Among the topics covered in my LTEC 3040 class is the use of video in a classroom environment. While it’s been discussed previously, the project for this week is to create a framework for a PowerPoint presentation which will instruct teachers on the creation of a video for their own use whether it be personal or in the classroom.
Video is the future. There’s no denying this. Collaborative technologies along with Web 2.0 capabilities are driving this into reality at an unprecedented pace. Video carries with it a number of very important considerations. These include resolution, frame rate (measured in frames per second or fps), bandwidth utilization and availability. There are also other considerations such as speech cadence for the audio portion of the video, lighting (both direct and ambient), background noise, sound track, eye line, efficient use of frame space, camera positioning and closed captioning, to name a few. The list can go on and on depending on the degree of depth and quality one desires in the finished product.
One of my favorite resources for video-related technologies is the Cisco Video Design Zone. It contains just about everything one might wish to know about various types of video applications from surveillance to streaming.
Happy filming! Oh, and keep it clean (or if not, send me a link).
Thank you for the resource. Actually your blog is a resource.