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Video streaming and podcasting have tremendous potential to change our teaching for the better through the availability of a wide variety of resources readily available in short, easily integrated clips. Content can be better matched to the objective and used to reinforce individual points.

Money issues: Bandwidth, availability of projectors
Policy issues: Filtering

Creation of content by students and teachers is also a powerful tool for both engaging students in learning and communication with parents and community. As video editing tools become cheaper and easier to use, this becomes a much more viable option. The main barrier I see is time — time for students to research, plan, film, and edit a podcast or video clip becomes cumbersome at times because of unfamiliarity with the equipment and software for the majority of students. However, that should become easier with experience.