Tagged: "Videos"

August 23, 2010

THINK Global School: Traveling the World with Social Media

My post on EdSocialMedia today is coordinated with an article by Andy Shaindlin of Alumni Futures. Click through to Alumni Futures to read Andy’s look at THINK Global School with insight from our Head of School, Aron Solomon. THINK Global School is an independent secondary school whose students live and learn in a different international [...]

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July 16, 2010

Be quick. Be nimble.

I wondered who would be the first to jump on the outrageous, awesome and just plain hilarious Old Spice commercials and YouTube phenom.  If  you have no idea what I’m talking about go here,  enjoy and thank me later. I figured that some enterprising college would hop right on this just like Yale did with [...]

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February 24, 2010

edSocialMedia Summit: Ben Jones Keynote

Thanks to our friends at WhippleHill for this video of the excellent Keynote address by Ben Jones, VP for Communications at Oberlin College and former Director of Communications for the MIT Office of Admissions. Ben shared his experiences in using social media, focusing on the “what,” “why,” and “how” from his point of view. This [...]

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February 24, 2010

edSocialMedia Summit: Panel Discussion: What is the future of teaching?

Watch live streaming video from whipplehill at livestream.com A conversation from the ESM Summit about the social media impact on the evolution of teaching with Hans Mundahl (New Hampton School), Peter Gow (BCDS), David Bill (The Dwight School), Kelley Connolly (BCDS) and Bill Stites (MKA) Moderated by: Antonio Viva A special thanks to WhippleHill for [...]

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December 17, 2009

Live Streaming 101

So you are interested in getting started at your school with live streaming video. Maybe you want to make a concert or athletic event available to parents and alumni who are far from your campus. Perhaps your video club or film class wants to do television but you don’t want to go through a costly [...]

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November 06, 2009

Must See ‘New Hampton’ TV!

Have you caught Hans Mundahl's latest edSocialMedia video (Social Media and the Carpentry Puzzle)? If not, take 5 minutes, it's worth every second. His post provides an ideal segue into edSocialMedia's latest podcast. Hans & I began with a conversation about the tensions that pop up as schools begin to participate in social media and from there focused on the student produced livecast New Hampton TV. He spoke about the program's growth, the technological & communication lessons learned by the students, and some of the surprises they've faced along the way.

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November 06, 2009

Video: Tracking Your Success

(On the topic of website video, here is a follow-up to Video Primer.) Is your video experiment working? Check your statistics! Video websites track the number of playbacks of each item, one potential measure of success. In YouTube, go to Videos and click on the Insight button next to the video you want to track. [...]

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November 05, 2009

Social Media and the Carpentry Puzzle

I’ve become a big fan of the power of social media in general and live video in particular to help me reach learner outcomes and create student engagement. This video goes into how I got started with live video, and draws some comparisons to a very low tech inspiration.

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November 03, 2009

Video Primer

Working at an independent school offers plenty of great opportunities to produce video: plays, games, gatherings, graduations, celebrations, traditions and more. You don't have to shot everything, but if you pick your spots and produce a couple of pieces, you will strengthen your internal communications channels, and possibly even some external channels as well.

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September 21, 2009

Bootcamp: Los Angeles, January 20, 2010

Join us on January 20, 2010 at Windward School in Los Angeles, CA for a social media bootcamp experience. Learn how social media can help you strengthen relationships with the constituents that matter most- your students, parents, faculty & alumni. Who should attend: K-12 or higher-ed administrators and staff in Admissions, Marketing, Communications, External-affairs, Advancement, or Alumni/Development.

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