I contacted one of my PLC members, Richard Byrne from Maine. Richard is a Google Certified Teacher. I recently took part in a webinar with him about Google Docs. During this course he discussed the entire Google suite of tools including Google Drive.
WHAT IS GOOGLE DRIVE?
It's online Cloud Storage. You get 5 GB of space for free.
Get started with 5 GB of free space. Upgrade to 25 GB for less than $2.50 a month, and you can store practically everything for next to nothing.
Here are some potential solutions to the video situation from Richard:
1. It sounds like there will be more content than one individual Google Drive account will handle. You could create multiple accounts for collecting the videos. For instance you might create an account for K-2, one for 3-5, etc
2. You could create a Google Drive account outside of your domain and buy more storage for it
3. You could create a YouTube account for storing the videos. You can make the videos private so that only people who are given the links can see the videos.
4. You could collect videos through a YouTube upload widget installed on a page of your school's website. I shared some directions for that here. http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/07/use-youtube-upload-widget-to-collect.html
5. A non-Google solution is to use Box.com for gathering and displaying the video files. Box allows you to share access to a private folder. With the amount of video that I think you're planning to have you'd probably have to upgrade from the free account to a paid account. I did that for the videos that I produce for Media Source, Inc so that my editors can access the videos without me having to make them public or send them as emails. I pay $9/month for 100GB (maybe more) of storage. It's well worth it for me and I'm a notorious cheapskate.
RICHARD: " I'm somewhat familiar with Teach Scape and I will say that what they offer does make the video workflow easy, however you could possibly create your own solution too. "
"I think that you're going to have ton of videos to store and sort. One thing to mention in your meeting is that the videos probably don't have to be HD or even very high resolution. That alone will save a lot of storage space. "
It seems like there are two goals.
1. Make workflow of video uploads easy.
2. Save money. Shared Google Drive folders will make the workflow easy. The problem you're going to run into is the storage space. Remember that video files (MP4 is generated by iPads) will play within Google Drive using the YouTube player so the people who have access to the folders should be able to watch the videos without downloading them. If your school/ district has a password-protected page for faculty you could post the links to the Google Drive folders there. Just label the folders by grade level then create sub-folders for each content area. When someone opens the grade level folder they can then open the content area folder. It's tiered approach and probably not as elegant as Teach Scape, but it would be cheaper. Again, my guess is that you'll have to buy additional storage space.
Another solution that I forgot to mention is Wistia.com. Again, not a Google Product and not free (well you can try it for free) but a fantastic service designed specifically for video hosting in private environments. It's actually the tool that CommonCraft.com uses for all of its videos. You can password protect videos or make them public without having to use YouTube or any public video sharing site. The plans run between $1000 and $3600 per year. Like I said, not free but a heck of a lot less than Teach Scape.
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IT'S ALMOST COMPLETED!!!!!!!!!!
The Online AIG Course In Moodle
INTRODUCTION TO CRITICAL THINKING AND
https://moodle.learnnc.org/login/index.php
*How and when do we choose the 25-30 students who are taking the course?*
*How do we enroll them into the Moodle class?*
*When do we train them on how to use Moodle?*
*In case I need it, who is going to help grade their work and record grades?*
*How do I make sure all the sites I need are unblocked?*
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