Turn Your PowerPoint Presentation into a Video
Posted by Celia Walter | 29 Jun, 2009How to Turn Your PowerPoint Presentation into a Video...
... a quick guide on how you can convert your PowerPoint presentation into a video...[more]
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The Economist: Audio and Video
Posted by Celia Walter | 20 May, 2009
The Economist: Audio and Video
http://audiovideo.economist.com/
The audio and video segments of the Economist online are plentiful, and free. There is no need to register to start listening or watching. Furthermore, there is a very handy feature that allows a visitor to add a segment to their playlist, if they are overwhelmed by all the great choices and don't want to forget to hear them all. On the left side of the screen, visitors can choose view their options by "video", "audio", or "subject". Subject includes categories such as "Asia", "The Americas", "Books and Arts", and "Science and technology". These topics can also be found in the link entitled "From the Audio Edition". The link entitled "Videographics" is a unique feature that should appeal to visual learners, as it uses animated graphics, charts or graphs, rather than photographs or film, to explain a newsworthy concept, such as "A short, recent history of Congo" or "Explaining the Money Markets". Visitors should not miss the video segments called "Kal's cartoons", the link to which is found on the left hand side menu. In these videos, the political cartoonist for the magazine explains various features of his cartoons. "Kal on Thatcher" explains how he drew the former Prime Minister and why. Same goes for "Kal on Bill" and "Kal on Reagan". "The Debate We'd Like To See" with Obama and Hillary Clinton as game show contestants and Regis Philbin as the host may no longer be current, but it is laugh out loud funny, nonetheless. [KMG]
From Scout Report
From: Backdoor Broadcasting Company
Posted by Celia Walter | 30 Apr, 2009Backdoor Broadcasting Company. We are a mobile audio webcasting service, broadcasting sound or any audio source from anywhere to anywhere via the Internet. We are based in the United Kingdom, in Oxford, and at present only operate within the UK...
We offer two different kinds of services:
The Academic Service is specifically designed to broadcast academic conferences, symposia, public lectures and workshops to further the dissemination of academic research and knowledge. Our other service, the Sound Experiment, wishes to encourage new and experimental music, sound art and sonic events by making them available to the widest possible audiences...
Two items from the Academic Service archive
Professor Michael Mann (UCLA): Explaining the Rise and Fall of Fascism
The
Birkbeck-Wiener Library joint lecture series cotinued on 15 April 2009
with a lecture by Professor Michael Mann on ‘Explaining the Rise and
Fall of Fascism’. This lecture took place at Birkbeck, University of
London (main building, Malet Street, WC1E 7HX, in Room B34) at 7pm.
Professor Michael Mann is a Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles and a world authority on political theory and history. He is widely well known for his publications on capitalism, nationalism, militarism, globalisation, imperialism, ethnic cleansing and fascism. His major works include ‘Fascists’, a comparative study of fascism in six European countries (2004); ‘The Dark Side of Democracy’ on ethnic cleansing (2004); ‘Incoherent Empire’ on contemporary American imperialism (2003); and the prize-winning series ‘The Sources of Social Power’ (Volume I: A History of Power from the Beginning to 1760, published in 1986, and Volume II: The Rise of Classes and Nation-States, 1760-1914, published in 1996).
The lecture is followed by a commentary from Professor Lucy Riall (Birkbeck), who has published widely on European and Italian history. Her most recent book is ‘Garibaldi: Invention of a Hero (2007), which analyses the political strategy behind the construction of a popular cult of Garibaldi in nineteenth century Europe.
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Round Table: THE DECLINE AND RISE OF CHINA: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives. Royal Holloway University of London Department of History
Dr Weipin Tsai: The ‘Self-Strengthening Movement’ Revisited
Dr Chi-Kwan Mark: Negotiating with Communism: Britain and China.
Dr Evelyn Goh: China’s Rise and the Regional Hierarchy in East Asia
Questions/Discussion
SnagFilms : view full-length documentaries for free.
Posted by Celia Walter | 13 Feb, 2009
SnagFilms
This is the website of SnagFilms, a website which enables users to view full-length documentaries for free. Documentaries on the website have been directed by a range of filmmakers from established directors to first time filmmakers. One can watch full-length documentary films, ‘snag’ a film (by means of a widget) and put it anywhere on the web and open a virtual movie theatre on any website so one can watch snagfilms for free. Currently, the website has a library of around 550 films. The library includes films from the Public Broadcasting Service and National Geographic among others. One can browse the documentary list by topic such as environment, health, history, politics or by title. From Intute.ac.uk
http://www.snagfilms.com/
This is the website of SnagFilms, a website which enables users to view full-length documentaries for free. Documentaries on the website have been directed by a range of filmmakers from established directors to first time filmmakers. One can watch full-length documentary films, ‘snag’ a film (by means of a widget) and put it anywhere on the web and open a virtual movie theatre on any website so one can watch snagfilms for free. Currently, the website has a library of around 550 films. The library includes films from the Public Broadcasting Service and National Geographic among others. One can browse the documentary list by topic such as environment, health, history, politics or by title. From Intute.ac.uk
http://www.snagfilms.com/
12 Screencasting Tools For Creating Video Tutorials
Posted by Celia Walter | 26 Feb, 200812 Screencasting Tools For Creating Video Tutorials
Ever wondered how people show you so clearly what is happening on their computer, like in the Photoshop Video Tutorials we shared with you? Thanks to screencasting software, anyone can do it. So what’s stopping you now from making your own how-to videos? Try out one of these 12 tools and get to making your first video!
FREE
AviScreen - As the name would imply, this capture program records the video into AVI files, but can also do BMP photos. It’s Windows only and does not record audio.
CamStudio.org - An open source program for capturing your on-screen video and audio as AVI files. Windows only, and absolutely free.
Copernicus - A free program for Macs that focuses heavily on making quick and speedy films by recording the video to your RAM for quicker access. Does not include any support for audio.JingProject.com - Beyond recording video, Jing allows you to take a picture of any portion fo your desktop, draw on it, add a message, and immediately upload your media to a free hosting account. You are then given a small URL that you can give to whomever needs to see the image or video. Works with Macs and Windows machines.
Screencast-O-Matic.com - A Java-based screencasting tool that requires no downloads and will allow you to automatically upload to hosting. According to their site it works well with Macs and Windows machines, but does have some issues with Linux.
Wink - Screencasting software that focuses on making tutorials with audio and text annotation abilities. Outputs to Flash, PDF, HTML, EXE files and more.
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Adobe Captivate - While Adobe is almost always synonymous with quality, it also always means it’s going to be expensive. Pricing starts at nearly $700.
AllCapture - Capture in real time, add audio during recording or after completion. Can output to Flash, EXE, ASF, DVD, SVCD and VCD. Free trial available, Windows only.
HyperCam - Windows only system for recording screen activity to AVI files along with system audio. Free trial with $39.95 for full version.
iShowU - Offers a wide-range of presets that allows you to record directly into Quicktime and up to 1080P in both NTSC and PAL formats. Also does audio and the file is ready to be published as soon as hit stop. Mac only.
ScreenMimic - Software for the Mac that offers transitions, audio dubbing, can output to HTML, Quicktime and Flash. Free download and $64.95 for the paid version.
ScreenRecord - Outputs to Quicktime directly and can record your clicks and all on-screen activities. Offers a free trial and then $19.95 to purchase.
From iLibrarian blog
Databases with text summaries of audio-visual material
Posted by Celia Walter | 6 Nov, 2007There are many databases out there that don’t provide actual audio or video content but do offer text summaries of the material. These rundowns often contain just what you need (without hearing or seeing the actual audio/video) and can also be very useful in placing events in time.
One database that we’ve yet to mention on ResourceShelf is the BBC Prorgamme Catalogue (Beta)...
+ Reuters Television News Video Rundowns
These pages are constantly refreshed. In some cases with the complete text script of the story.
+ Television News Archive
All major U.S. network newscasts and more back to 1968. Lots of excellent metadata. Video can be requested for a fee from the archive. The legendary Marshall Breeding is the leader of this project.
+ Newsfilm Online
UK university project digitising ITN and Reuters content. The “samples” listed by category on the home page are accessible to all users today.
+ Getty Images Video Footage
This database includes the
+ AP Archive
+ Dick Clark Productions
+ Universal Studios
+ Warner Brothers Entertainment
+ WireImage Video
+ FOOTAGE.net
Material from CNN ImageSource, NBC News Archives, ESPN/ABC Sports, ABC News and several others.
+ C-SPAN Archives
Powerful search interface. Some content free, other content can be ordered for a fee.
In terms of “historic” streamingvideo available online take a look at the WONDERFUL and VERY inexpensive NewsPlayer (browse by features and dates)
Also, the top-notch Digital Archive of Pathe Newsreels from the UK is also another must.
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