Old card catalog cards transformed into blinds: woot!
]]>Working with media has been a long time hobby for me, and you have to know the ins and outs of saving audio and video files when you're madly being a groupie to a musician and building a rather fanatical fan site.
A lot of people though are wary of working with video because usually what you see when you try working with audio/video is a string of text that doesn't really make sense:
Wha?
If you really want a breakdown of what's involved in embedding video, I'll do my best to explain what that box of gibberish above means (it's so beautiful to a geek like me...)
This includes the a player, specifications of the video width and height, controls that you want to show/hide, and the link to the actual video file itself which is ultra important.
Let's take a look at breaking down the gibberish:
embed src="http://www.teachertube.com/embed/player.swf"
This is the default player being embedded. Just as, to go old school, you need a cd player or cassette player to play a cd or cassette, you need some form of player to play a video. Usually this is flash file (.swf). Without this the video may still work, only you get a FULL SCREEN, somewhat pixelated version of it.
width="470" height="260"
Here is where you set the width and height of video in pixels.
bgcolor="undefined"
...and then the background color. I'm not 100% sure, but I thinkyou can use "#hexcode" to change (bgcolor="#bfbfbf") ???
allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"
Um....options to change smaller screen size to full screen I think.
flashvars="file="http://www.teachertube.com/embedFLV.php?pg=video=114176
Each video is given a specific link, code or number. This link is where the computer goes to play the video or where it goes to load the video in the player.
Try copying and pasting a link in a web browser to see if it is a video. If it loads, that's what you want to paste in the section above (you'll need to do it twice, see below). And chances are, it's a huge full screen video, which is why....hi! In the section above you specify that you want a predetermined player to load first and the video contained within it.
&menu=false&frontcolor=ffffff&lightcolor=FF0000
Not too sure what this is, but likely menu and color specifications for something
&logo=http://www.teachertube.com/www3/images/greylogo.swf
Insertion of logo. Teachertube logo color can't be changed. note it's "greylogo"
&skin=http://www.teachertube.com/embed/overlay.swf
Specification of "skin" to use, kinda like the look of the player. Includes controls, volume, full screen options. All the little things you see that are clickable. (Try copying and pasting the link to see what the skin looks like, kinda cool).
&volume=80&controlbar=over&displayclick=link&viral.link=http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=114176
volume and control bar specifications. link to video file again. If you are copying and pasting your video, be sure to copy and paste it a second time here
&stretching=exactfit&plugins=viral-1&viral.callout=none
specify positioning of video, plugins
&viral.onpause=true" />
specify autoplay, change to false to make autoplay on load.
And there you go, a quick breakdown of embed code which is how you embed videos given the Teacher Tube embed code!
Good luck!
Here it is:
And look, Book Fair 2009 graphics is up!
Content is everything, so I'll have to push myself to add content and not let it get static, stagnant, ewww.
Originally the site had Moodle installed and students could do short assignments to read, research, respond.
I may include that back somewhere, somehow....but for now, it's set for reviews. Yeah, yeah, I can hear a reality show host asking, what makes YOUR site unique?
:)
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And dessert was:
Swag was given, but there area few smaller ones that I garnered that's worthwhile:
click for Flickr notes.
It's always fun meeting authors, but I tend to be a little neurotic around them (it does not help that at the events, there is often libation, ahem). But I am absolutely certain there is one author that I am overlooking, that has written something stunning or funny or touching and I've no clue to their Awesomeness.
It's guaranteed 100%.
An exciting evening all in all, and it was nice of Mother Nature to hold off the downpour until the festivities were through. Zipping home w/o traffic in 30 minutes, it started to POUR.
Maybe I'll fold a paper boat tomorrow and send it sailing through the puddles...
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Well....
Getting drawn into the 39 Clues mania, and here are just a few promo codes from major vendors. This is for adding cards, but also hosts tips for readers on creating codes and cracking 'em.
G69CTWHC9T Walmart
G69CKR3K9T Borders
And just to keep things straight in my mind, the release schedule is set for a new title 3 months or so. The lineup thus far:
Book 1:
Sept 2008
Rick Riordan
Maze of Bones
Book 2:
Dec 2009
Gordon Korman (author of Kidnapped, Swindled, Schooled)
One False Note
Book 3:
March 3, 2009
Peter Lerangis (Spy X, Watchers, Three Investigators, Baby-Sitters Club)
The Sword Thief
Book 4:
June 9, 2009
Jude Watson (Star wars prequels)
Title
Book 5:
Sept 2009
Author
Title
Book 6:
Dec 2009
Author
Title
Book 7:
March 2010
Author
Title
Book 8:
June 2010
Author
Title
Book 9:
Sept 2010
Author
Title
Book 10:
Dec 2010
Author
Title
39 Clues
I am the Messenger
The Graveyard Book
The Book Thief
Best American Short Stories 2008
Plus, this little guy found its way to my circ desk, BOO!
Then today, news of Kelly Link's Magic for Beginners being offered as a free download, complete with a Creative Commons (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0) license.
Technology. Publishing. Hi.
Dionne Warwick's Say A Little Prayer.
Whoop!
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Watch it, it's absolutely brilliant.
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