{"id":8644,"date":"2015-10-29T11:31:46","date_gmt":"2015-10-29T16:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=8644"},"modified":"2015-10-29T11:31:46","modified_gmt":"2015-10-29T16:31:46","slug":"have-a-tweet-spree-using-twitcam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/have-a-tweet-spree-using-twitcam\/","title":{"rendered":"Have a Tweet Spree Using Twitcam!"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Karen Nichols<\/p>\n

I attended a presentation on using social media to engage underrepresented students at the most recent Online Learning Consortium<\/a> in Orlando.\u00a0 Several apps were discussed and Twitcam<\/a> was one of them.\u00a0 I decided to investigate it for myself.\u00a0 If you go to the twitcam website:\u00a0 http:\/\/twitcam.livestream.com\/<\/a> the directions say you can begin in three easy steps.\u00a0 Well, that wasn't quite my experience, but it was still pretty easy just the same.<\/p>\n

So, from the Twitcam homepage, I was told that Flash<\/a> needed to be installed.<\/p>\n

Then I was told to set up my webcam.\u00a0 Fortunately, mine is built in.<\/p>\n

Next I have to log into Twitter.\u00a0 But wait, there is no sign of Twitcam inside my Twitter.\u00a0 What they should say is to \"scroll down to the bottom of the Twitcam page and click on Broadcast Live.\u00a0 THEN you'll be taken to Twitter where you can log in and see Twitcam.<\/p>\n

Once there, you must \"allow\" Twitcam to access your webcam and microphone and then it really is easy to follow their directions.\u00a0 You will be tweeting live which could be a really wonderful learning experience for various concepts you're teaching.<\/p>\n

When finished, click on stop recording and you'll be asked if you want to archive your video.\u00a0 So not only could you reach students as you streamed your video live, you can provide the link to the video for anyone who missed it or who would like to replay it later.<\/p>\n

So here's just a quick example of a twitcam video I made.\u00a0 Because this is a free service, you'll have to view all or part of an ad before the video will play.\u00a0 Since you can tweet as you're videotaping, you can add the text of what you're saying to make it accessible since I don't see any way to add captions, or add something else like an assignment.\u00a0 You can provide a link to the archived video or embed it.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/twitcam.com\/giovj<\/a><\/p>\n

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I'm really interested to know if you think you may like to try something like this and create a video tweet spree<\/a> for your students.\u00a0 If you do, please share!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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