Using Video Streaming Setting up a Cheap System for Distributing Information to Teachers and Students By Thomas McNeal, Jr. and Landon Kearns Learning & Leading with Technology Volume 32 Number 6 Pgs. 16-19
This article explains about how video streaming can be used in classrooms as an effective tool to teach technology to students. This is available in many classrooms. In this article they have explained how they have taken free software, older computers and borrowed hardware and built the units. Over the past few years the Deaf Education PT3 joined together the project of video conferencing and streaming as part of the benefits for the Deaf Education. A famous professor at KSU Dr. Harold Johnson who was interested in Deaf Education has researched into the benefits of videoconferencing and communication. The two areas he investigated are the affordability and teacher pre-service to students. Internet videoconferencing is done by a network of people that are interested in the same research. The team decided on this project based on the following facts:
· Portability
· Ease of set up
· Affordability
By using two inexpensive video cameras and connecting them together we can do successful videoconferences with the deaf education. We can also connect the video to a laptop and do a great communication.
QUESTIONS:
1. How can we create our own video streamer?
It is very easy to create our own video streamer with three simple components. They are
a) Laptop running via video
b) Encoder PC
c) Streaming server
The authors of this article confirmed that this is not a pretty model invented but it will get the job done as a low cost model. More information and details on this project can be found at: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/9series/encoder/sysreq.aspx
2. What are some benefits of videoconferencing?
There are several benefits of videoconferencing. They are as follows. This reduces the isolation of students. Pre-service students can observe a teacher at work from many miles away. Collaborative work of educators can be easily done.
Can be easily used in a K-12 setting. Very affordable project by using technology that is already available to all people.
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What a wonderful tool! I had a friend in high school who was deaf, and he really struggled to keep up with the pace of the rest of the class. His primary mode of learning was lip reading, and he had an aid in certain classes, but it was hard to receive the same information as the rest of the class. This video streaming is a wonderful educational tool, because deaf students can then receive the lectures explained with sign language as well. Additionally, they can learn visually, perhaps with dramitizations and examples. Thanks for letting me know about this!
-Casey Belsly
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