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New Video: The Smart Grid Explained by Common Craft
Posted by: leelefever on November 29, 2011- 10:01am
Categories: Common Craft Video, Explanation, smartgrid, video
Today we’re announcing a new video: The Smart Grid - Explained by Common Craft.
Watch it now.
This video is a bit of a departure for us, as it focuses on the electric grid that delivers electricity to homes and businesses in the US and is not about the Internet.
But the grid has a lot in common with the Web:
- It’s absolutely essential to our modern work and home lives
- It’s a network that works behind the scenes
- It’s complex and not well understood by the public
- Changes to it impact everyone
New Video: Plagiarism Explained by Common Craft
Posted by: leelefever on October 25, 2011- 10:26am
Categories: Common Craft Video, education, Explanation, ourwork, plagiarism, video
Today we’re publishing a new video: Plagiarism Explained by Common Craft
New Video: Search Engine Optimization (SEO) - Explained by Common Craft
Posted by: leelefever on September 21, 2011- 9:40am
Categories: Common Craft Video, Explanation, search, SEO, video
New Video: QR Codes Explained by Common Craft
Posted by: leelefever on September 6, 2011- 10:21am
Categories: Common Craft Video, Explanation, mobile, technology
You may have seen these little codes around. They're in newspapers, on storefronts and products. They're called Quick Response (QR) Codes and they're meant to used with your smartphone. They could be a very big deal in the future. This video is one of our most requested titles and explains how QR codes make the real world clickable.
This video, like most in our library, is available with voice-overs in 8 languages. The languages are:
- English
- French
- German
- Spanish
- Portuguese
- Dutch
- Italian
- Japanese
This video and our complete library is available via Common Craft membership. As a member, you can display the high quality versions of the videos in person, embed them on websites or download the videos for offline or internal use.
In fact, our members learn about new videos before we announce them to the public. Common Craft member Lee Kolbert was the first to use this video in a blog post and break the news.
Video: Computer Viruses and Threats - Explained by Common Craft
Posted by: leelefever on June 1, 2011- 10:18am
Categories: Common Craft Video, Explanation, net safety, ourwork, video, viruses
Today we're publishing a new video called Computer Viruses and Threats - Explained by Common Craft
This video is part of a series on Net Safety and focuses on the basics of viruses, worms and trojans. It also includes information on the role of anti-virus software, software updates and awareness in preventing problems.
This video, along with our complete library, will be available through our new offering which will be available this summer. If you're interested, you can sign up to be notifiedwhen it's ready.
Video: BitTorrent - Explained by Common Craft
Posted by: leelefever on January 31, 2011- 4:00pm
Categories: Bittorrent, Common Craft Video, Explanation, technology, video
Today we’re publishing a new video: BitTorrent Explained by Common Craft
Chances are, even if you’re one of the millions who use BitTorrent every day, you don’t really know how it works. That’s part of the magic that makes it so popular - it just works. It helps you download files from the Internet faster than any other method. This video explains the moving parts that work together to deliver the file to your computer.
Those of you who tune-in to the Common Craft blog may remember that we made a custom video for BitTorrent a while back. This video is very similar. Because BitTorrent is such a popular and misunderstood technology, we made a deal with the BitTorrent to be able to publish the video for our library. So, it is now available for licensing and use in education.
Video: Social Media and the Workplace - Explained by Common Craft
Posted by: leelefever on November 29, 2010- 4:00pm
Categories: business, Common Craft Video, Explanation, paperworks, social media
Today we’re publishing a new video called Social Media and the Workplace - Explained by Common Craft.
As so many of you know, Social Media and especially sites like Facebook and Twitter are changing the way that organizations think about external communication. Our goal with this video was to help organizations see how the environment is changing and highlight what they can do to be a productive part of it. This video uses an example that highlights a reaction to a crisis, but the message is meant to be applicable to any situation.
Like all Common Craft videos, this video was produced with educators and influencers in mind. It can be licensed for educational and corporate use.
We’d like to thank a few folks who gave us feedback on the video along the way. Jake McKee, Bill Johnston, Chris Brogan, Julie Szabo and Darren Barefoot, among others.
Video: Secure Passwords - Explained By Common Craft
Posted by: leelefever on July 6, 2010- 5:00pm
Categories: Common Craft Video, crime, netsafety, paperworks, passwords, security, video
Today we've published a new video: Secure Passwords - Explained by Common Craft
I don't know about you, but in the past I've taken passwords for granted. These days though, I'm very careful with my passwords because I know the risks and what lengths criminals will go to discover someone's password. This video is about understanding the risks, creating a password that can't be guessed and protecting it from criminals and wandering eyes.
This video will soon be part of our Net Safety Pack, which is meant for helping students of all types understand the risks and make decisions that will protect them and their information online.
Video: Wikipedia - Explained by Common Craft
Posted by: leelefever on May 24, 2010- 5:00pm
Categories: Common Craft Video, Explanation, video, wikipedia
Today we've published a new video: Wikipedia - Explained by Common Craft
Wikipedia is one of those resources that works, but it's not always clear why. It seems preposterous that 1000s of volunteers could not only create an online encyclopedia, but also make it a trusted resource for millions around the world for many years. But it is a reality. Wikipedia has become one of the web's biggest success stories.
But how does it really work? What is in place to make sure that the information is factual and high quality? The goal of this video is to answer these questions.
For this video, we had help from the Wikimedia Foundation, the not-for-profit organization behind Wikipedia. We worked with them on two versions of the video - a short version that we licensed to the Foundation that focuses on Wikipedia's two big rules and the longer version you see here. The longer version is more comprehensive and appropriate for classrooms and licensing. Whether you're new to Wikipedia or use it every day, this video will help you see what's happening behind the scenes.
We expect this video to be licensed by individuals and organizations who want their students and colleagues to have a greater understanding of Wikipedia. This video comes with multiple licenses.
Video: Preparing an Emergency Plan
Posted by: leelefever on April 27, 2010- 5:00pm
Categories: Common Craft Video, emergency plan, Explanation, video
Today we're publishing a new video called "Preparing an Emergency Plan - Explained by Common Craft"
If you've seen the news lately, you know there is no shortage of emergencies. Tornadoes, hurricanes, winter storms, earthquakes, fires, it's all out there. We don't like to think about them affecting us, but they can. This video is focused on making a plan so that you and your family or loved-ones know what to do when an emergency happens. It only takes 20 minutes to create an emergency plan and the once it's in place, you can have peace of mind that you and yours know what to do when it something happens.
This video is obviously a departure from our technical and financial focus. It came from a relationship that we've established with Public Safety Canada. This video is a follow-up to the video we made with them in 2008 called "Preparing an Emergency Kit." They recently came to us about making this video and we were happy to work with them again. This relationship is what we call the "hybrid model", where we work together on the video, and we can offer a Common Craft version for licensing.
Along with use in classrooms, we hope that this video will be useful for government organizations that need better ways to get their constituents. This video is only available through this website or via licensing. It is not shared on You Tube or other hosts. If you're a blogger that would like to use it, please contact us.
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