Worldbridges Megafeed

Today, Lisa Durff (from America) and I (from Australia) managed to get a stream working and tested by Kevin Sandridge via FlashMeeting, a free alternative to Elluminate. It worked very well I think and here is a short video I recorded of the live event using Jing:

http://www.screencast.com/t/H4UjkHV88tj

Perhaps FlashMeeting would be a worthwhile alternative platform for future broadcasts, especially given the recent choppiness of Skype and downtime from last week. Interested in what others think.  

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I tried to post a comment to Illya's blog. Each attempt resulted in failed to open page - connection lost. Skype is down. Webcast Academy bumps my comments - this is hard on the psyche! I'm off to dial-up land again. I'll definitely not graduate until at least one more session. Susan

So here are 15 minutes worth of skypeless talk. Note how the silences slowly become fewer as the topic consolidates around books.  Boy, I was in a sweat!

Oh, and I wasn't alone. I had some wonderful people in the chat room! 

See   http://www.webcastacademy.net/node/1221   for more about the show

and   http://www.webcastacademy.net/node/1222    for the successful streaming on alado 

Carla Arena, Dennis Oliver, Dennis Newson, Erika Cruvinel and I had planned a great session on reading treasures with everything planned and organized. However, Skype choose exactly this moment to detach itself from the rest of the world. So after several minutes of ho-humming, Carla and I took the stream without Skype and kept it up separately, each talking to ourselves.

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Aren't you going to tell everyone about your BIG news, Chrissy?

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 "Books are the quietest and most constant of friends: they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors,and the most patient of teachers.” Charles W. Eliot

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Webcast Academy Session 2.2.4
August 15, 2007

Agenda type stuff

Chat Log Below

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Well - I took the easy way out. Sharon Peters and I recorded (and streamed without announcing it) a show on books. With time constraints, I edited it in Garageband rather than Audacity. I do have to spend more time with Audacity, but work has started, and I'm going to have to get to my webcasting slowly. Found out I have to compact my file in Garageband in order to have it save at 64 kbs. I thought it did not upload (too big originally) so I tried to edit and replace the file. The info about the audio did not change, but I got a message that my entry was updated. Still learning.....

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A book talk with Susan van Gelder and Sharon Peters Recommended Books Getting Things Done by David Allen The World is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink Knowing Knowledge by George Siemens Empowering Students with Technology by Alan November The Cult of the Amateur by Andrew Keen The Long Tail by Chris Anderson Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything by Don Tapscott and Anthony D. Williams Why We Read Fiction: Theory of Mind and the Novel by Lisa Zunshine

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Finally able to stream today due to much help from Durff and Susan!  Thanks again you two.  Had some flaky issues with Audacity.  I had to start my audio recording and then switch to Stereo mix so I could record the other voices. 

I know this is not a great audio, but despite all of my issues of late, Jose and a few others were able to help me through this. I had other issues afterwards so I was not able to add intro or music. The echo or buzzing is audio equipment. I am just excited that it actually streamed and Jose can confirm it! YEH!

Webcasting is about letting it flow, letting it take you to unexpected places, voices and encounters. However, the backstage is about planning, preparation. It seems paradoxical, but, in fact, it isn't. To let the voices around you feel at ease, the group of webcasters must have an idea on where they want to head. The final end might be unpredictable, but they need to know what they are doing there to makes everyone comfortable and confident to speak their minds.

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Sigh! This has not been a productive week for me at WCA. I've got two shows that I could edit and post, but I'm wiped. Calendar is starting to get too full. In addition I can't make the class tonight. I'm feeling really flaky at this point. I can get the show(s) edited in the next few days, but is there a "due date" (like tonight), or can I send it along later?

For all of you Grey's Anatomy Fans- this is a discussion I had with another avid fan recaping the season finale and giving our predictions for Season 4 of Grey's Anatomy. It may sound like high school gossip unless you watch the show!! We had a great time talking (her mic and internet connection were not the best, but we got by). We had about 6 in the chat room!

Carla and I just had a great game of stream-football, where we practiced how to kick each other out of the stream in order to take over. Quite easy, really. It was also fun just to talk.

It's funny how you can get close to people simply through chat, but as soon as you can hear each other's voice and talk and react, it becomes intensified. After only just a couple times it feels like talking to an old friend. 

 

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Here is a picture of my audio set-up. The resulting webcasting is uploaded elsewhere...
This is my checklist that worked today:

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Susan generously gave off her time to help me and then Jose joined us too. I grudgingly accepted his advice. The result is posted here.