Teaching another videoblogging workshop

I taught my first workshop this past summer and now it’s time for take 2. This time I brought my little digital camera and we shot an introduction in the class. Also, the people who signed up this time all have macs at home and they also are all camera owners. I think that the next workshop I teach, I will make this a prerequisite. The second half is tomorrow night when we’ll get to see how far everyone has gotten in setting up their own vlog.

I love teaching people about videoblogging. The first two hours are really exciting because people are so amazed by the potential of what they can do. Then when I start to try and explain RSS 2.0 and the idea of subscribing to feeds, it all gets a little heavy and confusing for them. I would love any tips or links to materials that could help me get this part across better.

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My School Pals

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Okay, well Jay suggested that I get some material of the boys I’m going to school with. I was really nervous about doing it. I’m kind of shy that way. But today I finally broke the ice and pulled out my camera. The guys are really cool – Frank works at Wonderland, he does in fact operate rollercoasters. He’s also really into music and that’s mostly where we connect. Don’s a total computer whiz and he runs servers and websites and he loves old school video games (like nintendo and early gameboy! god, i’m old) and he wears a different video game related shirt to school everyday. Steven is pretty quiet, very nice and also seems to enjoy video games and music. Josh was sick today so I think I’ll bring my camera again next week and try to catch him.

On the way home I was thinking it would be fun to do a weekly question with these guys. I’m not good at being regular about stuff, but if it keeps me vlogging, it’s worth it. This whole school trip has been really intense but I think I’m starting to get the hang of it. More to come…

Backseat Driving

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At a friend’s birthday party this past weekend. Watching the poor DVD operator get yelled at from all corners. The funny part was that the people who were yelling were just as clueless about what to do. It was like being live on the set of “Survivor” when they do those blindfolded activities.