Jason ThomasInstructional Systems Technologist South Piedmont Community College

SPCC Distance LearningCOOL TOOL OF THE WEEK

EPISODE 2: Introduction to Video

Episode 2 will delve into the basics of using video to improve education

Future episodes will cover the “how to” portions of the process

Definition

Video recording created through a digital medium rather than analog means

Stored as a computer file rather than standard cassettes or tapes

Distribution

Digital Video can be accessed in two ways

Streamed, such as YouTube

Downloaded, from a link

Popular Sources

YouTube Vimeo

Metacafe

TeacherTube

Hulu Veoh

Reasons to create

What are some ways we could use digital video?

Ideas to enhance the curriculum?

Ideas to promote student understanding?

Ideas to facilitate teacher collaboration?

… as a Teaching Tool

Demonstrate complex processes Provide relevance to a historical

concept Visualize multi-step problems Reinforce previous ideas through

repetition at students’ discretion Share examples of effective methods

for teaching

…as a Teaching Tool

Group projects: field trips; filming speakers or sporting events; a video tour of your degree/certificate program for prospective students.

Class activities: filming participation in projects or presentations.

Class projects: make video an option for some of your more involved class projects. Let students create their own video to show important learning and skills.

Extra-curricular activities: such as making videos for other years or classes, school organizations; demonstrating how to learn a skill, such as play an instrument.

…as a Student Product

Peer Tutorial Videos Infomercials Promotional or Persuasive

Advertisement Music Videos Skits/Plays/Episodes of a “show” Documentaries

A Few Resources for Videos Teacher Tube Google Video ABC Documentaries Academic Earth Best Online Documentaries Big Think PBS Video Blogging Heads Khan Academy

Tutorials

Production: http://www.izzyvideo.com/

Techniques: http://www.digitalvideoediting.com

Terminology: http://www.monet.k12.ca.us/Challenge/VStudio_Class/digital_video_tutorial.htm

General Tutorials: http://www.umw.edu/training/inte/multimedia/video/tutorial/index.htm

Creating Video - Hardware

A computer and …

Webcam OR Video Camcorder

(Flip or other)

http://www.theflip.com

Creating Video - Ideas

Approach it much like your students would approach an essay

What ideas do you want to communicate?

Who is your audience? Why: what response do you want to

achieve? How: which techniques will be most

effective?

Creating Video - Editing

Windows Movie Maker

Jing Project

Creating Video - Uploading Can use commercial sites

YouTube, TeacherTube, etc. Can use your own website with

<embed> Can use Jing’s integrated hosting

throughScreencast.com

Live Video vs. Animations

Live Video Give a “true”

look at what is being visualized

Utilizes actual people or objects

Animations Can show

dangerous processes

Can simplify complex or microscopic ideas

Utilizes Photoshop, Alice or other software

Creation Resources Remix America - Historyhttp://www.remixamerica.org Voice Thread – annotate videoshttp://www.voicethread.com KerPoof – create comics http://www.kerpoof.com Animoto –digital slideshows

with soundtrackhttp://www.animoto.com Voki – your own custom talking avatarhttp://www.voki.com

Other Examples

www.Dailymotion.com: Dailymotion is similar to Current TV, and offers a wide range of random video content.

www.Ifilm.com: A standard video streaming website. www.Megavideo.com: Mega Video is the video streaming service for Megaupload. www.Tudou.com: Tudou is a China-based video streaming website. If you can't

find a video on YouTube, there's a good chance you'll find it on Tudou. www.Youku.com: Nearly a clone of Tudou. www.56.com: Nearly a clone of both Tudou and Youku. www.Crackle.com: More of an Indy/off beat TV shows and movie website, you can

watch webshows and other shows you can't find on TV. www.DevilDucky.com: This website features favorite videos grabbed from many

different sources and aggregated together. The website contains small videos, TV shows, movie trailers, news recaps, fan videos, and more.

www.Break.com: This video website is marketed towards men, and has a list of daily video picks on their homepage. The videos are outrageous, funny, and short.

www.Current.com: Currently in Beta, this website has a wide array of modern video content, and is very similar to YouTube.

www.Newgrounds.com: An awesome and high quality website featuring user submitted satire, animation, and humor videos.

Other Examples

www.Revver.com: You'll find a wide array of content on Revver, most of it high quality and serious. There video base includes interviews, skits, product reviews, movie reviews, animations, and tutorials.

www.Sharkle.com: Not yet popular, the website is similar to YouTube and Metacafe. You can find a large range of personal videos, new recaps, and tv show clips.

www.ZippyVideos.com: Another standard video content sharing website. www.ThatVideoSite.com; This website pulls the most popular videos from a wide range of

websites and lists them all on the homepage for your viewing pleasure. www.StreetFire.net: This website has thousands of videos, most of them dealing with cars in

some way. www.VidiLife: This website looks like a cross between MetaCafe and YouTube, and has thousands

of random videos to search. www.NBC.com: NBC now streams dozens of episodes for free, including Heroes, According to Jim,

and the Biggest Loser. www.Clipshack.com: This website features sort clips, recaps, and small videos of random

content. www.Freevlog.com: This website is aimed at video bloggers, and offers a place for you to upload,

view, and share with other video bloggers. www.BroadbandSports.com: Sports videos on all types can be found on Broadband Sports,

including recaps, highlights, athlete videos, and personal sports videos. www.Flukiest.com: Flukiest is a social networking website, and has an impression video

collection. www.MyVideoKaraoke.com: Do you enjoy karaoke? If so, this website is for you. There are

hundreds of karaoke videos available.

Other Examples

www.Phanfare.com: Phanfare is a unique video sharing website, as it is meant to be used with an iPhone, and makes uploading, sharing, and viewing mobile videos easier than ever.

www.Sevenload.com: Sevenload is a sleek, professional-looking video streaming website with categories such as Music, DIY, Arts, and Politics.

www.VideoBomb.com: The website is a basic, bland video streaming site with random videos.

www.Blinkx.com: Boasting over 32 million hours of video footage. www.BigContact.com: Big Contact allows users to create their own channels, and offers

several professional streaming channels for anyone to watch. www.Ourmedia.org: Our Media lacks a professional site, but has dozens of channels to

search. www.Stickam.com. Stickam is a twist on the modern video streaming site - you can

browse hundreds of live streaming video feeds and interact with the other viewers via a chat box.

www.Trueveo.com: Trueveo streams content from dozens of different sites, including Hulu, Lifetime, and GQ.

www.Videosift.com: Video Sift works very similar to the popular website Digg. Users add videos, and other users 'sift' through them, pushing the good ones to the top, while the poor ones fall to the bottom.

www.ABC.com: ABC, like NBC, now offers a wide array of streaming videos, including full episodes of their most popular TV shows.

Other Examples (last one, I promise) www.Starz Play: Starz Play is offered from Verizon, and allows users to stream hundreds of

blockbuster movies and the Starz TV channel for $10 per month.  www.Archaeologychannel.com: The Archeology Channel offers hours of free streaming video

based on culture, humans, and archeology. www.Open-Video.org: This website is a 'shared digital video collection', and has lecture,

documentary, educational, and historical videos, as well as others, for free streaming. www.Videoart.net: This website only has about 2000 videos, but they are all artist in merit -

animations, documentaries, galleries, narrative, etc. www.Archives.org: The National Archives streams footage of past events and old documentaries,

including space documentaries from the 70's. The News Hour - http://www.pbs.org/newshour/video/ - Miss an important news speak, coverage, or

documentary? The News Hour has regular updates of free, streaming news coverage. www.Museum.tv: Docufest is an online video archive website with access to theater reenactments,

historic video and radio streams, and interviews. www. vids.Myspace.com: Myspace TV offers a wide array of video content, including personal

videos, vlogs, and TV recaps. www.UStream.tv: UStream TV is another live streaming website, allowing users to chat with each

other while watching and participating in live video streams. www.Netflix.com: Netflix has free, unlimited video streaming for all their members, with a low

membership cost of $5.99 per month. www.StupidVideos.com - As the name of the website suggests, don't expect to find enlightening

videos here. However, if you're looking for some good laughs, there's no where better than Stupid Videos.

Other Citations

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_video

http://www.techsupportalert.com/top-5-video-streaming-websites.htm

http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=1543

http://www.openculture.com/2009/06/intelligent_video_the_top_cultural_and_educational_video_sites.html