[videoblogging] Re: vlog research - low income/urban

2010-04-03 Thread ratbagradio
The complication is that while there are programs to teach video at school, uploading and sharing online isn't necessarily something schools want to incorporate as part of the program. There are practical, legal [eg:release authority]and ethical [eg: videoing minors ] issues at stake.As far as

[videoblogging] Re: vlog research - low income/urban

2010-04-03 Thread compumavengal
I think I have something about teachers doing grassroots video participation with kids. I have to dig through a pile of bookmarks so it might be a day or so for me to fish it out. If I find it I'll let you know. Gena --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Lisa Harper wrote: > > Very helpful p

Re: [videoblogging] Re: vlog research - low income/urban

2010-04-03 Thread Lisa Harper
Very helpful pointers, Gena and Jay. I'm a bit embarrassed to say this is research for a final project in an information architecture class. The makers of a small, independent film focused on events surrounding a middle school, urban kid want to develop their original concept into an educational s

Re: [videoblogging] vlog research - low income/urban

2010-04-03 Thread Jay dedman
> Hi, I'm researching a topic that has to do with encouraging kids from > low income and/or urban landscapes to express themselves with video. > This could be both singly or as part of an educational program. I > vaguely remember a few years ago a number of interesting projects that > focused on vi

[videoblogging] Re: vlog research - low income/urban

2010-04-03 Thread compumavengal
Hi Lisa, Kids and teens are creating video content independent of school. Finding classroom appropriate videos would mean a lot of YouTube slogging through "um, yeah, whatever..." type videos. Start with skateborders and go from there. That is part of the key to finding content. What would th

[videoblogging] vlog research - low income/urban

2010-04-03 Thread Lisa Harper
Hi, I'm researching a topic that has to do with encouraging kids from low income and/or urban landscapes to express themselves with video. This could be both singly or as part of an educational program. I vaguely remember a few years ago a number of interesting projects that focused on videobloggin

[videoblogging] Re: YouTube link to blog to be retired

2010-04-03 Thread neophoto3000
> It always pays to add a link to your blog INSIDE the video itself. Forgive what I assume to be an idiotic question, but how exactly do you do that? Chris

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Crash Test Kitchen checking in

2010-04-03 Thread Jay dedman
> A friend of mine has just made a short film using the Red format. The > progressive way that the compression works sounds like it might be ideal for > web video. Imagine you've got a 1GB file - if you only download the first > 100MB, say, you still get the whole length of the video, but in a l

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Crash Test Kitchen checking in

2010-04-03 Thread Quirk
I didn't realize Red did progressive resolution like that. I know MS Silverlight does that though. Netflix and CBS both use it, and it works really well. Even if you don't like sports I suggest you check out CBS' NCAA or NFL videoplayer sometime, their coverage of live sports online is the pinna

[videoblogging] Re: Crash Test Kitchen checking in

2010-04-03 Thread wazman_au
> Welcome back Waz. I thin many of us have found our groove and add > little new technologies as needed. i know some here are jumping into > the DSLR world for video. We're about to buy one ourselves. Quality > just gets better and better. > Jay Hi Jay, A friend of mine has just made a short film