Multimedia

Videos and Podcasts

• Meet the Author

  See a list of our exclusive interviews with top children's book authors and illustrators that you can watch online, or download as video or audio podcasts through Google Video, iTunes, OMN, and others.

• Meet the Experts

  Colorín Colorado and the American Federation of Teachers present a new series of audio podcasts, featuring interviews with leaders in the English language learner (ELL) education field
  from across the country.

• Becoming Bilingual

  Acclaimed actress, Rita Moreno, hosts Becoming Bilingual, a 30-minute PBS program that examines the challenges of teaching children to read in a new language. The show visits six cities across the country to learn about the different ways schools are working to create bilingual readers. Becoming Bilingual is the seventh episode of the award-winning series Launching Young Readers.

• AFT Toolkit Workshop: Reaching out to Hispanic parents of English language learners

  Reading Rockets and the American Federation of Teachers have developed the Colorín Colorado-AFT Toolkit for Teachers: Reaching Out to Hispanic Parents of English Language Learners. This toolkit includes background information on reaching out to Hispanic parents, four sample workshops, videos in Spanish and English, and bilingual handouts.

Rights Information

Please note that by downloading Colorín Colorado video or audio podcasts, you agree to the following Creative Commons license.

About Podcasts and Videostreaming

Podcasts

Podcasts are video or audio files you can download to your iPod, computer, or other device. Many Colorín Colorado programs are available for download as either a video or audio podcast. Please note that a 20-minute video clip is about a 46MB file — this will take awhile to download, even if you have a broadband connection.

Colorín Colorado podcasts are available from the following:

• Google Video

  The easiest way to watch and download Colorín Colorado video podcasts is through Google Video. Go to video.google.com and search for "Colorin Colorado" to see what's available. You can watch immediately or download the video to a Windows or Mac computer, Video iPod, or Sony PSP.

• iTunes

  Colorín Colorado audio podcasts are available through iTunes. Download the iTunes player and search for "Colorín Colorado". When "Meet the Author" comes up, click on the arrow next to "clean" to see all of our audio podcasts. You can subscribe to Colorín Colorado podcasts, which means that new ones will automatically be made available to you as they are released.

• OMN

  The Open Media Network (OMN) is public broadcasting's digital distribution service. OMN offers the highest quality downloads of all the services. First, download the OMN player. Then click on the "Guide" tab and put "reading" in the search box to find all of Colorín Colorado' podcasts, both audio and video. You can get a "season ticket" to Colorín Colorado podcasts, which means that new ones will automatically be made available to you as they are released.

Videostreaming

Many people want to watch a program online without downloading it. This is called videostreaming. The advantage of videostreaming is that it's very quick — the video plays immediately on your computer. The quality of videostreaming is not as good as podcast downloads, however, and you can't save the file for later viewing or put the file on a portable media device.

Videostreaming links are provided throughout the Colorín Colorado web site so you can watch online. The video will appear in Windows Media Player which most PC computers already have installed. Macintosh users can download the free Flip4Mac playback file, which allows you to play Windows Media files in your QuickTime player.