Video Hardware

Video File Formats

Video Production Tools (PC Based)

• Windows Movie Maker
  support - Microsoft help - Movie Maker Forums - UpdateXP Screencasts - MakeInternetTV screencasts
• iMovie
  Imovie Tutorial
• Pinnacle Studio
• Adobe Premiere
• Roxy Video

Online Video Sites

• Dotsub
• Teacher Tube
• JumpCut
• YouTube
  How to upload a video to YouTube (WebVideoZ one)
  YouTube Help Center
• Blip.tv

Live Streaming

• Ustream.tv
• Mogulus
• Yahoo Live
• BlogTV
• Justin.tv
• Livevideo.com
• Kyte.tv

Screencasting

• Jing Project - easy screencast publishing
• Camtasia - Media Recording
• Camstudio - free screencast software
• SnapZPro - Media Recording
• Wink
• Screencast-o-Matic

Mahable 150+ Online Video Tools and Resources

Sample sites that use video

• Real English® Video Dictations Exercises
• English-Trailers.Com You can watch movie trailers and do exercises on them. Scripts available.
• thedailyenglishshow Produced and presented by Sarah - a New Zealander based in Japan. Scripts here.
• ESLpodTV - Videos, podcasts and listening and reading exercises.

Lists of other video sites & resources

• Iteslj Video
• CLA Video Listening Sites
• "Video Online" by Elizabeth Hanson-Smith and Mike Marzio
• Examples of use of video in ESL from EVO2008 Video session

Readings

• Tools and Trends in Self-Paced Language Instruction
• Digital Video Update: YouTube, Flash, High-Definition
• Playing the Videotext: A Media Literacy Perspective on Video-Mediated L2 Listening

Tips & Tricks

To embed a flash video file (.swf) in your blog or page, you can use this code (you will need to change the bold portions):

<embed
src="filename.swf"
width="300"
height="300"
allowscriptaccess="always"
allowfullscreen="true"
/>

To embed a .wmv file in your blog or html page, you can use this code (you will need to change the bold portions):

<OBJECT ID="MediaPlayer" WIDTH="192" HEIGHT="190" CLASSID="CLSID:22D6F312-B0F6-11D0-94AB-0080C74C7E95"
STANDBY="Loading Windows Media Player components..." TYPE="application/x-oleobject">
<PARAM NAME="FileName" VALUE="videofilename.wmv">
<PARAM name="autostart" VALUE="false">
<PARAM name="ShowControls" VALUE="true">
<param name="ShowStatusBar" value="false">
<PARAM name="ShowDisplay" VALUE="false">
<EMBED TYPE="application/x-mplayer2" src="videofilename.wmv" NAME="MediaPlayer"
WIDTH="192" HEIGHT="190" ShowControls="1" ShowStatusBar="0" ShowDisplay="0" autostart="0"> </EMBED>
</OBJECT>