Twitter's live streaming video application, Periscope, allows us to view/post live video around the world. Read about five ways Periscope has benefited classrooms.
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Applications:
They are the cornerstones of our lives and are beginning to
blur the lines between our digital selves and our physical
selves. They are big money. And while there can be a tendency
to regard some of the more kitschy aspects of app culture
as frivolous, it would be a disservice to discount this
influential industry.
PERISCOPE
One of the more important apps is Periscope, Twitter’s live
streaming video app. The concept is simple: Create an account,
follow other accounts and post/view live video from anywhere in
the world. When applied to education, this concept has the po-
tential to expand the boundaries of the typical classroom. We’ve
come up with some ways we think Periscope will enhance the
learning experience for students and teachers.
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5 Benefits of
Using Periscope:1. Increased Access to Guest Speakers
Allowing guest speakers access to student bodies around the world is
something made popular by Skype. Periscope takes it a step further by
letting people play videos that have already streamed. This is great for
students who need to work around scheduling conflicts.
2. Creation of Multimedia Projects
We no longer just take pictures with our phones. We also shoot videos
and document the daily aspects of our lives on video blogs. We might
listen to talk radio, but we also listen to and create podcasts. Expanding
the type of media available to students in a classroom broadens the type
of work students are able to do, and keeps in line with the development
of multimedia skills that have become commonplace outside of the class-
room. Multimedia projects encourage creativity and can infuse a drab
curriculum with relevancy and excitement.
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3. Facilitating Interpersonal/Professional Relationships
Being able to ask a community of peers for help is an invaluable resource.
Periscope can be used to facilitate problem solving, brainstorm sessions
and even private tutoring. It also opens up access to teachers and profes-
sors, whose office hours cannot accommodate all students.
4. Expanding Educational Opportunities
With the ability to livestream videos that can be accessed at a later date,
Periscope presents educators with the opportunity to turn personal
events into supplemental lessons. Trips to the museum, zoo, aquarium
and art galleries, to name a few examples, can be watched by students at
any time. And with the new Sketch feature, Scopers are now able to draw
over live streams, teleprompter style.
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5. Decreasing Reliance on the Media Binary (TV and Video)
By providing instant access to an established global community,
Periscope helps to enrich the learning experience by decreasing
reliance on static media (i.e. in class movies). Within the Periscope
community, real people are documenting aspects of their lives in easily
digestible bite-sized chunks. Yes, you can learn about the daily lives of
people in foreign countries by watching the nightly news, but you can
also supplement this type of learning with Periscope. This can be
extremely helpful for those who need to keep up with current events,
social studies and anthropological coursework.
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Beyond being hip, the goal of technology should be to make our lives more
efficient. While Periscope won’t necessarily replace the traditional media that
has become the educational standard, there is a real opportunity for educators
to integrate it into the classroom. We shouldn’t so much penalize the use of
cellphones in classrooms, as encourage their responsible and creative use.
At the end of the day, mobile devices and the apps on them allow us to interact
with a larger part of the world, and being able to see that world through the
eyes of the many and not just the individual is invaluable.
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the experience as the business changes
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In Summary
IN SUMMARY
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Times Square, New York, and Melbourne, Australia. We offer
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