Using Voice Thread to give parents a window into the classroom

I am in the midst of preparing for the next “Live conversation at Classroom 2.0.” The topic of the session will be Voice Thread and Ed.Voicethread and how to use it in the classroom. I could not help but share this Voicethread of a student giving her speech. For all those parents that work and can’t be there for that special moment it might just be a possible solution. Please enjoy and don’t forget to Join us. Link to details.
Saturday February 21st at 9:00 am PST 12:00 PM EST

Thanks to http://learningweb2.wikispaces.com/voicethread for sharing.

Making Flash movies using Quick time and Adobe Flash encoder

Filming Niagara Falls in winter 2009. Still getting accustomed to using my Sony HD 10.2 mega pixel HDR-CX12 camcorder.
Very sunny day.
Imported to iMovie 08. Edited to remove sound in the second section of the clip. You could hear people walking past.
Three different versions:
1) Shared as Quicktime movie File size 4.7 MB
Quicktime plugin required to view.
2) Using the Quicktime movie file produced above, the file was exported it to a Flash file using Quicktime Pro
Settings
Video: 700 kps data rate: On2 VP6 codec Audio : 64 kbps rate mono. Crop size 480 x 360
FTP the file to server.
Saved draft of this to insert a “flv” file in this post. Inserted url for flv (using WP-FLV plugin. Flash file size size 5.6 MB
Quicktime pro flash movie

3) Adobe Flash encoder: same settings
Video: 700 kps data rate: On2 VP6 codec Audio : 64 kbps rate mono. Crop size 480 x 360 File Size 5.6 MB. The code for this post includes a second flash movie but it may not appear. Curious to know if I can play 2 flash files in the same post?