I gotta agree with you, Barry, the quality of your audio & video is
surprisingly good. Could you please share the make & model of this
little gem? The built-in mike is quite a bit better than I would have
expected.

You were asking about applications... A colleague of mine in Sweden is
using a similar camera to teach math to his distance students (ABE
level). Here is the link if you are interested:
http://flerpart.hudiksvall.se/halsinge/default.asp?p=Streaming&s=Stream&
id={DABF81B0-F1DA-4EDA-8AED-A1037306CD37}

As you can see, my colleague just points his webcam at a whiteboard on
which he works out solutions to math problems. Of course, this video is
in Swedish but no doubt you get the idea. It is a very low-tech way to
do things but he says it works & the students use these videos
extensively, both to access the class from a distance & to review.

Gina Bennett

-----Original Message-----
From: technology-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:technology-bounces at nifl.gov]
On Behalf Of Burkett, Barry
Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 10:48 AM
To: The Technology and Literacy Discussion List
Subject: Goofin around with a webcam


Hey y'all,

It would be great if I could get feedback on this clip. 

Ways I believe it can be used:
  on a loan policy to distance learning students
  online book clubs
  making a class room available to online students
  modeled reading, etc

Biggest bonus, this webcam cost $50, and I can use this one camera on 3
different computers now.  The Sony HDDC that was used for the previously
viewed google video costs around $600 or $700.

What are possibilities you see with it?

Barry