Maggie, I like uStream (because it's free) but unfortunately, it's blocked for similar reasons as Diigo is in some places.

Elluminate and Wimba provide alternative solutions that are usable but can be expensive, although I'd argue Elluminate is MORE expensive than Wimba.

Miguel


Maggie Tsai wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Great group and lots of good resources and expertise here! I hope I'm in the right place to ask this question:
>
> We are interested in hosting more interactive online Diigo sessions. Can someone recommend the best platform that will accommodate a large group of audience, allow online demo, record session, and hopefully no or minimum cost? Oh, one more - ideally the platform will support Firefox browser, not just IE. We see a few platforms ( uStreams, Elluminate) mentioned - curious what are the pros and cons...
>
> Thanks a lot!

Maggie, could we move this into a conversation? It's easier to invite folks to participate!
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Maggie Tsai wrote:
> Thank you.
>
> Any idea what's the max attendees per meeting with uStream. Also, is it browser-specific?

edtechdiva:
Sounds like a plan. I definitely think we should tag stuff "edustreams" as well. The catch will be inviting more people to this group so that more folks will know about it!

Any suggestions for accomplishing that?

Miguel


edtechdiva wrote:
> Might I ask that if we are the content creators of the UStream, that we also tag our videos w/ 'EDuStreams'.
>
> And while we're at it, if you have videos in your Diigo account you might want to tag them w/ 'EDuStreams' as well.
>
> I looking for (hopefully) a universally accepted educational tagging format.

Peggy, that's a question I hadn't thought of...thanks for bringing it up. If it's posted on uStream.tv or Elluminate, then it would seem that it IS available for general sharing and consumption. So, I'm inclined to not worry about obtaining permission for merely bookmarking it....since that's what anyone would be doing.

In a funny way, we're just bookmarking the site ; that those bookmarks are shared is after the fact. How's that for sophistry?

With appreciation,
Miguel


Peggy George wrote:
> I'm wondering if it is OK for us to post edustreams links for presentations/shows we have participated in or if they need to be posted by the creators? Would we need permission to post them if we are not the originators? This is such an awesome way to track and view conversations we may not have been able to participate as live events. Miguel, thanks for setting this up!
> Peggy

Peggy:
How wonderful of you to follow the postings in Twitter and post links here!

Thanks so much!

Miguel

Welcome to the EDuStreams Diigo group. The purpose of this group is to bookmark and share EDuStreams as they happen and to archive them all in ONE place.

I've added the uStreams, Elluminate sessions I'm familiar with and encourage you to add more.

Please tag them with the word "edustreams"

With appreciation,

Miguel Guhlin