree, it is the BEST place to find educational clips from popular TV shows and movies too! 

You can find ClassHook here.