Some live-streaming embedded web-cams you can enlarge by clicking the image, this has the advantage of producing a larger image, which can be used in the classroom; quality though is often lost.

This is one of my favourite webcams of New York.

By clicking on the image, a full screen version appears, some networks may block this feature.

Some live-streaming web-cams appear in pops-up (Another disadvantage if your network blocks these.), even using a projector the image is too small to effectively use, SMART software helps with an IWB, the image can be enlarged, alternatively if you have IE7( I love it ) you can enlarge the image without losing too much quality. Sadly we haven’t upgraded yet.

You need to copy the address from the pop-up browser

and past into a new browser.

You can then use the enlarge button on the bottom right of the browser to enlarge the image. Sadly, whilst writing this, the Niagara Falls live-streaming web-cam is not working.

The same technique can be used with static images which are periodically updated, if you wish to avoid any potentially embarrassing adverts around the sidebars. Right click on the image, and choose properties, copy the address, it will end in jpg.

This can then be pasted into a new browser to leave the image, without the adverts.

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Written on Sun, 01 April 2007 at 7:11 pm

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