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Festiquest Is Here!

rh101@cs.clark.edu (rh101) — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 22:57:00 +0000

I have created a 35 minute podcast of my jamband and festival scene called Festiquest. The host is my new alterego, Bobman Qwest!

Jennifer Jones Rocks!

rh101@cs.clark.edu (rh101) — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 19:47:00 +0000

Today, the NWCET Working Connections luncheon presentation was a winner. (Yesterday's was a loser, but the sun is shining and I am in a positive mood and will not be carrying on about this)

Jennifer Jones who is apparently a BCC or NWCET employee gave a very fine presentation about Web 2.0 social networking technologies and higher education. The center of her presentation was
a ning site for Workforce Educators. which I went ahead and joined. I don't have time too much time at present to look into another tool she demonstratedTwitter

Good Stuff, hope to check more of her links later.

My First Podcast!!

rh101@cs.clark.edu (rh101) — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 16:15:00 +0000

Here it is!!! My first Podcast and the transcript of my first podcast (with some variations)

Notes on the first : This is a process-oriented effort. There are a few fumbles still left unedited, but after about 10 takes in a busy classroom yesterday, I decided to move on to put it into a publishable format. I think I will find a bit higher encoding for my next minor effort.

Day two, reflections on first script and audio

rh101@cs.clark.edu (rh101) — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 23:00:00 +0000

A few observations about Podcasts that I have gleaned from my experience in the past day and a half.

1. A script for an instructional podcast must me tight, tight, tight. I started with about two or three subjects that were interconnected and by the end of the day concluded that a single topic to be well covered in a three to four minute session would be my first effort in the Podcast production world.

2. I am amazed by the amount of clean up that can be accomplished in the editing process. The technique of pausing and recasting over fumbles does create a web imprint. The take I settled on couldn't be called "warts and all" but less warts than before. But, hey, shouldn't podcasting reflect the populist web 2.0 medium that is at its essence. This can't really be about making an army of Paul Harvey/Charles Kuralt mutants, is it?

3. The nylon stocking wind screen works!! I had my doubts, a nylon sock in an embroidery frame placed over the microphone did indeed wipe out lots of hot spots in my delivery.

To be continued...

Podcasting at work!

rh101@cs.clark.edu (rh101) — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 19:52:00 +0000

Here I am hard at work at the PodCast Class at Working Connections IT Faculty Institute.

More Podcasts -- don't loose that link!!

rh101@cs.clark.edu (rh101) — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 17:19:00 +0000

Podcast 411 is an impressive directory of Podcasts.

Teacher Tube is another website that I look forward to pursuing further.

Some Podcast reviews

rh101@cs.clark.edu (rh101) — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:37:00 +0000

My review of Podcasts

Saving Often is located as a link in the educational podcast network. Here is the description on their home page:"A podcast of the Sanford Media Resource and Design Center. Saving Often is a podcast produced by the Sanford Media Resource and Design Center, a digital media lab that is a unit of the University of Alabama's Libraries. Saving Often is a podcast covering digital media and the creators of digital media on the University of Alabama campus."

I listened to was episode 007 Steve Miller. He is a professor in the Book Arts Program at the University of Alabama. Also, he produces a podcast entitled, Book Artists and Poets". Steve uses iriver hardware.

Podcast Workshop Log Day 2 part one

rh101@cs.clark.edu (rh101) — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 15:28:00 +0000

I appreciate the way that Jean is using blogging as an element in the Web 2.0 Internetscape. I also am impressed with the way that she is looking at podcasting as a medium.

Jean's staging area for the workshop is filled with lots of fine resources for getting started with the workshop.

I began the script for my first podcast this morning. Is there a different from podcast voice vs. teacher voice? Podcasts, it seem to me need to use an economy of language that is not exclusive to in-classroom teaching.

An off-topic Post: Max Roach

rh101@cs.clark.edu (rh101) — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 22:12:00 +0000

I just checked my e-mail. A good friend of mine just sent me this link about Max Roach. I was in highly forested California away from most media so did not know that the master bop drummer had moved on to the celestial jam session.

I saw Roach perform a symphonic work with James DePriest and the Oregon Symphony last May 11 years ago and jammed with Leroy Vinnegar and others at the end of the evening.

The New Sandbox

rh101@cs.clark.edu (rh101) — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 20:53:00 +0000

This blog is a new sandbox designed to house resources and creative musings related to the Podcasting class at the Working Connections IT Faculty Development Institute held in Bellevue, WA, August 21-24, 2007.