Shannon Holden, an ed-tech enthusiast and veteran teacher and administrator who created newteacherhelp.com, students don’t need at-home internet access, as long as their teacher has a little technology know-how. “It all happens thanks to a USB drive,” explained Holden. “The excuse of ‘our kids don’t have the internet so we can’t flip the classroom’ is gone. If we get inventive enough, 100 percent of kids will be able to participate in the process. According to Holden, software called aTube Catcher allows users to download all kinds of videos from the internet, such as videos from YouTube, Khan Academy, Vimeo, and more. First, educators should go to the video they’d like to select. For example, if the video is housed on YouTube (from the educator or otherwise), click on the video, then highlight and copy the web address of the video. 
Next, educators should go into their aTube Catcher software and paste the link in the box provided and choose “MP4” as the video format. 
Hit ‘download’ and the video will covert within the software, which might take a few minutes. 
An icon will then appear on the educator’s desktop once the video is downloaded, or will appear in the designated area aTube Catcher has indicated within the software; for example, this could appear in the My Videos folder. 
(Next page: Using the USB and Holden’s video)
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