Free Audio and Video Resources
YouTube blocked? There are lots of other free online video resources available...though YouTube has launched an .edu version, since so many schools are using it.
Don't forget to try Advanced Search features of Google to search for types of files -- add things like "filetype:swf" to your search to find all the Shockwave mini-videos on the topic around the web. If you try "earth filetype:swf" you will get links to sites that have little animated videos about the movement of the Earth. "filetype:ppt" gets all sorts of PowerPoint slides that you never knew existed!
In addition, "filetype:mov", avi, or mp4 should bring more videos and "filetype:wav" or mp3 should bring music to your ears...
Also, "site:.edu" just sends you to .edu sites and paths you may not have found otherwise.
Overall
Video
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Teachers' Domain -- Free video resources, 1,000 videos via WGBH (PBS Boston) -- A Pathways project of the National Science Digital Library. Major funding for Teachers’ Domain is provided by the National Science Foundation
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NextVista.org -- This free, online, and content-screened library being built by and for teachers and students around the globe. Current collections are Light Bulbs (explanations of academic topics), Seeing Service (profiles of those who help others), and Global Views (videos of communities around the world)
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Teacher Tube -- uploaded videos from teachers
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How2Kids -- videos for kids by kids about how to use technology to do cool things. Also iKidTools, more recent videos with kids sharing about how they think about Internet.
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Video at MIT -- video from MIT lectures, community, and other related sources
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AcademicEarth.org -- online videos from many universities
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Studio4Learning.tv -- high school educational videos for free
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TED -- top thought leaders videos for free from the famous TED conference each year -- lots of great ideas
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Children's Film Festivals -- not only share video but gain community and recognition
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Internet Archive -- various free video clips
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School Tube -- student-sharing video space for school projects, based in St. Louis, MO; teacher-monitored resource
- History Channel video archive
Audio:
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Make Your Own -- why not make your own resources using the tools on our Create page!
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Internet Archive -- audio recordings
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History & Politics Out Loud-- Univ. of Michigan program
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FindSounds -- this just searches for sound files. Yes, we searched for burp and were not disappointed...
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Partners in Rhyme: various free sound effects, though they have many for sale as "Royalty free" (you only pay once)