I was just trying to get to sleep early tonight after a big week, and the thought of using video blogging in my teaching popped into my head. I hadn’t really considered doing this previously, and the potential of it has got me pretty excited.
I had a look around to see if anyone was using vlogging in teaching, and came across a few interesting sites/articles.
Freevlog are doing something like what I was thinking about for teaching, but they appear to be a couple of vloggers who are creating self-help and educational resources for the love of it.
Peter Meng, a technical business analyst for the University of Missouri prepared an interesting article titled
Podcasting & Vodcasting – Definitions, Discussions & Implications
In it he discusses the likely rapid emergence of these technologies into teaching, their potential uses, and the implications of this on infrastructure.
Might try getting back to sleep now that that’s out of my system….
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February 13, 2008 at 11:16 pm
Sue Waters
Check out how Richard Meagher uses video with his Chemistry students. What he does is take is Powerpoints that he uses in class, narrates them to create short videos that students can use to revise difficult concepts. He also creates videos to explain hard concepts. He uses Camtasia Studio to create his video which means he can also create an audio file at the same time.
February 18, 2008 at 5:41 pm
Sarah Stewart
This is something I am very interested in & want to explore further when I get time. We must get someone to show us how to use Camtasia, David.
February 18, 2008 at 8:28 pm
davidmcquillan
Yes, well I can use Camstudio, but Camtasia does seem to be a step up. I’ve just had my computer re-imaged (due to be rolled out to everyone 1/2 way through the year), and the new image has Camtasia Studio 5 as a standard application
. I believe that Helen Lindsay taught herself how to use Camtasia fairly easily, so it’s probably not too hard to figure out, but if there’s a training session on Camtasia, I’d be keen.