Ustream

= Communication Tool: = Group Members: Ethan and Meagan


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Brief introduction of the tool
Ustream allows you to easily broadcast yourself to the world. On the website, the user can have their own page on the website where they stream live broadcasts or they broadcast from their own website. Viewers of the broadcast are allowed to leave comments or leave a video message about the broadcast. Viewers are actually able to have live chats with other viewers of the broadcast.


 * ===//Advantages of the tool//===

USteam has many advantages, many of them are inclued in the three e's: efficiency,effectiveness and enhancment. UStream increases efficiency because the website has broadcasts on such a wide variety of topics. Also, you are able to broadcast on any topic you want. UStream is effective because it enables students to get a better comprehension on the topic due to visualization. It also is effective because if students are to create their own broadcast, it will reinforce to content. UStream will will enhance the classroom because it increases the students' interaction in the classroom. It also will create and diffrent and memorable learning experience because the students will have the chance to broadcast themselves all over the world. Another advantage of UStream is that it is a great way to incorporate technology into the classroom. Some unique advantages of this tool for education is that if a student is sick it would enable them to watch the class and still learn the material without being present. For teachers, they could watch other classrooms and learn new teaching strategies and techniques. Other unique advantages is the UStream in enabled to work with iphones and ipods so you can UStream anywhere.


 * ===//Disadvantages (limitations) of the tool//===

The only major disadvantage of UStream is language. You are limited to watching videos only in English, but UStream said they are working on improving. Watching UStreams in other languages would be a great addition to a foreign langauge classroom.

Application of the tool in your subject area
Ustream can be integrated into the classroom by using it to view newscasts and videos of current global events like the earthquakes in Haiti or Chile. The teacher can search Ustream for videos about current events or about world news. The teacher can create questions from the video or have students view and it and write some responses. Teachers can also create live shows with Ustream so if students are not present they can still participate. The students could view a video and answer some predetermined questions or possibly write some responsed to the images they see and the videos content. Using Ustream gives you chance to incorporate material from international sources like news organizations.

Find a tutorial on YouTube
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===//List of key features showed in the YouTube video://=== The video offers explanations for the key features of Ustream. It teaches you about Ustream’s user interface and gives explanations about how to create a live video stream and the various settings you can adjust that control volume, picture quality, and privacy of your video stream. The tutorial also teaches you how to create channels where you can watch your favorite television programs along with athletics and new coverage. This tutorial also touches on how to publish your videos and make your live streams available to others.

Useful Resources
[|**https://wiki.itap.purdue.edu/display/INSITE/Ustream.tv#Ustream.tv-PurposeofUstream**] **:** this is a website from Purdue University all about UStream, this website is great because it actually gives example lesson plans including UStream for diffrent grade levels, it also other great ways to incorporate UStream into the classrooms and businesses. [] : this a page from the UStream website all about UStream and the ways to use it [] this website gives detailed information and step by step instructions on how to create, upload, and customize a Ustream streaming video. This website also provides detailed pictures with each step so following along is fairly easy.