1 / 10

The Wonderful World of WEBCAMS

The Wonderful World of WEBCAMS. Terminology. Webcams are video capturing devices connected to computers or computer networks. Direct communication, where all parties involved in the communication are present at the same time (an event) is a form of synchronous communication.

marcin
Download Presentation

The Wonderful World of WEBCAMS

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. The Wonderful WorldofWEBCAMS

  2. Terminology • Webcams are video capturing devices connected to computers or computer networks. • Direct communication, where all parties involved in the communication are present at the same time (an event) is a form of synchronous communication. • telephone conversation • chat room event • instant messaging • Asynchronous communication does not require that all parties involved in the communication need to be present and available at the same time. • e-mail • discussion boards • text messaging over cell phones.

  3. What can you do with a webcam? sending video e-mail to family and friends videoconferencing with co-workers, students or other schools chatting in real-time with other webcam users in specialty chat rooms or other online chat forums recording lectures and conferences while taking notes using as a document camera, still camera, demonstration camera…

  4. Videoconferencing and Video Chat • Individuals or groups of students or teachers from around the globe can communicate about topics. • Compare water samples, explore language and culture, construct virtual classrooms… • Tools • www.liveoffice.com • www.vsee.com • www.webmessenger.msn.com • www.sightspeed.com • www.skype.com

  5. OneNote • OneNote lets you record audio at the same time as you type. • Well, any tape recorder can do that. • What makes OneNote special is that if you click on your typed notes later, it starts playing back the audio that was recorded at that point.

  6. Document Camera Found a great handout in full color you want to share with a group? Have a small part or object that pertains to the topic? Hook the Webcam to a LCD projector and you have an instant document camera

  7. Still Camera • Take pictures… great for emailing still images, quick simple shots, record multi-step directions… • www.cameroid.com • www.flickr.com • www.shutterfly.com

  8. Movie Maker • Record video and edit to make a movie • Can insert movies into a PowerPoint

  9. Screen Capture Capture what is happening on your screen with jing (http://www.jingproject.com/) Create a personalized tutorial with Camtasia (http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.asp)

  10. Other Cool Webcam Applications • Extended Reality Webcam Games • cameroid • Smart Grid Augmented Reality

More Related