Video on Demand

"'It's a delivery system for our own knowledge assets . . ." In the eSchool News article " Video helps overhaul district's curriculum" I found this comment interesting, especially when compared to data in the Technorati report.

1.4 new blogs every second
1.5 million posts every day
17 posts per second
70 million weblogs

It's mind boggling to think that these statistics are real and that they continue to grow and grow as more and more adults, students, and professional people create and use blogs, and other resources on-line. This in turn, means that we all need to become better prepared to use these on-line resources in the classroom.

I love the fact that video streaming allows for students to learn in different ways. In particular, students who are visual learners can benefit from video streaming. It's always smart to try and include all learning styles in the learning process. If we don't how are we going to get through to all of our students? Technology is obviously a great way to do this and it should offer a great alternative for students with learning styles that are different from those needed for the "traditional" teaching approach.

I did encounter one problem though with the Baltimore article. I decided that I wanted to learn a bit more about the Safari Montage program so I Googled it and found the safarimontage.com website. Unfortunately, I didn't find it overly helpful with providing information about what it actually is and does. Yes, it's video on demand, but it didn't list the many benefits, at least that I could see, that could be derived from the service.