What is Vital? Free online library for grades K-12 and its free from Channel 13 Over 3,500 resources and constantly updating First created by teachers and called Teachers Domain

Why Aligned to NYS Learning Standards Brings the real word into classroom with real applications Engaging-students love it Meets various learning styles Filmstrips are interchangeable Can access information through grade level or topic

Why ( continued ) Videos are short and students do not see grade level. Helps with some of the challenges we face teaching new topics or review Motivating videos from Nova, and Cyber Kids and current happenings in the world. Contains diagrams, graphs and other visual aid.

How is this helpful to Teachers? Each video is accompanied with a description of the lesson, lesson plan, focus activity and assessment. Many lessons contain a graphic organizers It is easy to differentiate May be used in a small group or whole class Wide variety of subjects and is constantly updating