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It’s no secret that I think streaming video is going to be huge at NECC. I’ve already blogged about it once. A thread that I started on the NECC Ning site caused some major conversation. This led to an ISTE proclamation that sent ripples throughout the EduBlogosphere and led to a quick retraction by the conference organizers.

Without a doubt, video streaming is going to be major at the conference this year and the real challenge is figuring out where it’s all happening at. Many will be announced on Twitter, but it quickly became apparent that more organization was going to be needed. Will and I have had several conversations on the topic and have decided to create EdStreamTV.

What is EdStreamTV? It’s a television channel created by Mogulus that we will use to be the live video home for streaming video at NECC. Think of it as NECC TV, complete with live coverage, repeats of presentations, and an on demand library of content available to be watched at any time.

We recognize that different people are going to use different sites to broadcast at NECC. Mogulus will let us pull them all in together. It can handle live feeds, even from multiple cameras and mobile devices. It can import in videos of many different formats. It can import in YouTube videos, videos from uStream, and many other sites as well. It can be embedded, has built in chat, and even has a slick little ticker along the bottom that will pull in blog posts about NECC!

We want you to participate! This could be a fantastic way to share the conference virtually, as well as benefit from it long after the conference doors have closed. There are several aspects to the project, and many ways to contribute.

Prior to the conference: You can create a short (30-60 seconds) video promo for the things you’ll be doing at NECC. Presenting? Hosting a workshop? Live blogging? Conducting interviews? Let the world know what you’re going to be up to. Create a short video and tag it with neccstream08 and we’ll add it to EdStreamTV. You can upload it to YouTube and tag it there. You can record it in uStream and tag it there. You can host it on your own blog and tag it there. Create it and tag it, and we’ll be sure to include it in the channel. You can find more details about this here.

At NECC
Streaming Live on your own site: If you’re going to be streaming out a presentation, let the world know what you’ll be sharing, when it is and where they can catch it. You can log what you’ll be streaming live on this page of the wiki so that people can plan accordingly. If you see somebody else already streaming the same session you were planning to, please be considerate of bandwidth and refrain from doubling up. Or contact them directly and coordinate your efforts.

Streaming Live on EdStreamTV: If you’d like to stream out a session live on EdStreamTV, simply contact email@edstream.tv and we’ll register you as a camera person for the channel and coordinate the timing. You will to stream it live via Mogulus though, as we can’t display live feeds from other sites in real time.

Sharing archives, videos, interviews and more: If you have streamed a session and want to include it in the EdStreamTV channel, simply post it on your own site with the tag neccstream08 OR email us at email@edstream.tv with all the details. You can find instructions for several of the more common sites here. Once you submit your videos, it will go into the EdStreamTV loop and repeated regularly throughout the day and will also be available in the On Demand library.

Bloggers Cafe: We will be using the Bloggers Cafe as sort of a home base for the channel. Expect to see live interviews, impromptu events and broadcasts of various happenings throughout the conference. Stop by if you’d like to join in!

We hope that this becomes an integral part of the conference experience, both live and virtual. We look forward to having you join us in this groundbreaking experience!