Downloading+YouTube,+editing+online,+and+other+goodies

Online Sharing Sharing videos has emerged as one of the hot new Web 2.0 applications. Google's acquisition of YouTube for $1.65 billion exemplifies the buzz around these new services. YouTube and other sites have emerged as centralized locations where users can upload clips (up to 10 minutes at YouTube) for free and share them with the world. Most sites allow users to comment and subscribe via an internal subscription program or through RSS feeds. None of this would be possible without broadband - it allows large files to be uploaded, compressed, and then streamed to viewers through a Flash-based player.

Individuals are posting home movies, political commentary, clips of television shows or newscasts, photo slideshows, and any thing else they can put together.

Downloading YouTube Videos
If you wanted to use a YouTube in classroom, you can always download it. The best way I have found is using a site called [|Zamzar]. You can paste the URL of a YouTube video you want and have it converted. When it is done, you get an e-mail. Pretty simple.

**Online Editing**
Several companies are taking online video sharing to the next level - online video editing. While significantly less sophisticated than even iMovie, these sites allow you to put video clips together, add transitions, import an audio track, and share.
 * [|Eyespot] - Use the to edit and combine your videos, photos and music online. Share mixes by email, blog, download or cell phone for free!
 * [|Jumpcut] - Create a movie right in your browser.

Broadcasting
The latest buzz in the ed tech teaching sphere is broadcasting your workshops, etc. There are several services that do this, but the one that is getting the most use is [|Ustream.tv]. Here is a page of ed techers and their channels.