Blog It’s no secret that most educators use YouTube videos in the classroom. But as many educators know, YouTube is sometimes blocked, and videos contain ads and other distractions. At best, this is a minor inconvenience, and at worst, students are exposed to inappropriate content. Many of the videos hosted on ClassHook are streamed from YouTube. […]
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A New Discussions Experience on ClassHook
Related Guide: How to Create Live Discussions on ClassHook When students have the opportunity to analyze media and participate in discussion around a topic, they learn more effectively. At ClassHook, we’ve been hard at work creating a better way for you to conduct discussions with your students. We read over your feedback, and after 15,000 […]
ClassHook Pricing Updates Coming February 1, 2021
On February 1, 2021, we’re updating ClassHook’s pricing to better accommodate the needs of educators and our business. But don’t worry: we’ll be adding new and exciting features to Premium very soon. What’s changing Our monthly plan pricing is changing to $15/month (from $10/month) Our annual plan pricing is changing to $99/year (from $60/year) Feature […]
How to cultivate more curiosity in the classroom
Popular media can inspire a culture of curiosity in the classroom. How? By building on students’ personal prior knowledge of known movie clips to create a sense of relatability and understanding in an engaging, responsive manner. Using content from TV shows and movies can ease students into new educational lessons and make the academic content […]
Supporting Special Education Through ClassHook
ClassHook strives to accommodate a variety of learners and their needs. We want to assist all students in their learning process whether it is through our educational clips that teach social-emotional learning or through our video features that can be adjusted to suit the needs of students with learning disabilities. ClassHook has been beneficial in […]
How to Create Live Discussions on ClassHook
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Using Videos in Online or Distance Learning
The coronavirus impacts more than just our health— it impacts the way we teach and the way students learn. As schools close to deal with this growing pandemic, educators and students find themselves having to adjust to online learning. Making the Jump from Physical Classrooms to Online Learning Millions have already embraced online learning. There […]
ClassHook’s Referral Program: Share and Earn!
Updated on January 22, 2021 Calling all ClassHook lovers: Do you share ClassHook with other educators near and far? We’ve started a referral program to reward our fans. Now you can earn up to 6 free weeks of ClassHook Premium for inviting others to spice up their lessons with our videos. When you refer another […]
ClassHook Pricing Updates Coming February 1, 2020
Starting February 1, 2020, we’ll be changing ClassHook’s pricing to better accommodate the needs of educators and our business. We believe these changes will provide more clarity as to what’s included in ClassHook Premium and give educators more flexibility on how they pay for ClassHook. What’s changing We’re adding a monthly plan at $10/month Our […]
Encourage Inquiry with Student Questions
When showing videos in your classroom, it can be difficult to gauge student understanding. You may pause the video to ask clarifying questions, or you might ask students to complete an activity after watching the video. However, these methods don’t always reach all of your learners since the most active participants will respond to your […]