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Hello everyone!

This is Erika Cruvinel from Brazil! My friend Carla will introduce me to the group and I will introduce her! We think that it is much easier to talk about someone else than about ourselves!

Wow! This is fun and scary for me!

Bye for now!

Erika

Well, guys, Erika and I work together and we decided that it would be fun to introduce one another. So here it goes! My introduction was recorded by Erika. I laughed hard when I heard her ideas about me. I didn't even know I did so many things!

It's a pleasure to be here with you all. I'm sure it will be a thrilling experience!

Thanks, Jeff, for inviting us!

Beijos,

Carla Arena

Brasilia, Brazil

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Hi Everyone,

I have to say how excited Iam to be a part of the Webcast Academy and the Class of 1.2.

I am looking forward to meeting, working and learning with you all.

 

cheers

paul...

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Hi all,

I don't have Xinha in my Camino browser. So here is an MP3 of my introduction (872kb, 1:51).

I'm very glad to be taking part in this webcast 1.2 internship and would like to thank Brad Hicks for recommending me the fantastic Webcast Academy.

I am the founder of Digital Chalkie and my goal is to help Brad with the production of webcasts for Digital Chalkie in the future. The purpose of Digital Chalkie is to provide a hub for Australian educators using ICT to engage and facilitate the best educational outcomes for their students. The domain name uses the word ‘chalkie’ as an affectionately defunct Australian term for teachers. The goal is to establish a hub/magazine/think-tank for teachers to support each other and to collaborate in the use of ICT.

I look forward to meeting up with you in the webcasts. Would it be possible for the webcasts to occur earlier for the weekend show? 12am GMT perhaps?

Kind regards,

Paul Reid

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Wow, this is really fun listening to introductions - learned some new things about people I've 'virtually' known for a while and enjoying making some new web acquaintances.

I realize now, I should have included some information about how to created a download link and flash player option for playing the audio. If I don't fall asleep on the keyboard, I'll try to get that up tonight. If not, it will be up very soon.

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Hi everyone! I was sorry to miss the first adventure with the new group of interns but look forward to working with you and supporting you as much as I can!

I did use a few filters on this recording but am unhappy with the underwater sound of it. I normalized it and faded in the beginning. If anyone has any suggestions as to how to get rid of the underwater sound, it would be great! I'd also like to stick one of those flash players here to play it, but am not sure how to do it. ???

Jeff, the screenshot video that you made as the introduction was fabulous. I would like to learn how to do that - exactly what you did. It would be a nice way to do my report. In fact, I have a recurring problem with my Nicecast which I could record and share! How did you make that???

Hi everyone...

I've had Audacity on my computer for some time, but never really had a good reason to use it. What better time...

This is going to be great fun, I think. I am looking forward to speaking with and learning from a wide array of people.

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My message from Safari is that this is experimental and they cannot guarantee it's going to work so don't send them any error messages.  Hopefully, it will suffice.  I did not quite follow Jeff's instructions here about .rtf vs. .html, but I'll just post this shall I? and see how it looks.

Hello, everyone!  This is Trevor Shanklin.  Kiralyfi is the Hungarian word for prince.  I lost the title when my son was born, but use it anyway.

Trevor

 

Webcast Academy Meeting
for incoming Class of 1.2 interns and graduating 1.1 interns
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Interns, please post an audio introduction to your Webcast Academy Blog
For more info, check out the
Class of 1.2 Orientation Screencast
& Orientation Newsletter

NEW - Screencast about how to create download link and flash player for audio in your posts

Flash Player Code

Next Week - Recording telephony calls and basic audio editing
Meeting Times
Sunday, July 30 4pmGMT
Thursday, Aug. 3 2amGMT

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Webcasting Setup:

General Setup:

- Create a space for your site either on one of the WorldBridges networks or your own site.
- Create a Feedburner Feed
- List Show in iTunes Directory (you need a feedburner feed to list your show in the iTunes Directory)

Hardware:
- Dell GX620 - SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio Card
- USB Mic Logitech
- Headphones
- Treo 600 cameraphone (for low res pics)

Software:
- Simplecast
- Audio Repeater
- Skype
- Audacity
- Browser: Firefox, Flock, or Internet Explorer
- Filezilla

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I downloaded Audacity, LameLib, Nicecast and recorded my Intro. I can't wait to meet the other folks in class. I hope Susan is around as she said she would mentor me. See you soon.

Cheryl

 

Webcasting Setup:

I'd hoped to try both Sam (using my PC) and Nicecast (on my Mac), but ended up just using Nicecast to stream because of lack of time. I'm hoping to try out Sam in August. I've included the details of my PC below too, as I've been using both during the Skypecast, and for recording.

PC: AMD Athlon XP 2200+ 1.8 GHz, 768MB RAM

- Windows XP (Home) 2002 , Service Pack 2

Mac: Mac Mini (Power Mac 10.2), Power PC G4, (1.5)

- Mac OS X - Version 10.4.6, Memory 512 MB DDR SDRAM
Wireless AirPort Extreme

As I said above, I've recently been using Nicecast to stream the audio. At first, I found it easier to concentrate on managing the hosting of a Skypecast, and while I was doing this I played with capturing the audio using various tools, from Audio Hijack (on the Mac), Audacity, and PowerGramo and Hot Recorder (on the PC).

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I am excited about meeting everyone!

Hardware --
PowerBook G4
Mac OS X - Version 10.4.7
Memory 512 MB DDR SDRAM
Wireless AirPort Extreme

For software I use Nicecast, Skype and WireTapPro for streaming and recording with the Nicecast recording the audio as well for backup. I use Audacity or GarageBand for post-production of audio. I have used a Planetronics headset with mic and mic mute/headphone volume controls, a usb LogiTech mic, and am now experimenting with an M-Audio FastTrack recording interface (mic pre-amp and digital converter) with a Shure SM57 mic.

For me the biggest hurdle initially was broadcasting from within the school network. I could not connect to the stream due to filters at schools so I had to be connected by the home team (Dave, Jeff, Alex, etc) and host from Skype which does work at the school. From home streaming is easy, but I had to work on making sure all the audio settings on the mac were set correctly so I could be heard on the stream. By watching the audio LEDs in Nicecast, I know if I am getting a signal from my voice as well as from the participants joining me. Echo/Sound Test Service (echo123 in Skype) will give you a connection to test this detail.

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Just getting ready for the adventure of Webcast Academy. Looking forward to meeting new people and learning a new type on conversation.

Our featured guest this show was Susan Appleton, one of the teacher coordinators for the Bunbury Senior High School BEACh (Bunbury Extension and Challenge) Program. This program seeks to extend students academically. Sue gave an excellent account of the program and the impacts that it has had to date on the students and teachers involved. We look forward to some follow-up sessions with Sue in the months to come about other school programs she is involved with.

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For my "rig" I've been using a Dell Latitude D800 1.50 GHz laptop with a Pentium M processor and 512 MB of RAM. I've also used a USB microphone and wireless (802.11g) internet connection.

For software I've used SAM Broadcaster, Virtual Audio Cables / Audio Repeater, Skype and Audacity for streaming, recording and post-production of audio. For me the biggest hurdles to overcome have been getting audio settings as they should be so that "both sides" of the conversation can be heard over the stream, "issues" within Skype and post-production itself.

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Hi Susan, The way I have done this is to go to google calenders, click on the down arrow on the calender you want to subscribe to and you will see a settings link. There you will see a place to select the Calender Address...click..and copy the address. Go to iCal, click on Calender...Subscribe.... and paste the address in the Subscribe To window. Hope this helps. Lee

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Here is a sample of the ideas I have for the Book of Webcasting. Understand that no links are working or set up yet. I have basically taken what we had and typed an explanation of what I will do with the book's home page if we all agree on it. Check this link out and let me know your ideas to add to mine. I will get this done for the new start of interns next week. By the way, I was thinking of using some pop up boxes...anyone know if drupal will support that code? Thanks, Lee My Layout Ideas for the Book of Webcastin

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Audio from our July 13 Brainstorm
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Jeff and Doug are joined by Drew for a discussion about audio. We talk about the importance of starting with good quality audio, and what can be done in "post-production" to make audio sound better.

I had some "Skype issues" that meant the loss of the some of the discussion and I'm especially looking forward to having Art and Cathy back for a brainstorm about "best practices" for teaching keyboarding skills to K-6 students.

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