LESSON 4

PROMOTING INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE ADVANTAGES IMPORTANCE OF VLOGGING

SHARING THROUGH VLOGGING
 Vlogs present long stories or presentations in
VLOGGING very simple and attractive manner.

 making video records of thoughts, opinions or

 Short videos have an added advantage in
experiences and then posting them on the
promoting deeper understanding of stories,
Internet with the intention of getting a response
especially for people with less educational
from viewers.
background and or for people who do not have a
reading habit.
EQUIPMENTS REQUIRED IN VLOGGING
 The power to reach an unlimited audience with
The minimum set of tools you need to do a Video Blog minimal cost
are ultimately
 The Vlogging process furthermore requires no
1. A video camera to take videos/images
specialised expertise and can be easily controlled
by any non-technical person.
2. A computer with video editing software installed

 It is technologically simpler and cheaper to

3. An Internet connection
maintain than a website.

4. A blog account or an online video account like

 Videos are interactive medium often
for example: YouTube
encouraging readers to comment

PROCESS OF VLOGGING
CHALLENGES OF VLOGGING
1. You first need to take a video. An individual telling a
story or doing an illustration, a person sharing an  The major challenge is connectivity or access to
the internet
experience.

2. The video is then edited using various video editing  The challenge of getting people to share
programs (such as I movie, Final Cut Pro or Windows information and knowledge
Movie Maker). With these editing programmes, you can
edit your videos by giving them titles and doing other  Cost of equipments
changes that make your video very interesting.
 Lack of originality
3. You then upload your edited video onto a video site on
the Internet.
HOW TO BE CONFIDENT ON CAMERA
Popular sites for hosting videos are Google video and
youtube.com.  Practice speaking out loud

4. From these sites (Google video and YouTube), you

 Start video chatting with your friends
then share your video.

5. Announce your video link on your network or to  Ask for feedback

individuals to make news.