A number of teachers have asked how we manage the growing amount of video based teaching resources that are being produced. From screencasts to Moving Image Arts coursework, from video podcasts to clips edited from our EyeTV system we end up juggling a large amount of video files which creates both storage and bandwidth issues for schools. Read more
There is nothing more motivating (and exciting) as digital creativity in the classroom. I personally think you would be hard pushed to find a teacher who doesn’t love offering their pupils digital creativity opportunities yet we all face the age old problem of having little TIME to learn new technologies and even less time to freely experiment in class. Read more
The new Flip Ultra HD camera was released in the UK today. We reviewed the Mino HD that offered 4GB of storage a few months ago and loved it. The Flip Ultra HD offers a massive 8GB of storage and is actually cheaper than the Mino ! Read more
I haven’t fully thought this entire idea through but I thought I would put it out there none the less. I have been playing with the new Canon 500D digital SLR camera. I say playing as the work produced is laughable compared to the video I am going to reference later. Read more
Elgato have pretty covered most of our video needs with TV encoders (and EyeTV) for our TV capturing and editing needs. The Turbo.264 HD allows us to encode footage directly from AVCHD camcorders and virtually any other video format. Now the company tackles our analogue video needs in the form of “Video Capture” Read more
