Custom You Tube Video Players

To create a You Tube Video Viewer, go into your You Tube account.  Go to More.;Custom Video Players.
Create customized video players for publishing to websites or blogs. You can change the colors and contents of a player at any time, and all instances of that player will automatically update to the new settings. Be sure you have saved some videos to a Playlist or as Favorites. You can choose the type of player and which Playlist to use. You Tube will then generate an embeddable code for your blog or wiki. To use on a Blogger account, make sure you choose the Edit HTML tab before pasting in code.
Clicking on the left and right tabs above with allow you to see which videos I've chosen for this play list. Click on the video of choice to view on this player.

UPDATE: 5/6/09:  I've seen the error message on this player for a couple of days now. I tried re-doing the custom video player and reinstalling the code, but to no avail.  I will think this through and see if I can find a resolution. Has anyone else had problems with this app? 

Voice Thread

I previously reviewed this site, but it's worth a re-run. http://voicethread.com/ It can be used for distance learning, collaborative, asynchronous VoiceThread discussions, meetings, lectures and more. There is a purchase price, but it's quite reasonable. You can try it out free by signing up, which will give you 3 free voice threads. Go into 'My Voice' to see some video tutorials of how the site works.

"A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to leave comments in 5 ways - using voice (with a mic or phone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). Share a VoiceThread with friends, students, and colleagues for them to record comments too.
Users can doodle while commenting, use multiple identities and pick which comments are shown through moderation. VoiceThreads can even be embedded on web sites and exported to MP3 players or DVDs as archival movies.
With VoiceThread, group conversations are collected and shared in one place from anywhere in the world. All with no software to install."

Another AELC 10 Minute Wonder! Mojiti Video Annotation

2/26/08 Update: This site seems to have disappeared. The Web giveth and the Web taketh away...

http://mojiti.com/
For those of you who have asked me why I consider podcasting a Web 2.0 project, check out the tutorial associated with this site. The trick is not in finding the tools, because a simple search will provide as many as you can use, but in using them effectively. Tools such as this give us the ability to think differently about how we teach and how we learn. It's always amazing.
Mojiti make it easy for you to personalize any video. Use Mojiti Spots to narrate your personal videos, add captions or subtitles in any language, or just comment on any scene to share your thoughts and opinions.
Also see the YouTube video entitled Web 2.0 in Just Under 5 Minutes by:
Michael Wesch Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology Kansas State University

http://youtube.com/watch?v=NLlGopyXT_g
http://mediatedcultures.net/
or
http://mojiti.com/kan/2024/3313
Also added to the 'Tech Tools Recommended' list on this Blog

Volcanoes

Using video from YouTube for a video blog (vlog)