WebComm
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All sessions in room E2402 from 12:00 - 12:50
Feel free to bring a bag lunch with you, just don't get the crumbs in the keyboard.
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Monday, January 25 - UStream dot TV Live Streaming Broadcast
Resources (links)used for the Ustream workshop
Learn how you can broadcast to your students or have your students broadcast over the Internet to the rest of the class or the rest of the world. Lots of extras built-in as well.
Description: (from their website) Ustream.TV is the live interactive video broadcast platform that enables anyone with a camera and an Internet connection to quickly and easily broadcast to a global audience of unlimited size. In less than two minutes, anyone can become a broadcaster by creating their own channel on Ustream or by broadcasting through their own site, empowering them to engage with their audience and further build their brand.
Monday, February 8 - Google Wave "Better than e-mail?"
Google Wave Resources- links to useful information about using Wave
You'll need a Google Wave account to really play with this one. Send me (b.dahl) an email and I'll ask Google to invite you to the Wave. Many people hail this as THE future of online communication - others say it's severely over hyped. Come to the session and make up your mind.
Description: (from website) Google Wave is an online tool for real-time communication and collaboration. A wave can be both a conversation and a document where people can discuss and work together using richly formatted text, photos, videos, maps, and more.
Monday, March 1 - Twitter
It's almost impossible to avoid hearing about Twitter - either how dumb it is or how cool it is, often both in the same sentence. Come find out what it's all about and how you might use it for academic or professional pursuits (or not).
Description: (from Wikipedia) Twitter is a free social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read messages known as tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters displayed on the author's profile page and delivered to the author's subscribers who are known as followers. Senders can restrict delivery to those in their circle of friends or, by default, allow open access. Users can send and receive tweets via the Twitter website, Short Message Service (SMS) or external applications.
Friday, March 26 - Google Voice
Google Voice can change the way you use telephones and text messaging. It can also make you more accessible to students, without them calling or knowing your home phone number.
Description: (from Google Voice Blog) The new application improves the way you use your phone. You can get transcripts of your voicemail (see the video below) and archive and search all of the SMS text messages you send and receive. You can also use the service to make low-priced international calls and easily access Goog-411 directory assistance. ...(GV) offers many great features, including a single number to ring your home, work, and mobile phones, a central voicemail inbox that you could access on the web, and the ability to screen calls by listening in live as callers leave a voicemail.
Monday, March 29 - DimDim Web Conferencing Solution
DimDim is an easy-to-use web conferencing tool that allows you to interact with your students with rich media, whiteboards, PowerPoint, computer screen sharing, live chat, and a free phone bridge. Similar to the expensive solutions such as WebEx, but free.
Description: (from website) Dimdim's founders realized that their frustrations with other web meeting software presented them with a compelling market opportunity. Here was a chance to make the world a smaller place - by creating a simple, free service that lets everyone everywhere to communicate using rich media in real time. And not only would Dimdim be easy to use, it would also be free so web meetings could be democratized and made available to everyone. So simple anyone can use it. Unlike other web conference products, Dimdim does not require users to install software on their computers to attend web meetings. Users can start or join meetings with just a few clicks. Dimdim is available for free so everyone - not just big companies with big budgets - can use it.
Friday, April 16 - Meebo Instant Messaging
One problem with instant messaging is that there are so many different clients (Yahoo, MSN, AOL, etc. etc.) and the fact that they are client-based in the first place (not all). Meebo allows you to connect with anyone using any instant messaging solution and you don't need to download and install any software on your computer. The vast majority of your students use IM for communications - how about you?
Description: (from website) Meebo lets users gather their friends on a single buddy list where they can talk and share content in real-time across different IM platforms, communities, and traditional social networks. At meebo.com and with the Meebo Bar, users can keep in touch with friends across dozens of IM platforms, including AIM, Yahoo!, MSN, Google Talk, MySpace IM, Facebook Chat, and more. With over 100 million people sharing over 6 billion messages and 75 million links every month, Meebo is one of the Web's fastest growing social media companies.
Monday, April 19 - Skype Internet "phone calls"
Come see how you can use Skype to connect to students and other professionals (or just friends and family).
Description: (from website) Skype is software that enables the world's conversations. Millions of individuals and businesses use Skype to make free video and voice calls, send instant messages and share files with other Skype users. Everyday, people also use Skype to make low-cost calls to landlines and mobiles.
Friday, April 23 - Twitter Clones
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