Archive of ‘screencasting’ category

video recording lectures

https://www.chronicle.com/article/when-this-is-all-over-keep-recording-your-lectures

“Passively watching a recording is not as good as being an active participant in class, so these videos are a supplement, not a substitute. I’ll keep posting the videos as long as you keep coming to class.”

My note: I wonder if the instructor uses the “VideoQuiz” option in MediaSpace/Kaltura and place questions at important places of the h/er video lecture recording and thus make the experience more engagingKaltura

 

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more on vodcast in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=vodcast
more on lecture capture in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=video+lecture

online risk and teenagers

Researchers: Forget Internet Abstinence; Teens Need some Online Risk

By Dian Schaffhauser 05/16/16

https://thejournal.com/articles/2016/05/16/researchers-forget-internet-abstinence-teens-need-to-face-some-amount-of-online-risk.aspx

My note: after years of imposing Internet filters at schools, “cap” students’ natural curiosity by denying open access to the Internet, etc., this is the first article, which openly defies the bureaucratic / technocratic approach to regulation of the acquisition of knowledge at American schools.

the conclusion from a Pennsylvania State University research project that examined adolescent online safety. This approach includes an important role for teachers as “trusted confidantes” and “educated advisors.”

The results, “Dear Diary: Teens Reflect on Their Weekly Online Risk Experiences,” were published by the Association for Computing Machinery and presented at the organization’s recent Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.

“Teens have a strong sense of cost vs. reward, so if we can educate them more clearly on the costs associated with their actions, they may make better decisions on their own,”

Social Media: How to Create Awesome Online Videos: Tools and Software to Make it Easy

How to Create Awesome Online Videos: Tools and Software to Make it Easy

http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/tools-to-create-online-videos/

the tripod for iPAD is a compelling idea, but my personal choice is the wireless mics.