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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it would be nice if all these events (concerts, awards ceremonies, etc) were live streamed.  Our schools have the technology and they have the staff.  It would be really nice if grandparents or aunts/uncles or traveling parents could participate this way.  Almost all the travel sports events I go to these days are being live streamed.  It is hard to understand why our schools don't do it, too.[/quote]

It's a nice thought but we live in a country where many teachers have to buy their own school supplies.  (if you are talking about public schools). And many of the sports ones charge a fee, so it doesn't totally solve the problem because people would still do it to get their crappy free videos. 
Honestly, I bet the vast majority of these videos never get watched. [/quote]

It actually is super easy to do and there really aren't any costs as long as you're in a facility with a power source and internet.  Even our Title I school can do it.  All you need is someone's cell phone (iPhone or Galaxy will do because they have good cameras), hook it up to a power source, connect to the internet and stream to your site.  From there you can give the option of people to save, depending on your site.  It is easy to set up so that there is no fee involved.  A tripod or some sort of stand helps so that the person filming doesn't get too tired but the tripod is optional.  I haven't ever had to pay for a live stream for a travel team game.  And as soon as we get the link, I send it out to about 10 grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, who all want to watch some or part of the game.  Easy peasey.  Sure it can be done real high-tech but it is super easy and really cheap to do on the fly.

The nice thing is that if you do it then it give more power to the school to set and enforce their own rules.[/quote]

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