But while I download and listen to podcasts with interviews of people at conferences on their take aways … a video interview of the same thing does not add any value … only unwanted extra bandwidth in the download.

On the other hand, I listened to the audio of Julie Leung’s presentation at Gnomedex and oh so much wanted the video as she was not using ppt but pics to ‘mark’ the points she was making (either to reinforce or a counter point to the verbal message) … so this would have been real added value to the message (a ppt of the text I think I could take or leave.

So for me vid/vodcasting will only take off if we exploit the value-added of the medium … and not just exploit bandwidth!

I’ve just started my own vidcast for educators wishing to enhance student learning across all subject areas with technology, and on it I showcase websites, project ideas, article reviews, tutorials, etc. As the viewership grows (if it grows), I want to take content submissions from other teachers in the form of text, audio, video, screen caps, photos, etc. and built it into show content. That way it wouldn’t be the ‘Danny Maas Show’ but would be a collective effort of the collective intelligence of the educational community. So while watching me speak would admittedly be a slow and painful death I’m sure, having a related visual to go along with the audio might actually be useful. At least I’m hoping it is. Video killed the radio star, but only because the video enriched and enhanced the message.

I won’t give the url to my vidcast because I’m not trying to plug it here - just offering a possibility for where this form of communication might be useful.