Video+Blogs

= Video Blog Resources =

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Annotation: Kathleen Morris created a video blogs of the benefits for using a video blog in the classroom. The video is 15 minutes long but it is students who highlight the advantages of a class video blog. =====

Posted by: Kevin Kacel

Name of site: __Video__ Blog Basics URL: []

Annotation: Chris Garrett and Ben Eadie have created a series of short instructional videos demonstrating how to create videoblogs. The videos range from basic information including hardware and software requirements up through much more sophisticated processes including the editing and uploading processes.

Posted By: Chris Bauerle

NAME OF SITE: Konyrary URL: []

Description: Rebecca Thorman gives her advice on how __to begin__ video blogging. She lists 6 areas to focus on when beginning a video blog. As well as tips, she provides a few links to video blogs to check out. One piece that I found useful was a link to a man’s first video from his blog and then to his 668th video. Posted by: Joyce Castellon

NAME OF SITE: Basic Blog Tips URL: [] Description: James Adams, author of the blog, Basic Blog Tips shares his tips for video blogging. He focuses his tips on considerations to make to the set, sound, lighting, and equipment for your video blog. Posted by: Joyce Castellon

**URL:** [] **Annotation:** Andy Carvin describes how his Spanish class created a Vlog to help a well know TV personality with his difficulty pronouncing words in Spanish. Carvin’s middle school Spanish class (from Crossroads Middle School in Columbia, SC) created a Vlog for Jeff Corwin (TV personality). The Middle Schoolers were not expert Spanish language speakers but they used common Spanish phrases that Mr. Corwin could use during his telecast. __Students__ reinforce their own learning by teaching others their understanding of the Spanish language. An example of their work is found on the link above. **My Name:** Louise Williams
 * Name of Web Page (Vlogs): ** Teaching Jeff Corwin a Lesson Through Video Blogging

**URL:** @http://www.ascilite.org.au/ajet/ajet26/shih.pdf
====**Annotation:** This research article written by Ru-Chu Shih and published in the Australian Journal of Educational Technology, focuses on using video blogs to help teach English. The whole idea is about blended learning were you are incoroporating the traditional face to face learning along with technology which in this case would be video blogs. They had test subjects and the end result showed that having the video blogs helped improved the students learning. They were able to view their peers and see their strengths and weaknesses as well as their own and could watch videos repeatedly to help themselves.====

**Name:** Holly Archeval
Name of Web Page: Blog in Plain English URL: [] Annotation: This video was created by Lee LeFever for Common Craft. Common Craft is a website which provides explanation tools. The Blog in Plain English video is a simplified explanation on what is a blog about and how blogs work in layman's term using cut-outs as digital images. By: Gloria Basa.


 * Name of Web Page:** Is Video Blogging Appropriate for Education
 * URL****[]**
 * Annotation:** This site discusses the pros and cons of video blogging. The author believes that video blogs can be a very useful classroom tool. Teachers from Kindergarten to college professors use video blogs to convey instructional concepts. It can be a time saver to have the students review the videos on their own. The author also mentions a possible negative consequence of video blogging. The sites used for video blogging often have inappropriate content and may be blocked altogether by a school district.
 * Name:** Wendy Hand


 * Name of Web Page: **Videoblogging in Education: The new wave of interactive educational television
 * URL: **__ http://etec.hawaii.edu/proceedings/2008/meeder2008.pdf __
 * Annotation: ** Video blogging is a new and innovative method of teaching. It can be used across many different curriculums and throughout all grades. While helpful in differentiating instruction to students, video blogging can be a concern for student safety. This article addresses safety issues and what teachers can do to keep their children safe.
 * Linked and Annotated by: ** Jessica Potter Binko

Name of Web Page: Educational Uses for Video Blogging URL:[] Annotation: This article goes over the development of video-blogging and how it is being used across all grade levels and all content area. Name: Erica Chekaway


 * Name of Web Pag **e: Tube Teaching – Vlogging in Education
 * URL**: @http://tubeteaching.blogspot.com/2012/02/vlogging-in-education.html
 * Annotation:** Vlogging in Education is a blog entry (February, 2012) on Dr. Chareen Snelson’s “Tube Teaching” blog. Besides providing examples of vlogs, Dr. Snelson details why teachers may want to incorporate vlogs in their classes and what students can learn from vlogging. In her list of reasons why vlogging is useful, the author mentioned that it can provide examples of speaking; truly, even an audio file cannot present speaking as well as a video.
 * Linked and Annotated by**: Melanie Forbes

Stephanie Normand
 * Name of Webpage**: Video Blogging for Beginners
 * URL**: @http://www.squidoo.com/video-blogging
 * Annotation:** This is a great resource for anyone not familiar or new to video blogging. It discusses types of cameras for video blogging and different ways to video blog.

Chris Schobert
 * Name of Webpage:** Webpage Creation: Blogs and Wikis, Video Blogging
 * URL**: @http://www.ibritt.com/resources/wp_blogs.htm
 * Annotation:** The author of this site describes the __close__ relationship between wikis, blogging, video-blogging, pod-casting, and RSS feeds. The material is presented in a very spartan style similar to that of Mac and Microsoft help screens. This feature is good for some of us old fashioned learners who still like to read a rudimentary text to get our information. Step by step--nice and simple.


 * Name of Webpage:** Video Blogging for Teachers
 * URL: @http://desktopvideo.about.com/od/videoblogging/p/teachervlog.htm**
 * Annotation:** The article, written by Gretchen Siegchrist, has alot of ideas on how you can use video blogs in your classroom. There are also links to video blogging software as well as links to other reference materials on how to create your own video blog. She also goes through the benefits of using such a tool and some other considerations you should take a look at before introducing a video blog to your students.
 * Name:** Michaela Jones

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 * Name of Web Page**: CLASSROOM 2.0:
 * URL:** []
 * Annotation:** This webpage is a great way for educators to communicate with each other about technology in the classroom. This webpage covers not only video blogs but also a varieties of technology in the classroom. Even though you have to sign up to use it ( it is free), you still have excess to the forum that teachers have written.
 * Name:** Hydee Foster


 * Name of Webpage:** Top 20 Teacher Blogs - Scholastic.com
 * URL:** @http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/top-20-teacher-blogs
 * Annotation:** This website highlights 20 of Scholastic's favorite blogs many of which incorporate videos into their blogs. There is a wide variety of how to use the blog and it really gives a great comparison of the diversity in which a blog can be used. I liked the ScienceFIx blog because it had videos of experiments too and Just a Substitute Teacher was also fun to view.
 * ​Name:** ​Victoria Estes


 * Name of Webpage:** The Complete Guide To Video Blogging
 * URL:** @http://mashable.com/2009/10/09/video-blogging/
 * Annotation:** This is a guide on how to video blog. It talks about what makes a good video blog. It talks about creating a video blog. It also talks about distributing a video blog.
 * Name:** Nicole Stokes

NAME OF SITE: Konyrary

Description: James Adams, author of the blog, Basic Blog Tips shares his tips for video blogging. He focuses his tips on considerations to make to the set, sound, lighting, and equipment for your video blog.
 * Name of Webpage:** 10 Steps to Successful Video Blogging
 * URL:**[]
 * Annotation:** This website give 10 easy steps to get people started on video blogging. They are very easy to follow and I think would be a great asset to many teachers.
 * Name:** Sarah Allen


 * Name of Web Page:** 21st Century Learning
 * URL:** []
 * Annotation:** What an awesome article! This article gives an example of how this 2nd grade teacher and her students used Video Blogging to teach their parents how to use there blog. The students were very knowledgeable about blogging and excited to participate. This article also includes the students finishing product which is a video blog for their parents. I'm excited to try this with my group of second graders.
 * Name:** Lakee Pressley