Streaming Video

This weeks blog topic was streaming video. Before reading this article I honestly had never even heard of streaming video before. It is something i have seen in the past but never actually knew it was classified as "streaming video". I read a few articles before I found one that made me realize exactly what it was and just how beneficial streaming video can be in the classroom. Streaming video enables the real time, or on-demand distribution of audio, video and multimedia on the internet. Streaming media is the simultaneous transfer of digital media including video, voice, and data, so that it is received as a continuous real-time stream.
Streaming video can be beneficial to both educators and learners. Teachers can use it to seperate curriculum areas by grade level and subject, For example, life science and biology, chemistry, language arts and reading, Earth and space science, social studies, health and prevention, physical science, mathematics, and general science. Streaming video is great for teachers because it gives them home access for lesson planning. Students benefit from streaming video because, the dynamic content of video streaming catches students' attention, helping to keep them focused on the lesson, content is always current and up to date, and videos are always available from any internet-enabled computer.
After reading this article I am very interested in streaming video and in using it in the classroom. I believe that I would benefit greatly from it in my teaching career and I will definatly consider using it someday. I think that it is something that both students and teachers benefit from. I dont think that I would add anything else to this article because it was the best out of all articles that I read on streaming video.

Link to article: http://www.ripbs.org/Education/video_streaming.html