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To embed Video...
Submitted by ggevalt on Thu, 01/08/2009 - 4:35pm(Revision III)
If you have made a video that you'd like to share on the site, here are instructions for embedding YouTube, Google and other video. PLEASE REMEMBER what this site's all about -- writing, words, expression. Don't clutter all your fine word work with a bunch of goofy videos. Ask yourself: Does this enhance the art of writing or the discussion of writing?
To insert a video link:
- If you want to direct the reader outside this site to the site where the video is located, simply add the full address including the http:// stuff before the address. When you submit the piece, it will magically turn into a hot link.
To embed the video so that it plays right on your story or comment:
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1. Using the [ video ] command (no spaces when you are actually doing it. And in example below, I've misspelled vidoe on purpose):
- Copy the exact link to YouTube or Googletube video you want to show.
- Post it this way (making sure you spell video correctly and you have brackets at either end): [video:http://www.youtube.com/gobbledygookurlhere]
- Submit and watch.
OR:
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2. Insert the embed code.
- Copy the embed link of the video you want to show. Getting the code is a lot easier these days, just look for some link on or near the video that asks "embed?" And then copy it.
- Paste the code into the text of your post. For example:
<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.You Tube.com/v/SPECIFIC VIDEO CODE"></param>
<param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param>
<param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param>
<embed src="http://www.You Tube.com/v/SPECIFIC VIDEO CODE" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> - HOWEVER In order to accommodate a bug in Internet Explorer, DELETE everything outside of the <embed> tag. You should be left with something like this:
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<embed src="http://www.You Tube.com/v/SPECIFIC VIDEO CODE" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed>
- Click submit and watch.
By the way, below is the link MixedMusic posted some time ago that got us going with video. It is great. (And if you click "Read More" before you start it, you'll see the real lyrics to this song by the group The Books.)
Possible New Video Series Starting This Winter!
Submitted by wingpoet on Mon, 07/19/2010 - 9:16pmI am sure that at least a few of you are familiar with the popular video series known as "The Nostalgia Critic", also called "That Guy with the Glasses". For those of you who aren't, I highly suggest watching some of his videos. They are intelligent, well-done, and above all, side-splittingly, irreverently funny.
How to embed video
Submitted by lmcisaac on Mon, 10/05/2009 - 11:43amStep 1: Copy the embed code of the video you want to share. On Youtube and Google videos, this is usually located near the video in a box that says: "Embed."
Step 2: Click "Create a Blog post." Give your post a title and type "writing video" in keyword field. That way your video will come up in this library of writing videos.
Step 3: Paste the code into the text of your post. It will look something like this:
Information Age
Submitted by ggevalt on Tue, 02/10/2009 - 11:48pmAnother interesting one...
Thoughts?
Questions, questions, questions...
Submitted by ggevalt on Thu, 02/05/2009 - 3:14amHere you go folks.... Thoughts? --gg
Digital Storytelling
Submitted by ggevalt on Fri, 11/21/2008 - 11:13pmWhat is digital storytelling?
Simple: A written narrative with sound. And pictures. And video.
Too often people think of it as a video. And they begin to freak out about not having equipment, not having knowledge. But all of you have photos. Most of you have cameras. All of you know someone who has a digital recorder. All of you can write. And all of you can ask questions.
But first you must imagine the possibilities. Here are some digital stories that are different but are all very easy to execute....
2millionminutes
Submitted by ggevalt on Mon, 07/21/2008 - 9:44amSo here's an interesting thought and video for you to look at...
Net Neutrality
Submitted by ggevalt on Mon, 07/14/2008 - 3:24pmCheck this out folks....And speak your mind in the comments below. -- gg
Michael Wesch
Submitted by ggevalt on Thu, 07/10/2008 - 5:54pmMichael Wesch's The Machine is Us/ing Us (Final Version)
For more of his videos:
CLICK HERE
Joyce Carol Oates
Submitted by ggevalt on Tue, 04/22/2008 - 6:20pmFeel free to post live links to videos of writers talking about writing or reading their writing or offering tips on writing. Or link to cool videos that combine music and great lyrics or that are powerful digital stories. All you need to do is get the full url link, and, in the body of your story or comment, put this [video:url(should be the http address of the link to Youtube or Google video) and end with anther brakcet]. Click here for more. AND, put the word "video" and in keywords (without quotes.) If you do that, then all you need to do is click on the keyword to see all the videos (or go up to "READ" above and click on Videos on Writing.
Here is the noted author Joyce Carol Oates talking about characters...
Freedom Writers video
Submitted by ggevalt on Tue, 04/22/2008 - 6:17pmFeel free to post live links to videos of writers talking about writing or reading their writing or offering tips on writing. Or link to cool videos that combine music and great lyrics or that are powerful digital stories. All you need to do is get the full url link, and, in the body of your story or comment, put this [video:url(should be the http address of the link to Youtube or Google video) and end with anther brakcet]. Click here for more. AND, put the word "video" and in keywords (without quotes.) If you do that, then all you need to do is click on the keyword to see all the videos (or go up to "READ" above and click on Videos on Writing.
Aimee Bender reading a story and talking about writing
Submitted by ggevalt on Tue, 04/22/2008 - 5:16pm
Here is short story writer Aimee Bender reading a story and talking about writing:
