Multimedia

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  • 7 million YouTube hits make kids' choir famous
    Tue, Jun 30, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Video technologies
    A New York fifth-grade chorus has become a world-famous cyber phenomenon touted by top media outlets, celebrities, and politicians, thanks to the online video-sharing web site YouTube. Key words: YouTube, blogging, school blogging, school chorus videos, education, technology [ Read More ]

  • Digital games: Playing for learning and health
    Fri, Jun 26, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Gaming
    Video game researchers gathered June 23 to discuss ways gaming can help address the gaps in U.S. students' educational performance, while also helping to improve their health. Key words: educational gaming, educational technology, 21st century skills [ Read More ]

  • Project makes digital video more accessible
    Wed, Jun 17, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Video technologies , Audio-visual technology
    A new partnership will expand the availability of closed captioning (CC) and audio description (AD) in multimedia educational content--giving students who are hearing or visually impaired, are English language learners, or have other disabilities greater access to digital learning opportunities. Key words: Discovery streaming, Discovery streaming closed captioning, educational closed captioning, federal education grant, educational media accessibility, educational media [ Read More ]

  • Firm offers video college tours
    Tue, Jun 16, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Video technologies
    To narrow down her choice of colleges, high school senior Augusta Jahrsdoerfer did what students have done for generations: take tours of the schools she was interested in. But rather than travel to universities across the state or country, the 18-year-old Boynton Beach, Fla., resident logged on to YOUniversityTV.com, a web site that provides video tours and other services that allow prospective students to explore a school without ever stepping foot on campus. Key words: virtual campus tour, video campus tour, YOUniversityTV.com [ Read More ]

  • Online school implements game-based course
    Wed, Jun 03, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Gaming
    Florida Virtual School (FLVS) is set to pilot what it describes as the first complete online game-based course for high school students. School officials and the game's creators hope the course will help engage students who struggle in traditional classroom settings. Key words: Florida Virtual School, 360Ed, education and gaming, Conspiracy Code, technology, American History [ Read More ]

  • Student film documents Holocaust memories
    Tue, Apr 21, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  History , Video technologies
    The Holocaust. Even now, the images make you want to turn away: the emaciated bodies in the concentration camps; the black-and-white footage of a frothing Adolph Hitler; a frail grandfather with his distant stare, recalling searing memories of a time he can't forget. . . But how will kids today ever manage to relate to such hellish recollections when even the few remaining survivors of the Holocaust--now in their 80s--will be no more? One enduring testament might be a critically acclaimed student documentary. Thanks to an educator's commitment to teaching and his students' passion for filmmaking, younger generations won't soon forget this tragic history. Key words: Holocaust, film, education, We Must Remember, Carlsbad High School, concentration camp [ Read More ]

  • Online video is changing college recruiting
    Thu, Apr 16, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Video technologies , Athletics
    The easy availability of digital video clips through video-sharing web sites such as YouTube and others is changing the nature of recruiting for college athletics, something that has both positive and negative aspects. Key words: highlight reels, college recruiting, online videos, YouTube [ Read More ]

  • What's next for digital music on campus?
    Wed, Feb 25, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Music
    Higher-education officials are pondering what the future holds for digital music on college campuses after the demise of yet another legal music downloading service aimed at college students. Key words: digital music, ruckus, napster, choruss, sony, RIAA. [ Read More ]

  • Need help with class? YouTube videos await
    Mon, Dec 15, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  Video technologies
    When University of Central Florida junior Nicole Nissim got stumped in trigonometry, she checked out what was showing on YouTube. Nissim typically scours the video-sharing Web site for clips of bands and comedy skits. But this time she wasn't there to procrastinate on her homework. It turned out YouTube was also full of math videos. After watching a couple, the psychology major says, she finally understood trig equations and how to make graphs. [ Read More ]

  • This fair-use guide offers copyright shelter
    Mon, Dec 08, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  Multimedia
    Hoping to clear up the confusion over the "fair use" of digital materials in teaching and learning, a panel of university professors has developed a "Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education." [ Read More ]

 

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