It sometimes can be useful to have videos you want to use in class organized in an online “playlist” that is easy to create. There are some applications that let you do that, but only with YouTube and/or MySpace videos. Since those sites are blocked by most school content filters, I’m not going to include them in this list. However, there are a few (very few, unfortunately) that let you use ones from sites that tend to be unblocked, like TeacherTube, as well as other sites. Those are the ones on this list.

Here are my choices for The Best Ways To Create Online Video Playlists:

Embedr is the one many teachers use, and it makes it pretty darn easy to create a video playlist. I’ve even heard some people say that YouTube videos on their Embedr playlists have been able to get pass content filters, though that has not been my experience.

World TV is a new site that also makes it quite easy to create such a list.

Movieclips has thousands of short video clips from movies and they’re not blocked by our content filter! And they’re available without registering — except for clips that have “mature” content. The clips are categorized by theme, character, setting, mood, and more. They’re incredibly detailed. That in itself makes it a wonderful resource. But that’s not why it’s on this list. It also has a “Mashups” feature that lets you create video playlists of clips you choose.

Radbox looks like an impressive tool for creating video playlists. Instead of describing it here, I’d recommend you check-out Jeff Thomas’ complete description.

ShortForm lets you easily create your own “channel” of YouTube videos. It would make it easy to “curate” videos that a teacher would want to use in a classroom if you’re in a district like mine that gives teachers access to YouTube. Thanks to TechCrunch for the tip.

B00mBox lets you create a YouTube playlist collaboratively with others of your choice.

Vidque is a new site that lets you collect videos from several online video sites.

Magnify Free lets you create your own video playlist and video channel.

Not that the world necessarily needs another tool to let you easily organize playlists from various video-hosting sites but, nevertheless, Yokto is another good entry into the field.

Veengle is a neat tool that lets you clips sections from YouTube videos and create a playlist to show them all together. You can read more about it at Richard Byrne’s blog.

ShortForm lets you grab videos from YouTube, Vimeo and Hulu to create your own video “channel” that can also be embedded. In addition, you can create live events where videos can be shown to an audience. You can read more about it at TechCrunch.

Let me know if you have suggestions of other apps that lets you create video playlists — ones that are not just YouTube and/or MySpace videos.

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(There is a new site called List and Play. It does only use YouTube videos, but it’s so easy to use I thought some readers might find it useful and am including it here as an “addendum.”)