Vlogging is being taught at public access TV in San Francisco.

Vlogging



    The digital age, along with the internet, has
brought on a plethora of ways to get messages heard, and stories told,
and now the city that experienced the dot com boom and bust is now
leading the west coast in teaching new internet media. Accessf, San
Francisco's public access channel at 1720 Market Street is teaching

vlogging. http://www.accessf.org/



For the first time an Internet medium is being taught at San Francisco's public access station.  

Jay Dedman, an entrepreneur, in using and teaching new Internet media,
is instructing staff, producers and non-producers at Accessf on how to
vlog.



Vlogging enables bloggers to post video directly to their blog, and is
making it possible for internet users to communicate, with video, to a
global audience without ever leaving the home or their favorite WiFi
spot.



Vlogging is teaching internet users to post video online, and allows
anyone online to see video right on a blog. Blogs, or course, are logs
or diaries, posted on the web for users to see and comment on etc...



But there are obstacles...            



Although at least 40% of American households have access to high-speed
internet connections, Jay Dedman believes "many people don't do more
online than read email and admits that can be a problem." Even though
websites such as YouTube and Blip TV are flourishing they're still
remains a portion of the public who don't use computers other than for
email, but Rod Laughridge, producer of the Newsroom on Accessf-
http://www.accessnewsroom.com/ says vlogging is the "IN" thing, and he
is eager to learn this new form of internet media.



Public access has always been appealing because community members can
create their very own television show and have it aired on cable for
free. TV programs can be created in various formats, but Dedman says
"Storytelling is the most important" aspect, and admits "vlogging is
just about posting stories online."







Please keep in mind there is a learning curve of sorts when it comes to
learning new forms of media. Take non-linear editing applications for
instance. Adobe Premiere, Final Cut Pro, Imovie, or Avid are not as
easy to use as people think. To use them a person needs to learn how to
set the preferences, import the video, save the files, view and log,
assemble the video, learn about transitions, render the files etc. And
putting video on the web is a whole new class-room in itself, users
must learn the best compression format, make sure the computer can go
online via a high speed internet connection, and have the power to
upload large files. Fortunately the majority of Internet users only
have attention spans of 3-7 minutes, so file size can be minimal, and
videos are usually kept short, but it is a worthwhile way to get
stories told and messages heard. Dedman says people are eager to learn,
and "public access stations should also teach the art of communication
and media literacy."



For more information please call the local public access center in San
Francisco at 415 575-4941 or go to their website at wwww.accessf.org.

(Users of Accessf must be San Francisco residents.)



Cable providers quickly rose to the top of the technology ladder, but
public access centers get left behind. In the future Accessf hopes to
teach and make available to the community several non-linear editing
stations with

up-to-date non-linear editing software, and already makes Internet
available to all accessf(CH29) users via wired and wireless connections.





About Jay Dedman:

He co-authored a book called "Extreme Tech: Videoblogging" and he also
help create the curriculum at the Manhattan Neighborhood Network. More
information about him can be found by googling his name.