Category: webcasts
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How to create a skypecast
This evening I created a 7 minute screencast (using the screen recorder included in freely downloadable SmartBoard software, incidentally) to explain how to create a free Skypecast. I’ve uploaded the screencast to YouTube (a first for me) and also embedded it below: Technically speaking, I did further compress the video as a MPEG-4 file using…
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Podcast87: Stephen Downes on E-Learning 2.0- Learning Networks and Connected Learning
This podcast is a recording of a presentation made by Stephen Downes during Global Learn Day on October 8, 2006 and recorded via Skype and Call Recorder. I apologize for the keyboard noises which were inadvertently also recorded along with Stephen’s excellent presentation. Despite this distraction, I think Stephen’s message was superb and well worth…
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Join a skypecast about WikiSpaces!
Jennifer Wagner is hosting a Skypecast this Saturday, September 16th at 4 pm Pacific time (6 pm Central) to discuss WikiSpaces and answer two basic questions: How do I use Wikispaces? Why should I use a Wiki? Sounds like a great topic for the “Personal Professional Development” strand of our upcoming K12 Online Conference! (Soon…
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Features of Microsoft Live Meeting
I have previously participated in MacroMedia Breeze and WebEx meetings, Today I had my first chance to participate in a Microsoft Live Meeting conference, and I was pretty impressed. Like Breeze and WebEx, during the web presentation the presenter (or presenter team) can choose which layout of windows they want shown to participants. Presenters dynamically…
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Great minds discuss open source
This evening, David Thornburg, Steve Hargadon, and Miguel Guhlin got together for a skypecast on open source technologies in education. This was the first in a new series on this topic– What a treat to be able to listen in as great minds consider what WILL be a large part of the future in our…
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Podcast72: Pros and Cons of Educational Blogging Options
After a bit of a rocky start with the skypecast host (that was me) demonstrating remarkable ineptitude in misidentifying muted participants, we had a lot of fun discussing the pros and cons of different educational blogging tools like Classblogmeister, learnerblogs, blogger, etc. We discussed issues of content control, both with student writing (how grammatically correct…
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Pros and Cons of Educational Blogging Options (A skypecast invitation!)
I’ve setup another skypecast for this Tuesday, July 11th at 8 pm US central time called, “Pros and Cons of Educational Blogging Options.” (Use the previous link to actually join the Skypecast when it starts– you might bookmark/favorite that page so you can easily return to it later.) The idea for this Skypecast was inspired…
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Guidelines for Participating in a Skypecast
The opportunity to participate in FREE skypecasts with educators around the globe is really amazing. I’m about to post an invitation for another one next week (Tuesday night) on the topic of blogging tools for teachers– but before I do I thought I’d offer a few guidelines or suggestions for people who are interested in…
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Podcast69: Walking on Fiber – An International Skypecast about NECC 2006
This evening I had the remarkable experience of talking with educators and several business people across the United States and across the planet in Australia via a free skypecast– discussing some of the ideas, technologies, and issues raised at NECC 2006 in San Diego this past week. We used the free Skypecasts web service, which…
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NECC Ideas and Technologies: Global Skypecast Invitation and WetPaint Wiki
Thanks to MC Hammer (imagine that!) and USA Today, I discovered the beta site for Skypecasts this evening. Want to setup a global conversation about a topic with anyone who is interested, or set up an online audio conference with a few selected individuals? Skypecast on! What a great way to engage in a global…