Apple has recently launched a new live-streaming app,
Periscope, which is owned by Twitter.
Periscope allows you to live-stream video to the world, anywhere, at any time.
As soon as you start live-streaming, the app notifies all of your followers,
who can join in your stream and experience the world through your eyes.
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| A screenshot of what the Periscope app looks like opened inside an iPhone. Source: itunes.apple.com |
With all types of customizable options, like privacy,
notifications, and how long your want your archived broadcast to appear to
other viewers, Periscope really opens doors in terms of two-way communication and sharing.
Users have the ability to press the "lock" icon on the screen, which essentially makes your broadcast private. You can choose who you want to invite to watch your broadcast (like a professor, inviting his/her students), but it is important to press this button before every broadcast that you want to be private. Much like other social media platforms, Periscope offers a search box to find users, but also gives suggestions and hints on who to follow, to get you started.
As with any new app, it is most important to explore all of the settings and configure them to what will work best for you - the user.
Of course it’s new, so technological bugs are still being worked out, but this could change the way professors interact with their students, and how students can share news with one another. In a university setting, the options really are limitless with a mobile application like this. In terms of sharing information, knowledge, and course material, an app like this could really aid in teaching when used appropriately. It might be worth a look in due time!
Users have the ability to press the "lock" icon on the screen, which essentially makes your broadcast private. You can choose who you want to invite to watch your broadcast (like a professor, inviting his/her students), but it is important to press this button before every broadcast that you want to be private. Much like other social media platforms, Periscope offers a search box to find users, but also gives suggestions and hints on who to follow, to get you started.
As with any new app, it is most important to explore all of the settings and configure them to what will work best for you - the user.
Of course it’s new, so technological bugs are still being worked out, but this could change the way professors interact with their students, and how students can share news with one another. In a university setting, the options really are limitless with a mobile application like this. In terms of sharing information, knowledge, and course material, an app like this could really aid in teaching when used appropriately. It might be worth a look in due time!
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