Comments on: Videoblogging as an antidote to too much TV.

By: jonny goldstein

jonny goldstein — Fri, 11 May 2007 20:02:31 +0000

Also, with the kind of mini cameras that exist, it seems like it would be easy to sneak a camera in.

By: Aldon Hynes

Aldon Hynes — Fri, 11 May 2007 15:37:27 +0000

jonny, It may not be a general practice yet, although I sure hope it does become one and I hope we work together to make it so. I also hope that it becomes the norm in state legislatures. Your videotaping of the hearing sets an important precedent.

Independent of whether or not this will become a general practice, your experience remains an example of the opportunities that digital media affords us, and I do believe that making these sorts of opportunities available to a wide array of students is a very important educational reform.

By: jonny goldstein

jonny goldstein — Fri, 11 May 2007 15:27:51 +0000

Aldon, I’m not sure whether, as a general practice, the public is allowed to video Congressional Hearings. In the case of this hearing, specifically about the future of video, they were agreeable to me coming in and videoing. I don’t know whether that would be allowed for most hearings. I need to do more research on this.

By: Orient Lodge

Orient Lodge — Fri, 11 May 2007 14:54:57 +0000

Videoblogging as an antidote to too much TV…

Several recent articles have caught my attention and have led me to the assertion that what we need to do to address problems with broadcast television isn’t more regulation, it’s more videoblogging.
Yesterday, the Christian Science Monitor had an …