Comments on: Sclipo Releases Live Video Teaching For Hire

By: Sclipo launches SclipoLive - a pioneer webcam teaching system : Sclipo Blog

Sclipo launches SclipoLive - a pioneer webcam teaching system : Sclipo Blog — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 18:13:01 +0000

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By: Hao Hao Report

Hao Hao Report — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 02:59:17 +0000

It’s a neat idea, and Sclipo seems like a legit site, which makes me wonder why I’ve been receiving nothing but spam from them (finally blocked their link, and they posted a link to this article instead).

Doesn’t matter what they do now, or how great they are - their image is tarnished in my mind.

By: Molly

Molly — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 10:11:06 +0000

Um, is it just me or can teachers already do this for free with video conferencing apps like ooVoo? - just like James said above.

I write for ooVooworld, the unofficial WOM world about ooVoo, and I’ve spoken to tutors using ooVoo for exactly this kind of thing - with audio and video quality now matching professional apps there’s no reason not to use it for this kind of thing and it requires no special equipment or outlay on the part of tutor or pupil.

Sure, Sclipo helps you locate pupils - but this is most usually done through word of mouth or the other established educational sites out there.

Why not save the fee and do it yourself?

By: Robert Copper

Robert Copper — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 08:05:49 +0000

wow (9. Julia ) seems like you dont get the point. Here we are talking about Sclipo Live, In my opinion a great product that needs a lot of improvements but is far for being a YOU TUBE.

About the payment method, I think that they are doing right using the Ebay method.

I will looking this site. looking good.

By: Alfred

Alfred — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 21:27:22 +0000

I like Sclipo’s approach. In response to James Cook (#10) and from what I have been able to find out, they are approaching the class payment very similar to how eBay handles payment of auctioned goods, a proven model so far.
As I see it, and as long as their service fees are kept low, Sclipo is providing a really valuable service to end users. They are not only helping to find and rate teachers/students; they are also recording the class and storing it for an unlimited time.
I’m definitely keeping an eye on Sclipo.

By: James Cook

James Cook — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:15:13 +0000

I think the difficult part of the SclipoLive service is that they do not broker the payment between the teacher and student. Payment arrangement and collection is the teacher’s domain and can be done offline. Sclipo receives a fee for providing the forum (and are waiving the fee until 9/30).

It won’t be long before the teacher tells the student to “skype me” and gets the side effect of conferencing, recording, whiteboarding, and oh yeah, no fees.

To be fair, Sclipo does provide a means of locating the instructor, seeing what times he is available to teach, and a feedback form. If the instructor posts a free video of a calculus tutoring session on YouTube with a “contact me” ad, they have probably accomplished much greater market penetration.

By: Julia

Julia — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:13:06 +0000

They’re boring!
What’s all this green? Who made the UI? And why don’t they have anything original on their site? Yet another Youtube wannabe…

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Free Image Hosting for Bloggers — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 01:53:55 +0000

Vide uploading sites as a concept has been a bit overdone.

Everybody is doing it so there is no niche segment left.

Then some startups try to differentiate themselves in such non-unique segments.

Having said that…i still believe that there is a market for everything and everybody..so keep it up.

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By: Robert Einspruch

Robert Einspruch — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 00:23:57 +0000

This is a really interesting concept - so interesting that we considered pursuing it 18 months ago. Instead we decided on the tutoring market. To Dominic’s point, this is exactly the kind of thing VCs ignore - requires too long to develop and they simply are not patient enough to stick with you. Unfortunately I speak from first hand experience!

http://www.ziizoo.com

By: Anonymous Coward

Anonymous Coward — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 23:31:41 +0000

Seems like it’ll be quite a good tool for cam girls/boys… private sessions… recorded material (good for clients)… charge by the minute… text chat and live cam feeds…

By: Dominic

Dominic — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 23:05:40 +0000

This is the type of site VCs turn away from. How sad too. Anything practical, intelligent, and useful doesn’t push their greed buttons. They want S P L A S H and P I Z A Z Z. F*ckin idiots.

Someone needs to put some serious money behind this and get off the other bullshit sites.

By: Steve Ballmer

Steve Ballmer — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 22:56:24 +0000

Hmmm … Work out the bugs and I’ll consider buying them.

http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com

By: underratedsites.com

underratedsites.com — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 22:53:05 +0000

I really like this idea. I have been looking for a site where I can create educational videos for remote teaching.

Great job Sclipo team

By: Word Hugger

Word Hugger — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 22:07:59 +0000

It is a neat idea, but I don’t know if it would take off without a lot of funding.

By: Ryan Milnes

Ryan Milnes — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:54:38 +0000

I will try this for sure.