After a review of projects we looked at technology for podcasting – digital audio/video files. Files have to sit on a server. On campus this is mediacat.manukau.ac.nz, with QuickTime for play. Externally, Firefox browser has a plugin to capture videos, and another for RSS feeds. More to investigate at home – though I will ask ICTS to add Firefox to my screen. Dave also showed us Audacity, free software for recording and editing sound.
Of more interest to me – Oriel gave me the Web address for (more) free software – VRoom - similar to Skype. Would like to see if I could use this to talk to students at home who are having problems with catalog or database searches. So, will use the honorarium to get the necessary camera/microphone.
At a lunchtime LTC showcase Dave showed a video with ‘hotspots’ that provided a camera closeup. A virtual tour of the Library with important areas/functions highlighted could be fun and useful. Possible third project!
Well done, I like your theme, and you are already applying to work situations!
Comment by Barbara — June 18, 2008 @ 5:10 pm