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Three YouTube videos about using Second Life for Education

Created by Kelly Walsh (The College of Westchester) on July 1, 2009

 

This week I am on vacation with my family, and unfortunately the Internet connection at the Historic Powhatan Resort here in Williamsburg, VA hasn’t been working consistently since I arrived on Saturday. It looks like I’m going to have to postpone the final post in my series on using Virtual Worlds in Education until next weekend. In the meanwhile, here’s a few insightful and informative YouTube videos about using SL for educational purposes ... [Please click here to continue reading the full post on EmergingEdTech.com, where I blog regularly about the use of Internet technologies in education. Thanks!]

Manager, Anderson Computing Complex, #1103-002

Created by Yolanda Francis (American University) on June 25, 2009

 

Online trainign videos (production and preproduction)

Created by yenerich on June 25, 2009

 

In this example. I was developing some videos for Mp3Gain PRO & Mp3Doctor PRO

The "difficult part" was trying to show the benefit and concepts of something a little complicated, for the average people that has no knowledge on the area.

The other "problem" was trying to make videos that where visualy nice. We try to avoid a low video with just one off voice.

So, in first place we need to get a lot of images and videos and make a plan on how to use them to make a good looking video.

We download videos from youtube, and found some freeware flv to avi converters, also we make a research looking for modern images.

Also, we use a video editor (honestech) to add some effects to the videos, to edit and cut them.

Finally we use the title editor mentione before, to create our videos.

This is one of the videos:

Online training using videos

Created by yenerich on June 25, 2009

One of the more complicated thing to do is develope a well produced online video.

Most people thing they need a professional video trained staff to do it, but there is a way to do it without having a big budget.

In my case, my plan was to create some short video in fist place, that could be used as a presentacion-leading to all the videos.

I want it to be modern, with many movements, not static.

I found BluffTitler. Its not free, but i does it job very well.

2 things make me recommend this tools, no matter is not free.

1.- Its VERY powerfull and let the creator develope complex and stunning videos.

2.- The use and interface is REALLY very simple. You do not need to learn a 300 pages manual (like Adobe products). In a few hours playing with this tool, you will be doing pretty amazing stuff.

Look at some screenshots:

My first post

Created by Raphael Trujillo (Tucson Unified School District) on June 25, 2009

This is my first blog post.  Hello World!

E-Repository at Drexel University (iDEA): Vision and Evolution

Created by Jay Bhatt (Drexel University) on June 24, 2009

Abstract: 

The Drexel E- Repository and Archives (iDEA) is an institutional repository designed to capture and permanently store scholarly output of Drexel University. iDEA provide open access to the work of Drexel’s academic community, including the work of faculty and students, both undergraduate and graduate. iDEA documents both published and unpublished intellectual output, ranging from research publications to theses and dissertations to events such as the Annual Research Day and Biomedical Technology Showcase, Built on DSpace, the open source software developed by MIT and Hwelett-Packard, iDEA is searchable by author, keyword, college/school and department. Indexed by Google and other search engines, iDEA is an effective open access tool for sharing the results of research. Administered by the Drexel Libraries, iDEA represents a commitment to providing permanent open access to Drexel digital works.

Using Web 2.0 Applications as Information Awareness Tools for Science and Engineering Faculty and Students in Academic Institutions (text)

Created by Jay Bhatt (Drexel University) on June 24, 2009

Description: Paper presented at the International Conference of Asian Special Libraries: Shaping the future of special libraries: beyond boundaries, November 27th, 2008Description: Paper presented at the International Conference of Asian Special Libraries: Shaping the future of special libraries: beyond boundaries, November 27th, 2008

URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1860/2973

Slides: URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1860/2974

Abstract:

Library-Smart House Collaboration for Information Literacy Development

Created by Jay Bhatt (Drexel University) on June 24, 2009

Library-Smart House Collaboration for Information Literacy Development

The Library-Smart House partnership seeks to design and implement a sustainable, virtual
environment for collaboration that will seamlessly integrate project communication and
information access. This virtual environment will provide a means for increased collaboration
between students, faculty, librarians and outside contributors as well as ensure the sustainability
of the project in coming years.

Library-Smart House Collaboration for Information Literacy Development:


 
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