PsychClips is a great new web site for psychology teachers to share video and audio clips that are hosted on youtube-type sites.

There are already almost 100 video clips on PsychClips and with other psychology teachers help this should grow considerably. Some of the videos are the better-known ones such as the Milgram and Zimbardo clips but there are already some lesser-known ones that psychology teachers may not have seen before embedded on the site.

The site is free although you do have to register. Teachers who have already registered for PsychExchange can use their existing user name and password to access PsychClips.

Possibly the best feature of PsychClips is the book-marking facility. Teachers can add clips to their own profile so that they have instant access to these psychology clips when they log on. This is so useful for teachers who have access to networked interactive white-boards in their classroom – like me.

For a list of youtube-type video sharing sites check out yube.co.uk

Steve Taylor from onlineclassroom.tv has kindly provided psychnews.co.uk with an excellent DVD to give away as a prize.

Classic Studies in Psychology 1 is a best selling, smashing DVD, which consists of a five short video programmes designed to give teachers the flexibility to integrate illustrative video material into their lessons. This compact DVD features original footage, up to date expert analysis and reinforcing graphics to bring five major studies to life.

The five classic studies include the Strange Situation, Bandura on Social Learning, Loftus on Eye Witness Testimony, Milgram’s Experiments on Obedience and Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison Experiment.

To win the DVD is very easy really. All you have to do is subscribe to this site (psychnews.co.uk) by entering your email into the box on the right and following a link in your email which activates your subscription.  You will then be entered into the free draw.

On April 30th your email will be picked out (somehow randomly – although I am not quite sure which random method I should use – suggestions welcome) and give the lucky recipient a week to reply to the email. If this recipient does not reply, I will do the same random procedure again until somebody wins the classic studies psychology 1 DVD.

I promise that the winner will not be an employee of psychnews (psychnews doesn’t have any employees) or any member of psychnews’ family (as nobody related to psychnews reads this blog as far as I know).

Anybody who already subscribes to this site will automatically be entered into the prize draw although you could always subscribe again with an alternative email to double your chance of winning the prize. Obviously all email addresses will have to be genuine for this crafty way of winning to work.

There is a review of the DVD here.

Uniview have announced today that they are to film Zimbardo’s talk at the Emmanuel Centre in London. The talk is on the afternoons of Tuesday 18 March and Wednesday 19 March 2008. The DVD ‘Zimbardo Speaks’, will be available shortly afterwards.

Below is the press release.

South West Conferences present a unique opportunity for A level Psychology students to hear legendary Professor Zimbardo talk about his research and new book, and it’s all being caught on film!March is an exciting time for UK students of psychology as The Emmanuel Centre in London welcomes Professor Philip G. Zimbardo to discuss his past research and current book. The revision conference is organised by South West Conferences, a small consultancy company specialising in psychology A level students conferences and Teacher INSET courses, run by psychology teacher and author Cara Flanagan.Professor Zimbardo has previously taught at Yale, Columbia and NYU but was a professor at the Stanford University from 1968 up until his recent retirement. Zimbardo has won many awards for his work and has become a media personality as a result of his captivating studies. He has also been president of both the Western Psychological Association and the American Psychological Association.Zimbardo is probably best known for his fascinating 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment, whereby college students were assigned the role of guard or inmate in order to study the psychological and behavioural effects of imprisonment. Those selected at random to be ‘guards’ became so sadistic and those acting as ‘prisoners’ so depressed, that the two-week study was stopped after just six days. The study has created such public and media interest that a feature-length film is currently being made by Maverick Films and directed by Oscar winning director, Christopher McQuarrie.

Following the success of Short Cuts 1 Classic Studies in Psychology, the second Short Cuts collection is being launched in early 2008. If you haven’t already purchased Classic Studies you can purchase it from onlineclassroom.tv

Research in Context: Making statistics accessible
In response to a need identified by teachers, this collection focuses on the new emphasis in the 2008 specs on integrating ‘science’ and statistical analysis into the curriculum.

Each video has been designed to appeal to a student audience: students are featured throughout and each point is grounded in clear illustrative examples.

Each of the five programmes includes a 5-minute video, PowerPoint presentation and tried and tested activities to enhance teaching and learning experiences for students.

As a special bonus the DVD also includes a statistics package, so that students can practice statistical analysis using computer software.

1 How Science Works
Using Piaget’s classic conservation experiment and Donaldson & McGarrigle’s ‘Naughty Teddy’ critique, this video provides an accessible introduction to the hypothetical-deductive method and how scientific knowledge changes and develops.

2 Descriptive Statistics
Two rival bands are vying for a record contract, but what can the producer learn from attendance at their previous concerts? How does an educational psychologist use IQ tests? Descriptive statistics made accessible with clear examples.

3 Data Presentation
A psychologist is studying lonely hearts dating, but what’s the best way of matching data and presentation? Here different types of data meet their pie chart, line graph, scatter graph and bar chart partners.

4 Data Analysis
Simple memory tests are used to give a clear visual representation of nominal, ordinal data and interval data, and how psychologists find out if their results are statistically significant? A statistical analysis package is included.

5 Data Interpretation
Data never ‘speak for themselves’. Here a questionnaire study measuring levels of aggression amongst students is used illustrate data interpretation with tests of difference and data evaluation with the key criteria of validity and reliability.

The price will be about £50.00 + VAT and the DVD should be availabile from Feb/March 2008.  As soon as the DVD is released I will post a review.  I am sure that it will it be as  good as the first Short Cuts DVD which was a real hit with my students.