Text Chat from our first "live" show on 8 August 2008 about Screencasting for Learning
08:59 ustreamer-69243 : can you hear the audio ok?
09:00 wfryer : can you hear the audio now?
09:02 ustreamer-62316 : no
09:03 klmontgomery : can hear you now
09:03 klmontgomery : ustream & skype
09:06 wfryer : can you hear now?
09:19 wfryer : http://ryangordonproductions.com/ustream/
09:19 wfryer : that link shows how to use ustream and skype
09:22 wfryer : set your color!
09:23 klmontgomery : lime greem my favorite!
09:23 klmontgomery : are there new forums on storychasers?
09:24 ustreamer-84494 : Greetings from MI
09:29 wfryer : http://www.jingproject.com/
09:31 klmontgomery : http://www.qlipmedia.com/
09:34 wfryer : http://skitch.com/
09:37 klmontgomery : function + print screen
09:39 wfryer : http://www.apple.com/pro/tips/secretcapture.html
09:43 ustreamer-43391 : Hello from St. Charles, Mo
09:43 tonyvincent : Nebraska---Yup! Omaha.
09:43 JBurkeMaine : Maine . . . via Twitter
09:43 ustreamer-78646 : Craig N from Minot, ND
09:43 klmontgomery : Actually I'm in St. Peters
09:43 ckendall : greetings from Lansing, MI
09:43 ustreamer-43391 : From Francis Howell in St. Charles
09:44 klmontgomery : I live in the FH school district
09:44 JBurkeMaine : Atomic Learning . . .only subscription I have.
09:44 ustreamer-78392 : hi
09:44 wfryer : http://movies.atomiclearning.com/tutorials
09:44 ustreamer-43391 : This is Gina Hartman - I'm on METC comm. w/you
09:45 klmontgomery : Hi Gina!
09:45 JBurkeMaine : Interesting . . . Linda.com?
09:45 wfryer : http://www.lynda.com/
09:45 ustreamer-89622 : Hi! Elizabeth Holmes/Columbus,Georgia. Want to volunteer w/K-12 Online Conference!
09:46 ustreamer-78646 : Lynda.com has some free podcasts
09:46 wfryer : http://library.creativecow.net/tutorials.php
09:46 wfryer : what other screencasting websites are you aware of?
09:46 ustreamer-78646 : Lots of podcasts, especially for photoshop and photoshop elements
09:46 wfryer : http://stringandme.com/
09:48 ustreamer-78646 : Advantage to getting them on iTunes is you can take them with you on iPods
09:48 wfryer : http://blip.tv/ supports creative commons licensing
09:48 ustreamer-50017 : the electorial system Common Craft newest video
09:48 wfryer : yes, good point, portability is very cool
09:49 wfryer : i haven't seen the common craft election video- can you please drop that into the chat?
09:49 wfryer : we'll share the chat transcript as shownotes for this episode
09:49 ustreamer-50017 : The Election Process - Common Craft - newest one
09:50 klmontgomery : http://search.creativecommons.org/
09:50 klmontgomery : New Color
09:51 klmontgomery : Like the Blue
09:51 wired4history : How do other Mac Users feel about iShowU an inexpensive screencapture system?
09:51 wfryer : i haven't used iShowU much, it seemed to create VERY large files
09:51 wfryer : we need to address file compression
09:52 ustreamer-78646 : FastStone Screen Capture is one of the best for Windows - http://faststone.org/FSCaptureDetail.htm
09:53 wfryer : http://www.shinywhitebox.com/home/home.html
09:53 jpatten : iShowU works great! Can even caputre your Windows OS in Parallels....in the past could not capture Windows virtually when on your mac :-)
09:53 wfryer : http://k12onlineconference.org/
09:53 jmpcronin : It can be difficult to get iShowU movies to compress well in YouTube. Like Jing Better
09:54 ustreamer-11414 : http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/ - saves your clips, too
09:55 klmontgomery : http://www.wisdom-soft.com/asr/asr_pro.htm
09:55 wfryer : that is auto--screen recorder, for Windows users
09:55 ustreamer-43391 : I just use the SMART Board recorder to create screencasts
09:55 wfryer : yes, smart board recorder is great
09:56 wfryer : it makes large files though, doesn't it?
09:56 jpatten : Stomp from ShinyWhiteBox ...same people who do iShowU, are providing Stomp for $15 to do compression of vide (screen captures) ...you need the special code of "STOMPOFFER" to get this deal before the end of August. Check out their site shinywhitebox.com
09:57 jpatten : Above was @jmpcronlin
09:57 wfryer : I've used iSquint as a free video compressor on the Mac side too, used this last year for k12online
09:57 wfryer : http://www.isquint.org/
09:58 ustreamer-78646 : Atomic Learning uses HyperCam for Windows in their training http://www.hyperionics.com/hc/
09:58 jpatten : Also....Interwrite Pad People provided a link to their software which inlcuded screen capture
09:58 wired4history : are there some best practices guides for size/frame rates for web use of videos?
09:58 tonyvincent : ScreenFlow (Mac only) is my favorite. http://varasoftware.com/products/screenflow/
09:59 jpatten : YouTube, blipTv al provided faqs on best resolutions...
09:59 jpatten : important to resize window before capture to support compression later
10:00 jpatten : especially if you want people to be able to read menus, screen text, etc.
10:00 wfryer : tony, can we skype you into the call to discuss screenflow?
10:01 tonyvincent : Sure. Let me get my headset.
10:01 wfryer : you'll just need to launch skype
10:01 wfryer : and pause ustream
10:01 jpatten : another nice tool Video Cue Pro...great tool for combining video, talking head, stills into one video
10:02 dserrato : I just started using Camtwist with skype
10:03 dserrato : Allows you to show your screen to who you are speaking to
10:03 klmontgomery : Ipod converter http://www.jodix.com/
10:04 klmontgomery : another ipod converter http://www.videora.com/en-us/Converter/iPod/
10:04 dserrato : Also, Yuuguu seems like a great one because you can use it with Mac and PC
10:08 jpatten : Off topic...Wesley using Soundflower on mac to combine audio outputs on the Skype calls?
10:08 klmontgomery : http://www.yuuguu.com/home?
10:09 dserrato : yes, www.yuuguu.com
10:09 wfryer : yes, using soundflower to do this
10:09 wfryer : instructions for doing this webcast are on: http://ryangordonproductions.com/ustream
10:10 tonyvincent : ScreenFlox example: http://azk12.org/media_content/24
10:13 wfryer : http://witness.org/
10:14 dserrato : searching for ScreenFlox and not finding it
10:14 klmontgomery : http://www.video4ipod.org/
10:14 tonyvincent : Sorry, it's ScreenFlow. Typo. :-)
10:14 dserrato : he he he
10:14 tonyvincent : http://varasoftware.com/products/screenflow/
10:16 wfryer : http://www.learninginhand.com/OurCity/
10:17 ustreamer-3730 : great webiste
10:17 ustreamer-3730 : --Stacey F here :)
10:17 klmontgomery : http://storychasers.org/
10:17 tonyvincent : Hi Stacey!
10:17 ustreamer-3730 : HEY Tony, stalking you again
10:18 ustreamer-3730 : Karen is a geek ROCK STAR
10:20 wfryer : Karen's geek of the week: http://delicious.com
10:21 wfryer : http://www.memoryarchive.org
10:26 tonyvincent : http://magic.pen.fizzlebot.com/
10:28 wfryer : Guitar hero for the DS?
10:28 wfryer : recommendations for a new Wii game, besides Wii Fit? Perhaps a flying game?
10:28 wfryer : Mario Cart
10:29 ustreamer-3730 : have you seen how to make a smartboard with a wii?
10:29 wfryer : yes, that is amazing!
10:29 wfryer : http://www.piclens.com/
10:29 dserrato : I've done the project. It was fun
10:29 bcdtech : Has anyone tried the whiteboard w/wii?
10:30 bcdtech : Easy enough to do for the "challenged" DIY?
10:30 dserrato : It was fun to create the whiteboard, but in reality it isn't really as useable as a normal whiteboard
10:30 ustreamer-3730 : not not that useable
10:30 ustreamer-55808 : LOVE the magic pen! Great to learn biomechanics! :)
10:31 ustreamer-3730 : kerpoof.com
10:31 ustreamer-3730 : another time waster :)
10:31 dserrato : yea, easy enough to create. My colleague worked to put together the pen and we had to work hard to make it workable on the whiteboard
10:31 ustreamer-3730 : Hiya Karen:)
10:31 ustreamer-3730 : HI Tony !
10:31 dserrato : getting the right location for the wiimote to see the pen was the most difficult part
10:32 dserrato : great job guys
10:32 ustreamer-3730 : tony shy????
10:32 ustreamer-3730 : uggg
10:33 ustreamer-83948 : Is there a schedule for these sessions?
10:33 ustreamer-83948 : Great! Looking forward to it.
10:33 ustreamer-55808 : Can you show the websites again?
10:38 wfryer : yes I will post them now on http://techshoppingcart.pbwiki.com/
10:38 wfryer : we are trying for every 2 weeks, on Friday mornings like we did today
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