Tag: software
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Sharing Audio From Videos During a Videoconference
If you’re finding yourself teaching and learning in videoconferences these days (and with the COVID-19 pandemic closing schools worldwide and moving many schools online, like ours, that’s most of us in education) it can be very helpful to be able to play live video WITH NATIVE / line feed audio from YouTube or other sites…
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Using ffWorks and FFmpeg for Video Compression
Almost every week on Wednesday nights I co-host “The EdTech Situation Room” (@edtechSR) webshow and podcast with my friend and fellow educator, Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach). My Thursday evening routine, therefore, usually includes post-production of the show so it’s shared on edtechSR.com, with both audio and video archive versions linked from Amazon S3. In this post I’ll…
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Backup iPhone SMS Messages on a Mac
I’m helping a friend who needs to backup text messages and other data from a family member’s iPhone, so I’ve been doing research to figure out the best and most inexpensive way to create these backups. While the Messages app on a Mac or iPad can keep copies of many text messages sent by and…
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Comparing Podcast Audio Normalization Options
When you record audio during a conference presentation or other event, the volume levels of your recording can vary when presenters move or are located at different distances from the recording device when they speak. If a final audio podcast is not normalized after this happens, it can be frustrating to listen when audio levels get quiet…
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Free MinecraftEDU Server Remote Control Options for Mac Users
Next week I’m starting a three part, six day MinecraftEDU lesson with my 4th and 5th grade STEM students which will be a mathematical “building challenge” similar to but a little different than what I had students do last year. Last semester I had students work in groups to complete a “permeter/area building challenge,” and students worked…