Video Streaming

Where to go for Video Streaming / Conversation

Seesmic

Months ago I found Seesmic. Which is a great place for video conversations. I talked to a couple of people about some features which would make it better for teachers as I didn't feel comfortable about not able to create a private group. I know they have made changes and it is definitely a place to check out if you are interested in video streaming and conversations with students.



More info on Seesmic can be found at http://blog.seesmic.com/company.html

U-Stream

The last couple of days I have been watching the twitter Ashton Kutcher verses CNN story.
Though I love the Butterfly effect movie I aren't a huge fan of Ashton even though he seems like a nice enough guy. The interesting part of this is Ashton's use of U-Stream.

U stream is an amazing place. I have been able to watch Will Richardson on it - talking about the use of technology in schools which was fansinating and thought provoking.




I see a lot of use for U Stream in Education
More information can be cound here http://www.ustream.tv/about


Eyejot


Eyejot Is a private way of creating video messages for a group of people which is good and easy to use, but if you create the video on a filtered network it doesn't work so well and the video is jumpy and the facial expressions slowed.



More information can be found here http://www.eyejot.com/about.html


VoiceThread

A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to leave comments in 5 ways - using voice (with a mic or phone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). Share a VoiceThread with friends, students, and colleagues for them to record comments too.

Users can doodle while commenting, use multiple identities and pick which comments are shown through moderation. VoiceThreads can even be embedded on web sites and exported to MP3 players or DVDs as archival movies.



Find out more information here http://voicethread.com/about

I'm sure there are more places to go :-)