Quietube

We do a daily news show at PME, and post it on our YouTube channel. One of the frustrations of many of the elementary teachers was the direct YouTube link. We're all familiar with them. You watch your video in the center, and you see all kinds of videos on the side, and then "recommended videos" at the end. I'm not sure how these are selected, but I do know this: they aren't always appropriate for children!

Quietube is something of a solution for this problem. Here's how it works.

Go to the Quietube website. (You can always just google Quiet Tube, or type in www.quietube.com (note that there is only one t). On the website there is a Quietube button, which you simply drag to your browser bar, in any web browser.

Now you can go to YouTube and select any video. When you have the video (in the browser window - normal size, not enlarged), click on the quietube button on your browser bar. The video will re-open in a new window (or tab) without the additional videos around the edges. Voila!







So your video can go from this:

to this:

You will still see the "boxes" with "suggested videos" at the end of your video. I haven't found a solution for removing those, but if I do, you can be sure I'll let you know. One thing I have found is that if I leave several seconds of black at the end of the video, people will close the window prior to having those boxes appear.

This solution works great when sharing a video with anyone, or when posting it on a web page. In my experience, however, if you can post a video directly from YouTube to a classroom management program, such as Schoology, this will take care of the problem for you and you won't need to worry about advertisements. This is an even better solution, when possible!