I came across TubeChop and similar services last year, so I tried it for a couple of videos. I wanted to show a short segment from a a ~30 minute show, highlighting how a "retired" landfill was becoming host to a type of solar panel that can be unrolled like a giant tarp. I was planning to insert the clip here, but I realized that the version of my power point available on the school web page is older, so I can't access it from home. Instead, here is a short clip of the eruption of Mt. St. Helens.
At school I have a (paper) file with some other similar services to TubeChop - when I have a chance to retrieve I will share the names of those sites.
One problem with TubeChop - I have been unable to find a way to embed edited videos directly into a power point presentation. You can do this with a full-length YouTube video, either using a somewhat complicated process, or by installing an add-on called i-Spring Free. The latter makes it quite easy to insert videos in a slide - which allows for smoother playback (if you are using power point already) and eliminates the potentially distracting comments and "related" videos that appear alongside a video on the main YouTube site.
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