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Teaching in Rural and Remote Locations series
This is the first webcast in a series on the topic of Teaching in Rural and Remote Locations in Australia. This series is being run in partnership with Edith Cowan University, South West campus. The aim is to give trainee teachers some insight into living and working in the types of locations they may be posted to in their first years of teaching. The discussion will focus on teaching and living in these communities, and how technology can assist teachers who find themselves isolated from professional support networks.

Our first guest was Terri van Zetten, a teacher in the Catholic school system, who has now taught rural/remote for a number of years now and who has a strong interest in using technology in the classroom.

This webcast originally went to air on Wednesday 16th of August 2006.

Download mp3 (24MB, 52min)

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I log in.
Status is still: down - but 'login' has changed to 'logout'. Whatever I do with SimpleCast, I don't get connected.
Return to Shoutcast.
Logouot.
Try to log in again. Form for ID and password does not appear.
Inspect log. No evidence of my visit.
Deducation: my login, desüpite switch from 'login' to 'ogout' on Shoutcast is not effective - otherwise there would be something in the log.

Any suggestive comments welcome.

Dennis

This was practice for next sunday when the SEEDLINGS of Maine get together for a show about their vision for technology and teaching in the coming school year.
Here we go.
NexT Sunday August 27, 2030GMT. Join us if you can.

Go to Skypecast, search for SEEDLINGS of Maine.

Hey, guys, Today I listened to the EdTech Talk and had the chance to record it using Audacity, with my regular mic and no extra things, just adjusting the settings according to Jeff´s instructions. Cool!!! Everything went smoothly and I was happy to see that I could record it with no problems, although I had to give up my laptop and work on the other computer... Here are the screens of it. Later on I´ll try to play around with the audio. Thanks for all your help! Carla

I am good at overlooking things, but it does not seem as if there is a session today.

I cannot get beyond: ERROR when I have logged into Sand 04 and return to Simplecast. My other settings are correct, that even if they are wrong that should not affect, surely, the connection to Sand 04.

ARE THERE ANY PC INTERNS OU THERE experiencing the same problem, or who have solved it. I would love to hear from you, here or at:

[email protected]

Dennis

Hi everyone...

Liz and I successfully streamed in Sandbox A. We briefly discussed an article in School CIO titled Six Mobile Breakthroughs.

Download MP 3 (5.4 MB, 5:54)

Hello all,

   Just wanted to let everyone know that I'll be (mostly) offline for the next couple of weeks - we leave for Korea in a few hours. If any interns would like to host a workshop or schedule 'sandbox playtime', please do so.  Just click 'create content'/ event.  When you post an event, the default timezone is GMT, but you can choose any timezone you like.  That timezone will be the one shown to all visitors.  To avoid confusion, I very much suggest including a link to a timeanddate.com world times page, like this -
Workshop #SomethingA - Sunday, Sept. 3, 4pmGMT (global times).

You can also send a newsletter to all interns by clicking 'create content'/ newsletter and choose 'webcast academy intern newsletter'.

May the streaming force be with you and I will very much look forward to connecting upon return.

Anyong for now,
JL

I thought I would post a brief interview that involved recording both ends of a Skype conversation. It finally turned out to be quite easy, requiring nothing more than setting Audio Hijack Pro to the Skype application and clicking record.

What I was most pleased about was the complete lack of latency. I did not hear any feedback or echo of myself in the headset. Another important feature for me was the quality of the recording with an iSight camera (firewire), as this is what we will use in our Mac lab for the Japanese students. Also the ease of use makes it possible to set up as a class assignment.

Unfortuntely a Persian teacher was meeting with students in Ryan's office when I called -- it is a little disurbing and for a recording that I would archive I would call back at another time. Still, it provides evidence for me that the recording will be satisfactory when other students are talking simultaneously.

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Thanks very much, Plato, for answers, including screencasts.

I log into Shout Cast. (I've got the Firefor "remember pwd" function switched on. First time of trying I see it - afterwards I don't).

I go back to Simple Chat and chose MP3 and MP3Pro. I immediately get a disconnected, ERROR message.

Anything crucial in:

Encoders > MP3 Plus MP3 etc. >

convertor
Server Details
Stream archive

???

Dennis

I've checked my settings, but I still get ERROR when I log in to the sandpit and right click with START within SIMPLE CAST. I did a screenshot of the message I received, but I can't get this interface to accept it.

No. Just tried again. Ctrl + V doesn't function, and neither will paste.

In SIMPLE CAST - WHICH plugin must I choose:

MP3 MP3PRO
WMA
Legacy MPs
Ogg ?

Dennis

Still determined to make it!

Couple of things.

Caught the Podcast411 interview with Dr. Kathy King. Has she ever been a guest at EdTechTalk? She mentioned the Podcast for Teachers and iLearnRadio.org. Anyone had experience with these podcasts? I'll have to check them out.

Also, I wanted to try to record a screencast of the new Skype Conference Recorder for Mac from Ecamm. Tried last week with Cheryl, but had a couple snafus. Anyone up for a brief Skypecast, let me know.

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I have been asked now by a Japanese Faculty to set up the language lab to record Skype conversations between students here and in Japan. This adds a very important interactive feature to our oral proficiency assessment. Thanks to the Webcast academy for the confidence to say 'yes, we can do that!' Of course, now I really do have to complete this first assignment.

Trevor

Just tried all the encoders available within Simple Cast Encoder. They all tried, but non managed to open up.

I'd think this is probably just a configuration problem.

Can any PC interns who have been successful, give me a check loist?

Dennis

Simple Cast Encoder

I see there are 4 encoders possible:

MP3
WMA9
MP3 plus (?)
Ogg

Questions

1. Which is the encoder to use? (PC - Simple streaming, no UBS micro - that comes next.)
2. Are there any other essential bits of configuration necessary within Simple Cast Encoder to enure that everything works?

Looking forward to streaming into the sand box very shortly.

Dennis

This is an all in one reflection about Nicecast, hijacking, archiving,master gain, using a microphone.
On Sunday with lots of help from Alice and Jeff I was able to webcast in Sandbox B.
Nicecast is a free software, great to use as long as you don't go over 20 minutes. After the 20 min. you get white noise. Also, Nicecast on my older G3 ibook would skip with the stream, the hard drive was just too full and too old. So, today I migrated over to my new Macbook, with dual intel processor. However, Nicecast has some settings that need to be selected, checked and rechecked.
Thanks to Alice for her coaching. Please see Alice's hints for nice cast set up.

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Class of 1.2, Workshop#3a
Hosting, interviewing, & show management skills
August 13, 2006
Download mp3 (20.4MB, 44:36)

Chat Transcript Below
New Screencast - Using the Webcast Academy Sandbox

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PC. Everything configured for simple streaming. Using Simplecast. Log into sandbox.

QUESTIONS

1. "Server down". Does that mean server not working, or server free?????

2. If server is free: WHAT NEXT? Where does one start streaming.
There is a START button on Simplecast. Start there? Ican't see any "start" in sandbox.

It seems to me Simplecast's counter start rolling even if there is no sandbox connection.

3. How can one tell if one has really streamed?

Dennis

I haven't written much here because I have other blogs that I post to. But today, while waiting for the session to begin, I thought I would post.

One of the things that has fallen out from this weeks terrorists arrests in UK, is that apparently, laptops are no longer going to be allowed as carry-on luggage on airlines.

I have no idea how many teachers this is going to affect, but I think it is a great candidate for a major change in how business deals with information and data. If your laptop has ever had an opportunity to view films of airline baggage handlers tossing bags through the air into the hold of the plane, it will surely close it's top and go into hybernation when it finds out that in the future it too, will be in that load of baggage tossed through the air. It's possible that the outcome of such events will be that laptops will be built that are much more sturdy than what we see on the market now...and of course, at least in the early stages those will likely be heavier and bulkier...just the opposite of where things were headed.

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The Digital Chalkies and I tried broadcasting on the Sanbox Channels. It worked pretty well!

Things that worked:

We did not use Audacity at this time

Whenever you open Nicecast, you need to check your settings. Often the default settings appear even after you have reset them

Settings:

Source: Choose Audio Device: Choose your Mic.
Info: Name: Put in the name of your Broadcast
Quality:
Preset: Custom
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Sample Rate: 44.100 Khz
Channels: Stereo
Cpu Usage/Quality: Least (up 2 notches)

Go to Window: Show Server
I used Sandbox B so the name I chose is SandBox B

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After a lot of time fidddling with audio settings, I want to share my experience.

I use Skype, Audacity and a Logitech camera.
My micro is a USB.

AUDACITY

edit | preferences | PLAYBACK: Microsoft soundmapper
RECORD:Realtek MC97 Audio (My sound card, I guess).

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SKYPE

Tools| Options | Adjust sound devices |AUDIO IN Realtek
AUDIO OUT Realtek

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LOGITECH QUICK CAM Camera settings | audio | Primary audio capture device: Realtek

Dennis