Publishing+Videos+Online

toc =Introduction= Hi there and well done for finding your way here from the main conference site! These wiki pages will be our base as we launch off exploring some of the amazing online tools available for online publishing. You will notice that I collected some tutorials from around the web as well as making some of my own about the tools that I am going to showcase. Make sure you visit all the sections in the Table of Contents of this site and also explore the 'How 2 Publish Slideshows' page. I have already written about a lot of these tools on [|replica zenith] my own wiki which can be accessed at http://educationalsoftware.wikispaces.com

Below is a YackChat walkie talkie. The number in the bottom corner tells you how many people are on this wiki at the moment. You can click and hold down the mouse on the YackChat walkie talkie and talk and anyone else on the web page can hear you and respond. The sound seems very quiet so you would have to get right up close to the microphone. Why not get chatting with other fellow web 2.0 researchers.

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 * //Note: If you like the title I have used for this wiki page, you can easily make some like this for your own pages using www.cooltext.com This website allows you to choose a style of title and// [|california almonds] //every aspect of it is customisable (text, font, colour etc). The title is then rendered as a picture file (jpeg) and you just right click on it and save it to your computer to use anywhere you want such as wordprocessing, powerpoints, websites etc// ||

One useful tip when working with Web 2.0 tools is to use the internet browser '[|Firefox]'. I find that it works better with the tools like Blogger and wikis. There is also a useful function in Firefox that when you right click on an image, it lets you 'Copy Image Location'. Then instead of uploading pictures to your wiki and using up your allocated storage space, you can paste the image URL (http address) into the image box and the picture appears in your blog or wiki while actually being hosted on another site.
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=Zentation Intro=

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Notice that the two tools used to create this Zentation presentation where Google Video and SlideShare. I'm now going to back up a step and talk about each of these tools and possible uses for them before then explaining how to combine them using Zentation. I am going to use a piece of software for Macs that I have purchased called [|iShowU] which captures 'Screen casts' (movies of what is happening on your screen with your voice recorded as you explain what is happening)

=The Video Web Tools=

[|YouTube]
YouTube is pretty well known as a place to upload and share videos. Teachers may recall stories about children secretly filming teachers and posting it to the web. However, there are also very positive educational uses for these tools and situations like the one above should not stop the majority of sensible users from making the most of the tools. I believe in educating children on the consequences and morality of their actions rather than locking down useful elements of the web. YouTube allows you to set access levels but you have to make a video public to embed it which may open your video up to a larger audience than you would want (especially with the types of comments some people leave on the videos in YouTube). For this reason, I will only focus on Google Video in this session. However, you will always get more hits on YouTube so if you are looking for the greatest level of exposure, then you would still post to YouTube.

Embedding YouTube Videos
All of the above videos have been embedded into this wiki as you are able to get html code from the websites (both YouTube and GoogleVideo) which you then add into your wikis and blogs. To get the code from a YouTube video, copy and paste all of the code in the window next to 'embed'. This information is next to the video.

[|Google Video]


For an educational project, I would be more likely to use Google Video as you are able to set privacy levels on who can access it AND can still embed a 'private' video into a wiki or blog. This means your target audience can still view it but the video is not available to the general public through Google Video. You will need a Google account to be able to load movies to Google Video. If you need to do this, the movie on the following site shows you step by step how to do this. It also goes into how to set up Google Analytics (a very comprehensive site counter) which you may or may not want to continue watching. http://www.brightcove.com/title.jsp?title=627011337

Watch the movies below (mine is hosted on Google Video), that shows how I create a movie of myself talking to the camera (using my built in iSight and iMovie but PC users could use an actual camera and edit it in MovieMaker). I was going to carry on making a video of how to upload to Google Video but someone else had already done such a good job of it that I figured that I was better off using their video that I found on [|Video.About.com]. The [|Google Video Uploader Software] that is mentioned is used if your movie is over 100MBs. I often leave a file uploading overnight as it does take awhile.
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Embedding Google Videos
To get the code from Google Video, click on 'Email-Blog-Post to MySpace. Then click on 'Embed HTML' and then copy the code provided.

When you have the code, you need to know how to put that code into your particular wiki or blog. On this wiki, you click on the embed media button and then paste the code into the box that pops up and click save.

=Examples of Video in Education=

To Educate Children
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To Demonstrate Learning
Here a variety of videos made with children where they showcase what they have learned. Children demonstrate their understanding of prepositions. While the quality is not fantastic, it is obviously kids' work || ................ || media type="youtube" key="KFgypyiQUhE" height="250" width="300" This New Zealand class present their safety rap they have been practising || This video demonstrates the learning of a group of boys about hurricanes. ||  || media type="google" key="-7749216259391341053&hl=en" height="240" width="300" This is a rather interesting science fair experiment! Which is the most absorbent toilet paper brand. ||
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To Capture Events
On this video, an interview with a 'bug expert' is recorded and made available on the web. || .................... || media type="youtube" key="qhtYTHiDz0Y" height="250" width="300" The boys in this video are from a Kapa Haka group at a school in Rotorua ||
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To Publicise the School
This refugee early childhood centre in Auckland has used YouTube to spread the message about their centre. This refugee early childhood centre in Auckland has used YouTube to spread the message about their centre. || ................... || media type="youtube" key="1NoALyEH26g" height="250" width="300" Te Puke Intermediate has produced this very uplifting video to show you highlights of the school. ||
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To Educate Teachers
Here is a teacher safety video that was originally distributed as a DVD and was made available via Google Video || ....................... || media type="google" key="-5692984876044704255&hl=en" height="240" width="300" This is a video explaining how to record sound using a built-in feature of XP and then how to add this to a powerpoint. || While their videos can't be embedded, I have found many interesting and useful videos on [|teachers.tv]. Be aware that teachers outside the UK can't view some content. ||  || OK - so this one is just for those with a Mac but I find it such a useful one that I can't leave it out. [|Screencasts Online] takes you step by step through many applications. || [| Teacher Tube] is another site where you can get interesting educational videos for teachers. ||  ||   ||
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=Other Online Video Hosts=

There are now many websites offering free video hosting. Here are just a few of them. I've included each one below because they have a useful point of difference.

[|vSocial]
This website is a cross between a social networking site like MySpace and a video site. You can add a profile and create a community of friends. What I like about this site is that you can set the privacy of your video AND embed private videos like Google Video. I also really like the way you can put watermarks on your videos (such as your website address) and people can click this watermark to take them to your site. You can also customise the colour scheme of the video viewer.

[|JumpCut]
This site is more than a place to host videos. You can upload raw video footage and do all your editing using the JumpCut tools. You can also use footage from any other JumpCut videos to remix with some of your own content.

[|PhotoBucket]
This site allows you to post up video, photos and music and then you can mix these all together using the online editing tools. I have used PhotoBucket to create picture slideshows as well.

[|VMix]
You can put all your videos, photos, and music on this site and design custom channels to showcase your work. You can create a custom player for your video to embed on other sites. Every video and audio that is uploaded to the website is screened for copyright infringement, in addition to inappropriate content such as nudity or hate-material. VMIX also offers comprehensive analytical information about who is watching the videos.

=Your Turn!=

As part of this online conference, I challenge you to have a go at posting up some video and embedding it in this wiki. You will notice that there is a wiki page on the left saying 'Your Space 2 Try'. It would be fantastic if you could be a contributor to this space. Don't worry if you are not sure how to publish to a wiki. I have included instructions for how to do this in the 'How 2 Edit This Wiki' page. In this piece of publishing, you could say a little bit about yourself, what you want to gain from this conference, how you found the process of publishing online, and how you think you might use this technology to enhance teaching and learning. This is just a suggestion. If you have any other ideas, please go for it! Just remember to check you have permission if you put up video or photos of children.

=The Next Section - Online Slide Shows...=

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