Last week, Teresa Crawford skyped me out of the blue. As it turned out, my webcam had just arrived and I also wanted to test it out with Skype. Teresa agreed and I decided to make a screencast out the experience.
My goals for this screencast:
-Informal conversation about benefit of using Skype with video
-Integrate music, real life video, screen video capture to figure out best production flow
-Weave audio/video channels
-Do over narration of a real life video clip
-Do the whole project in less than two hours (goal met!)
-Produce as a small size quick-time - which meant experimenting with recording size of window
-Upload on a variety of video hosts to compare features
I thought Teresa would be a great person to learn from because she works internationally and remotely from US. It turned out to be pure gold!
What do you think?
If you need more detailed how to information in using SKYPE. I'd suggest the following resources:
Beginner Tutorials
CoolCatTeacher Blog: Skype for Beginners
Laptop Magazine: Skype Made Easy
Skype Official FAQ: How Tos
Nonprofit Uses of Skype
Skype Activism
Going Deeper and Geekier
Skype Tool Bars from Digital Inspiration
Robin Good: What they don't tell you about skype
Skype Journal
combine skype with a recorder like pretty may and you have a built in tool for amazing podcasts. Skype is such a underutilized, amazing resource! Thanks for posting it on your blog!
Posted by: Vicki Davis | October 21, 2006 at 06:17 PM