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    TechCrunch50: VidSchool lets the teachers teach, in video

    Mike Butcher

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    Mike Butcher is the European Editor for TechCrunch. A former grunge rock drummer, he became a long time journalist, and has since written for UK national newspapers and magazines including The Financial Times, The Guardian, The Times, The Daily Telegraph and The New Statesman. Mike is also a co-founder and shareholder of TechHub, a co-working space/service/community with several locations... → Learn More

    Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
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    Coming out of Ireland (alongside CloudSplit, also here) is VidSchool, a site which shares revenue with teachers that upload videos about the course they teach. Here’s Sean Fee to explain:

    VidSchool from Mike Butcher on Vimeo.

    • http://www.primemaths.co.uk Wilfred

      Sounds like a good idea. Would you also be offering video transcripts in addition to the videos?

    • http://www.wiznotes.com/ Eli Cohen

      This looks like a fantastic resource for learning. Students who use Wiznotes note taking software can seamlessly integrate videos from websites like this with their notes. The more educational websites like this makes Wiznotes more valuable to students. I wish you guys much success with VidSchool!

      Eli Cohen
      Mesoraware (Wiznotes is a division of Mesoraware)

      • http://www.seslisohbetbk.com Sesli Sohbet

        Thanks good comments

    • RJ

      Seems loike der was plenty of oirish folks at dat der conference.

      Maybe a positive result of the nose diving Irish economy.

    • http://www.vidschool.com Paul Edwards

      Thanks for the good wishes guys, it was an amazing experience and some awesome meetings coming from it. If you are looking to launch a site, this was a great platform for us.

    • Loopy

      Get stuck into Google Wave. I think that is the platform for teaching. Make a Wave, interact, record, use again. Take your model further. I also wonder if teachers are contractually locked into their schools and cannot participate with your model. I see this as a growth area at least, good luck guys.

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    • http://blog.vidschool.com/?p=62 VidSchool

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