Activity 9 Streaming Video

I had the opportunity to attend a workshop in the fall given by the district for Media Specialists in which UnitedStreaming was demoed, and I had an opportunity to explore the features of the website. I found the lessons and videos on the secondary level to be quite extensive. As the manager of the password for Henry I quickly passed on the passwords and features to the Henry staff. Many of the staff took the challenge to explore and I know there are several staff utilizing the website. I personally have not downloaded any of the videos but I have had fun looking at some of the video's on some of my favorite topics. We are asking staff to avoid downloading the videos during the school day. We are concerened that if a large number of staff download at the same time especially during our heavy useages times the system slows to a crawl. I will try to report back on this topic once our history day projects begin. I hope to find videos to download and make available to students on various topics that they may choose.