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Kicking the stream
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.
Durff's set-up
Here is a picture of my audio set-up. The resulting webcasting is uploaded elsewhere...
This is my checklist that worked today:
Durff rejoins the webcaster universe
Lisa Parisi's Ultimate Harry Potter Show
This is my first show. My guests were Alice Mercer, Jennifer Wagner, and, my daughter, Ali Parisi. Without them, I would have had quite a chat with myself and listeners would have been bored to tears. So thank you, Guests, for making my show enjoyable. You are all great conversationalists.
Automatic Recording Activated
Just wanted to let everyone know that the automatic recording of the stream (Sandbox A only) is once again functional. Details in the FAQ (Publishing category).
Practice, Practice, Practice
A few days ago, Alice Mercer and I arranged a practice session for ourselves so that we could continue to practice streaming, capturing audio and general trouble shooting. Alice has the first part of the conversation and what follows is the audio from when I kicked the stream and took over. Little did I know that I would lose Alice for a bit and would have to babble by myself. We were joined by Lisa Durff who reported that there was no sound but we were pleasantly surprised that the sound was there all along. I did some editing so that this audio could be about 10 minutes long.
Here we go again
Catching Up with Casting
Last week, I was having some trouble with Nicecast and Skype, and Lee was kind enough to take on my problem and help solve it. While I am still a little unsure of the complete technical description of the problem, Lee was able to walk me through my settings tonight and here are some things that we discovered.
Hicks - Practice Streaming and Recording
Open Source Learning
I think I first heard the term; "Open Source Learning" in chat in the Webcast Academy. I thought I knew what it was. I figured it referred to us choose what content we wanted to learn on the internet. I heard Will Richardson refer to ideas on the Read-Write Web and the like. I also keep up with other superbloggers like Wesley Fryer, Miguel Ghulin, David Warlick, Christopher Sessums, Steven Downes just to name a few. I even particpated in K12Online last year and Web Heads in Action Online Conference this year along with Necc2007 not to mention everything happening at edtechtalk. Nevertheless understanding comes through the practice or application and not theory. Not until Webcast Academy did I begin to understand Open Source Learning. It just all clicked today. I got a call from Kevin Sandridge a teacher in central Florida, we had a long talk about web 2.0 and implications for Second Language Learners, Yesterday Susan was asking about classes to recruit for youthbridges. I had a conversation with Chris Craft about a project on digital storytelling on Friday. And Today it just came all together. Dennis was uploading his file to Webcast Academy. It didn't show up in the flash player. I thought I would help out. How hard could it be. 80 minutes later with Susan patiently waiting on the sidelines we defeated the audacity gremlins and sucessfully uploaded the file. I felt great and was happy to be able to contribute. Open Source Learning means building on collective knowledge. NOW, I've GOT IT!
Making a telephone call to the lady downstairs
Reading Treasures in the Language Classroom - Planning an Interncast Show
"Once you learn to read, you will be forever free."
Frederick Douglass
This will be a piloting project with the LearningwithComputers group.
The idea behind the show is to give voice to LwCers to discuss the topic of the month. In this case, the topic being discussed there is '''reading'''. We'd try it out a first time and depending on our post-show analysis,we'll consider making it a once-a-month encounter.
The goal is to make even stronger bonds through the inclusion of voice in the group with synchronous interactive sharing of ideas. Also, for the educators who can't be present, they'll have a chance to listen to the podcast with practical ideas that could be used in their classrooms.
I'll invite other Webcastacademy members to join me to share the roles while streaming and sharing ideas on how to best carry it out. People to be contacted: Erika Cruvinel, Illya, Cris Costa, Dennis Oliver and Dennis Newson. Special guests: Gladys Baya and Claudia Bellusci.
We could try to have two streamers, in Sandbox A and B. Somebody who would be in charge of the chat area, welcoming people and keeping the text discussion flowing. A host that would be in charge of moderating participation in the Skype Conference.
Next steps:
- contact interns. Done
- Define the best time for the show. Done
- Send an invitation to LwC asking the ones interested to let us know their skype ID. Done
- Planning the show; resources; links; examples - On the way
Carla Arena
A Curious EFL Educator
Jeff Lebow Gradcast, Class of 1.1
Class of 1.1
August 11, 2007
Thanks very much to all those who joined in during my gradcast and
all those who have been part of my webcasting journey along the way.
Webcaster Portfolio
Chat Log Below
12:57:39 JoseR -> JL tell me when you are ready to kick off
12:58:40 JoseR -> the stream
EFL Best Practices Pilot
Rafael Murillo and I(Jose Rodriguez) present Best Practices for EFL teaching and learning. We are joined by Doug, Durff, Veronica, Jeff, and Vance.
Links referred to on show below.
English Club: http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/index.htm
Activities for ESL/EFL Students; http://a4esl.org
Jose Rodriguez Classroom Blog; http://englishlearnings.wordpress.com
ESL Podcast Site: http://www.eslpod.com/website/index.php
Dave's ESL Cafe: http://www.eslcafe.com
Homes Around the World Teacher Tube Video
World Conversation Club: http://eflbridges.net/node/99
Webheads in Action Network: http://webheadsinaction.org
Vance Stevens; The Writing Matrix
Vance Podcasting Resources:
Chat Log Below
Give me a hint at least...
Lisa Parisi and The Road to Successful Streaming
What a long, hard road it was to finally get a successful week 2 assignment completed. I spent approximately 15 hours trying to troubleshoot the setting issues. I was successful recording and streaming my own voice but could not manage to get anyone else's voice.
InternCast International Show
Lots of Lessons learned today.
First, Skype can badly misbehave and you have to keep it going. The solution? Maybe drop skype and keep talking to the listeners and asking for their input in the chat area.
Calling all Fairies and Angels
and I would really appreciate any ideas, hints, tips, tricks, advice. It's 1.37am and I've been trying to resolve this since 5pm. It's time for me to get some sleep before the International Intern Show at 7am. I'm hoping that some lovely angels and/or fairies can resolve my audio issues while I'm snoozing.
Lisa Parisi's First Successful Streaming!
With help from so many people, I finally was able to stream. Thank you to Susan, Lee, Cathy, and Chrissy (at 2:00 AM for her), who worked with me through Yugma to solve the setting issues. And thank you to Susan and Sharon for volunteering to be recorded. Our fifteen minute conversation is edited here for your listening pleasure. Enjoy!
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