Photobucket can now host videos. It is not as good a site as YouTube for searching and looking at each others photos and video. However, my videos appear more clear when hosted on photobucket.
Friday, May 23, 2008
photobucket.com
I used to attach photos to messages and thought it would be nice to embed them in the messages themselves. That way, the photo would look to be part of the message and not something the reader had to download. I soon found photobucket.com and used this as a place to host my photos and then would embed them in my online course posts and e-mails using the html and other forms of links available. For this blog and most of my other uses, I use the html code. The other choices of codes and links gives you the flexibility to embed photos in a variety of different types of messages.
Photobucket can now host videos. It is not as good a site as YouTube for searching and looking at each others photos and video. However, my videos appear more clear when hosted on photobucket.
Photobucket can now host videos. It is not as good a site as YouTube for searching and looking at each others photos and video. However, my videos appear more clear when hosted on photobucket.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Virtual Worlds Review
Virtual Worlds Review is just what the name implies. At present the author has about 28 virtual world reviews available as well as published papers. I like to pop in and out of the worlds to see how they are forming - what is going on - what could I use them for - how could I use them.
There is a good short review on each world as well as associated links. You find lots of information as well. The reviews include who owns the world, launch date, hours of operation (not all are 24 hours a day), system requirements, as well as operating systems supported.
The paper " Moving Beyond the Game: Social Virtual Worlds " by Betsy Book is worth the time to read.
There is a good short review on each world as well as associated links. You find lots of information as well. The reviews include who owns the world, launch date, hours of operation (not all are 24 hours a day), system requirements, as well as operating systems supported.
The paper " Moving Beyond the Game: Social Virtual Worlds " by Betsy Book is worth the time to read.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Audacity Audio Editor
Audacity Audio Editor 1.2.6 for Windows is available free from the website at http://audacity.sourceforge.net/. Audacity is a wonderful Windows based tool for developing the audio portion of a webcast, podcast, or audio link. In my on-ground classes I use a Philips GoGear MP3 player/recorder to capture my lecture or assignment instructions. My voice is no thrill - so by using free background music I found on the web and using the tools in Audacity - I sound almost interesting at times. My students tell me they like to be able to re-hear what I said and re-listen to the assignment instructions at will.
I use the Windows version with no trouble and no I did not read the instructions - it is that easy to use. There is also a Mac and Solaris verison available. What I did was have a simple web page for the classes and posted my 'podcast' there the next day each time. I learned how to make a podcast by reading and studying Podcast for Dummies and listening to Podcast for Dummies on Itunes.
I recently used Audacity to clean up a recording I made of cloistered nuns singing atop the mountain in Salzburg. Again I used my Philips GoGear to record them and Audacity to clean it up and make it presentable.
Audacity allows for simple multiple channel recording and mixing. You can cut and paste to your hearts content. It is free. It is easy. It works.
I use the Windows version with no trouble and no I did not read the instructions - it is that easy to use. There is also a Mac and Solaris verison available. What I did was have a simple web page for the classes and posted my 'podcast' there the next day each time. I learned how to make a podcast by reading and studying Podcast for Dummies and listening to Podcast for Dummies on Itunes.
I recently used Audacity to clean up a recording I made of cloistered nuns singing atop the mountain in Salzburg. Again I used my Philips GoGear to record them and Audacity to clean it up and make it presentable.
Audacity allows for simple multiple channel recording and mixing. You can cut and paste to your hearts content. It is free. It is easy. It works.
Friday, May 2, 2008
YouTube
Youtube is a free video hosting site. One can upload videos or one can record directly to youtube from one's own computer's web cam. Then, the videos can be added to e-mails, online classes, or chatroom posts via the video's URL or the provided html code.
I started to use YouTube to host the video messages that I post in my online classrooms. The videos not only provide important announcements, they also give the learners a chance to see and hear from their instructor. I am no longer a faceless, typed message but a real person.
Here are examples of the different video capture methods and some of my reasons for using video.
Shot with a digital camera and uploaded
Quick Capture
Here is how I posted the videos. I type my message in the Compose or WYSIWYG view.
When it is time to add the video, I go to youtube and copy the html.
I then go back to my course room post and switch to the html view and paste the code. It is the highlighted area in the photo.
The posted message then looks like this, with the youtube video as part of the message.
Incidentally, the photos used in this post are hosted on photobucket.com. I have been using this site for hosting my course and web photos, and I have been quite pleased with the results. They have now added video hosting that can be used in a similar manner to how I use youtube. Please check out my blog post about photobucket and how it can also be useful tool.
I started to use YouTube to host the video messages that I post in my online classrooms. The videos not only provide important announcements, they also give the learners a chance to see and hear from their instructor. I am no longer a faceless, typed message but a real person.
Here are examples of the different video capture methods and some of my reasons for using video.
Shot with a digital camera and uploaded
Quick Capture
Here is how I posted the videos. I type my message in the Compose or WYSIWYG view.
When it is time to add the video, I go to youtube and copy the html.
I then go back to my course room post and switch to the html view and paste the code. It is the highlighted area in the photo.
The posted message then looks like this, with the youtube video as part of the message.
Incidentally, the photos used in this post are hosted on photobucket.com. I have been using this site for hosting my course and web photos, and I have been quite pleased with the results. They have now added video hosting that can be used in a similar manner to how I use youtube. Please check out my blog post about photobucket and how it can also be useful tool.
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