Blog What is the Request Subtitle Improvement feature? Our subtitles are automatically generated, and while they’re often pretty accurate, they’re not perfect. When showing videos to your students, you want them to retain as much of the illustrated concepts as possible. If a video’s subtitles are misspelled, incorrect, or completely missing, students can miss important information and improperly […]
Premium Feature Series #1: Playlist Collaboration
What is the Playlist Collaboration feature? We are excited to provide you with new ways of collaborating with other educators. Playlist Collaboration is a new feature that allows you to build video playlists with other teachers. The people you invite do not need to have ClassHook Premium but will need a ClassHook account. How do […]
Introducing ClassHook Premium
Today, we’re thrilled to announce the launch of ClassHook Premium!! 🎉🎉🎊🎊 ClassHook Premium is a new subscription plan that is packed with features designed to help you more quickly and easily find clips specific to your lessons. Before I dive into ClassHook Premium, you might be wondering about our free plan. Yes, you can still […]
Feature Update: February 2018
Today, we’re excited to announce improvements when viewing clips that contain profanity! While we strive to minimize the number of clips on ClassHook that have profanity, there are quite a lot of clips that have valuable lessons but unfortunately contain a swear or two. We hear that educators would like to use some of these […]
Five Spooky Classroom Activities for Halloween
Kids and adults are dressing up as a banana or a princess, your neighbor’s decorations are giving you a heart attack, and that sweet, sweet candy is everywhere – Halloween is here. Yes, it’s on a school day, which means students can’t wait to get out of class, trick-or-treat, and return home with five pounds […]
Feature Update: October 2017
Today, we’re excited to announce improvements to subtitles! Most clips on ClassHook currently have accompanying subtitles that allow for greater flexibility when using the clip. We understand that subtitles benefit all students, especially those with challenges in hearing, and as such we are heavily invested in them. We took a look at our subtitles support […]
Featured Teacher #4 – Angela Van Batavia
Featured Teacher #4 Featured Teachers is an initiative by ClassHook to recognize the amazing work that teachers do every day. Each Featured Teacher post will focus on the work of one particular teacher and how that teacher teaches, engages, and inspires his or her students using popular media. Today we are featuring Angela Van Batavia! […]
ClassHook Clip Critique #2 – Bart Catches a Three-Eyed Fish
View the clip TV Show: The Simpsons (Season 2, Episode 4) Appropriate for: Middle school and above Dave Shutton, an investigative reporter, approaches Bart and Lisa as they’re fishing and talks to them. In the middle of their conversation, Bart catches a genetically-mutated fish with three eyes, earning him a spot on the front page […]
ClassHook Clip Critique #1 – The Gang Explains Democracy
View the clip TV Show: It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (Season 7, Episode 4) Appropriate for: Middle school and above In this clip, Mac, Dennis, and Charlie are tired of Frank making all the decisions in the bar because of his dishonest nature. The three want a voting process, a democracy, in which everybody gets […]
Feature Update: September 2017
Today, we’re excited to announce improvements to the clip browsing experience! There are two primary methods of finding clips on ClassHook: searching and browsing. We’ve been focused on creating a simple and intuitive search experience to save you time when finding clips. Recent enhancements such as new filters made it easier than before to find […]