Comments on: Dear John Letter from Eyespot http://cogdogblog.com/2008/10/09/dear-john/ Alan Levine's space for barking about and playing with technology Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:36:43 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Alan Levine aka CogDog http://cogdogblog.com/2008/10/09/dear-john/comment-page-1/#comment-57164 Alan Levine aka CogDog Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:55:51 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/?p=2837#comment-57164 @Lisa Bennett: Thanks Lisa, will give it a go to see how the process works! @Lisa Bennett: Thanks Lisa, will give it a go to see how the process works!

]]> By: Lisa Bennett http://cogdogblog.com/2008/10/09/dear-john/comment-page-1/#comment-57163 Lisa Bennett Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:59:42 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/?p=2837#comment-57163 You might be familiar with Kaltura from WikiEducator, I know that Leigh Blackall has used it quite a few times there. In any case, as noted in the letter from Eyespot’s CEO, Kaltura is offering promotional pricing to former Eyespot customers looking to seamlessly transition their online video solution. http://corp.kaltura.com/static/eyespot Kaltura offers a full video platform that is open source, thus providing a great alternative to proprietary solutions in the market. Lisa Bennett Kaltura You might be familiar with Kaltura from WikiEducator, I know that Leigh Blackall has used it quite a few times there.

In any case, as noted in the letter from Eyespot’s CEO, Kaltura is offering promotional pricing to former Eyespot customers looking to seamlessly transition their online video solution. http://corp.kaltura.com/static/eyespot

Kaltura offers a full video platform that is open source, thus providing a great alternative to proprietary solutions in the market.

Lisa Bennett
Kaltura

]]> By: Nancy Bosch http://cogdogblog.com/2008/10/09/dear-john/comment-page-1/#comment-57160 Nancy Bosch Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:42:05 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/?p=2837#comment-57160 Bottom line? Why do we need 15 timeline makers or photo manipulation applications or avatar generators? Eventually the best will rise to the top, the rest gone and hopefully the good ones will still be free. I also think that the real effectiveness of the applications in the classroom will be realized and the good ones will stay around. Bottom line? Why do we need 15 timeline makers or photo manipulation applications or avatar generators? Eventually the best will rise to the top, the rest gone and hopefully the good ones will still be free.

I also think that the real effectiveness of the applications in the classroom will be realized and the good ones will stay around.

]]> By: Alan Levine aka CogDog http://cogdogblog.com/2008/10/09/dear-john/comment-page-1/#comment-57154 Alan Levine aka CogDog Sun, 12 Oct 2008 03:37:44 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/?p=2837#comment-57154 @Nancy Bosch: I'm not so sure it is necessarily the same path for all Web 2.0 tools, but there's little reason to assume a free tool/app will be around forever. See <a href="www.wired.com/techbiz/it/magazine/16-03/ff_free " rel="nofollow">"Free! Why $0.00 is the Future of Business"</a> from Wired; I am not in 100% agreement with it, but some services have shown there is a business model in offering free services. @Nancy Bosch: I’m not so sure it is necessarily the same path for all Web 2.0 tools, but there’s little reason to assume a free tool/app will be around forever. See “Free! Why $0.00 is the Future of Business” from Wired; I am not in 100% agreement with it, but some services have shown there is a business model in offering free services.

]]> By: Nancy Bosch http://cogdogblog.com/2008/10/09/dear-john/comment-page-1/#comment-57151 Nancy Bosch Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:22:01 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/?p=2837#comment-57151 I remember when I first started going to NECC about 10 years ago. I would see all this cool stuff like eboard, Blackboard, Riverdeep, Classroom Connect, Big Chalk, etc. All of them were free. That didn't last long, soon they were either gone or charged a fee. That's got to be what's going to happen with the Web 2.0 tools. All of the sites have to eventaully make money, I would think. I remember when I first started going to NECC about 10 years ago. I would see all this cool stuff like eboard, Blackboard, Riverdeep, Classroom Connect, Big Chalk, etc. All of them were free. That didn’t last long, soon they were either gone or charged a fee. That’s got to be what’s going to happen with the Web 2.0 tools. All of the sites have to eventaully make money, I would think.

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