Weekly Tech Tips - Live Streaming

On Friday last week, the day I intended on making my weekly tech tip, the internet was down at school. Therefore, this week I intend on doing two tech tips, one today and one Friday. I took advantage of the unfortunate situation to work on getting more acquainted with the capabilities of my Nokia Nuron and exploring what applications and implications mobile technologies have for education. This week's tech tip largely explores one such application.

Weekly Tech Tip:


Tools shown in this video:

• LiveStream
• Ustream.TV
• Bambuser
• Qik

Related Links:

• anderscj's Qik Channel - Right now I am only experimenting with Qik but I intend from time to time to use this tool for making on-the-fly videos. I also intend on using this tool at ISTE next week .
• Definition of Citizen Journalism
  
• Secrets To Starting A Citizen Journalism Organization
• Katie Couric's Top Citizen Journalism Moments on YouTube
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• Flixwagon
• Live Streaming an Out of Classroom Learning Experience
• Cell phone cameras in the K-12 classroom: Punishable offenses or student-citizen journalism?
  
  

Link Stew:

• Seymour Papert - Closing Session 1994 NSBA T+L Conference

• Seymour Papert - Closing Session 1994 NSBA T+L Conference from Gary Stager on Vimeo.

  
  
• Jaron Lanier - You Are Not A Gadget
• B.F. Skinner's Shaping Experiment ("Skinner's Box")
• Most Disturbing Presentation Ever: Our Tech Nightmare ("Skinner Box") DICE 2010
• Howard Rheingold Live Chat: Critical Thinking

• Howard Rheingold Live Chat: Critical Thinking from Shelly Terrell on Vimeo.

• RSA Animate - The Secret Powers of Time
• A Political Online Push
• YouTube Video Editor
• Blackbird Pie – Twitter Media
• Wells, H.G. 1898. The Time Machine
• THE MACHINE STOPS ... E.M. Forster
• Project Tomorrow: 2009 findings r.e. Student, Teacher, Principal, & Administrator feelings about emerging technologies
• onlinedegrees.com, has put together a list of the top 100 technology blogs for teachers
• ScanLife - The Place to Create & Manage 2D Barcodes
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• WOW! RT: @butwait: Y'all have seen Clayton Wright's MONSTER list of #edtech #profdev opportunities, right? http://bit.ly/edtechconf2010less than a minute ago via EchofonAdrienne Michetti
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• 45 Twitter Tools the Gurus use: http://j.mp/9weSkX /via @Chirrpsless than a minute ago via HootSuiteTips, Tools, Status
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• world map of social networks: http://bit.ly/15xHQi (scroll down, compare Facebook today with 2009 )less than a minute ago via TweetDeckGeorge Siemens
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• If Luke gets me that Tatooinian "sand art" crap again for Father's Day, his hand won't be the only thing I cut off.less than a minute ago via TwitterrificDarth Vader
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• YouTube Play: YouTube + the Guggenheim want to showcase the best online videos from around the world. http://www.youtube.com/playless than a minute ago via webCraig Roland
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• "100 Incredibly Useful & Free iPad Apps" http://is.gd/cTL2Jless than a minute ago via TweetDeck Alec Couros
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• Education Week's Digital Directions: Social Networking Goes to School http://ow.ly/1ZAW3 Great article! :) #vanmeterless than a minute ago via HootSuiteshannonmmiller
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• .@alfiekohn "In education, bad ideas are timeless. It's the good ideas that are incredibly fragile."less than a minute ago via Twitter for iPhoneGary Stager, Ph.D.
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• RT @jsmummert: If U're in2 mobile technology, augmented reality, & the Civil War, check out my proposal- http://bit.ly/afsN53 Awesome for SSless than a minute ago via TweetDeckMichael Walker
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• WEBTOOLS applied to teaching http://bit.ly/aSdb2Z via www.diigo.com/~vittalearningless than a minute ago via diigoJo McLeay
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• Papert - No such thing as "Grade 3 Math" http://tinyurl.com/2ag5t6x <-maybe by 2030?less than a minute ago via TweetDeckTom Fullerton
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• @jonbecker @jerridkruse and, found this http://www.edutopia.org/inquiry-project-learning-researchless than a minute ago via EchofonAdrienne Michetti
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• Education Gap infographic http://bit.ly/drfpngless than a minute ago via SeesmicLarry Ferlazzo
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• 22 Educational Social Media Diagrams http://bit.ly/byyxwU #hubspot really cool posters...less than a minute ago via webLisa Monthie
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Blog Carnival:

• Returning School to Humanity by Ira Socol on SpeEdChange
• Cognitive Surplus: The Great Spare-Time Revolution by Bill Ferriter on the Tempered Radical
• Grades: Education's Snake-Oil Currency by Joe Bower on for the love of learning
• Teaching Students “How” To Think: The Tip of the Iceberg by Aaron Eyle on Synthesizing Education
• Feeling Infowhelmed? – Informational Education Video by Lauren Grossberg on Learning Today
• Recognizing the Valedictorian in All by Principal Eric Sheninger on A Principal's Reflections
• QR Codes in Libraries by Miguel Guhlin on Around the Corner-MGuhlin.org
• Imagining new interfaces: the value of necessity by Ira Socol on SpeEdChange

SEMTEC - Techspo - Using Signage/Distributed Video in Your School

This was a vendor presentation so some bias definitely present. My thoughts are in italics.

With streaming video with AlphaVideo:

• faster load time
• greater control over media distribution
• limited by avialable network bandwidth
• allows for live broadcasts
• requires a streaming server
• need - video/audio source, encoder, network connection, and a streaming server

Digital cable comes to your house in MPEG format (i did not know this).

To multi stream in a building you need Windows 2003 Enterprise Server, to stream on the web you just need a standard Windows 2003 Server.

Podcasting is not streaming. Files are transferred from server to client. Users can subscribe through syndication methods (RSS). A streaming server is not necessary, only a web server is needed.

DRM:

• Digital Rights Management
• Controls who can view content
• Controls how they can view content
• Easy to implement, but can be expensive

Unicast vs. Multicast

• Refers to the connection made between client and server
• Unicast: every client has an individual connection
• Multicast: data stays in a single stream until splitting is absolutely necessary
• Multicast is not possible over the internet
• Multicast must be properly implemented on any network, or multicast "storms" can disrupt the network.
• Implementing multicast requires the cooperation of I.T.

LAN vs Internet

• Multicast
• Security
• Bandwidth/Bitrates

Belvidere - kind of like TiVo but on the PC. Connects PC to video monitor and integrates United Streaming.

"Technology does no good if you spend the money on it and no one uses it. "

Contact Mayo clinic and see if I can get a tour of their training simulations.

The reasons these guys are giving for implementing their product seem to stem around two different main ideas: 1. Ease of use and 2. Bandwidth. I can't argue with their first point but is the first point really worth the dollars when there are free services that do the same things and don't eat up bandwidth: YouTube, Ustreamtv, etc. These services allow you to get your message out there, either prerecorded or live, without eating up your own bandwidth. It seems the big issue is ease of use.