New web 2.0 technologies have given me the opportunity to stay close to my family in ways I never thought possible.
Last night I enjoyed a long catch up with 2 of my nieces and one of my nephews on tokbox.com.
For those of you clinging to 20th century modes of communication, tokbox.com offers free on-line video conferencing. So armed with a laptop with a camera, several people can participate with each person represented on the screen along with the caller. Clarity is good, only occasional "freezes". And of course, in line with web 2.0 guidleines, it is free!
I was able to use even more free technology to video capture our conversation using Jing. Jing allows for free video and/or audio capture of your computer screen. It is limited to five minute increments but that is no problem...just do five minute sections!
Today I had a skype conversation with my brother-in-law that I was also able to capture on Jing. Then I was able to upload these videos to my Any Video Converter program I had downloaded free from the Internet to convert them to .avi files so I can edit them with Windows Movie Maker--another essentially free program.
So now, armed with interviews and old video I converted from VHS, along with 100's of pictures that I will edit on piknic.com--you guessed it a free online photo editor--I will combine these elements for a mashup video of my family story. It should be interesting!!!
Until next time!!
Wow!!! This is great! I'm so glad that you are finding ways to use the programs that we've learned about. Bet your video will be fantastic!
ReplyDeleteI never thought about using Jing to record tokbox or Skype conversations. Very creative. Sounds like a fun project!
ReplyDeleteI have been using skype to talk with my family back home.I used to spend almost $25-30 a month in calling card but now its all free.
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