If you would like to show an online video in a lecture but are afraid you won't have reliable Internet access, it might be a good idea to download that video to your hard drive first. You can quickly and easily download videos from sites such as YouTube or Google Videos by using a free service at http://en.savefrom.net/.
http://en.savefrom.net/ will give you the option to download the streaming video in a variety of formats such as MOV, MP4 or WMV. Just paste the video's URL into the website's search box & then hit 'download' and select the file format you desire. You can then run the video directly from your hard drive or insert it into a PowerPoint presentation.
