I really enjoyed Jon Trinder’s session on chasing mobile technology. Though he apologised for the negativity but did raise the question of institutional barriers to the implementation of mobile learning.

There are some key points here, even if you are implementing mobile learning, how are you testing, is it just technical testing, or do you undertake usability testing with actual real life users.

Andy Ramsden’s session on Twitter was also fast paced, amusing and interesting. Out of the audience about half had Twitter accounts, but only a few were actively using it.  We didn’t really get a chance to elicit reasons why they weren’t using.

Mick Mullane’s session on podcasting was similar to ones I had seen before, but was nice to view again in a very academic conference. He was very enthusiastic about podcasting, just a pity that he couldn’t do his live demo as there was no free wifi!

The reason I was in Mick’s session was that I was in the room for John Cook’s session on the appropriation of learners’ devices for learning. Which was a nice theoretical model which is akin to my views about using the learners’ own devices.

As a graduate student about to enter the world of Advertising, I am bound to be affected to see news like this...

but things like this rejuvenates my optimism...

I was concerned, but definitely optimistic about our industry. However,my main reason to write this post...

I am happy to stumble upon the survey below and just wanted to share my happiness through this little piece of information.

"marketers will increase or at least maintain their spends on interactive marketing"

I understand, this survey was conducted by New York Times in May, 2008 & since then our situation has only accelerated downwards. But with recession in sight, I am sure Interactive is the best medium (for optimal utilization of resources) to connect & engage with the consumer.

“Tell me and I will forget, Show me and I will remember,

Involve me and I will understand!”

-Confucius

]]> http://newforestpodcast.wordpress.com/?p=496 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:03:01 +0000 newforestpodcast http://newforestpodcast.nl.wordpress.com/2008/10/09/the-new-forest-podcast-show-12/ Welcome to Show 12 of the New Forest Podcast!

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Show 12 - Show Notes

• Opening theme: - Sarah Borges - “Think It Over”
  
• Coming events in and around the New Forest.
  
• Music - Fumitaka Anzai - "Forest in the Morning"
• Featured Place - You'll just have to listen to the podcast!
  
• Music - George Clinton - "Ain't That Peculiar featuring Sly Stone and El Debarge"
• News from around the New Forest
• Music - Chris Tyler - "Lets Go Back"
  
• Music: News & Events background - Danny Weis - "Dinner At Nine

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Some links to websites mentioned in this show

Forest Uprising
www.forestuprising.org.uk

Click here for the Solent Half Marathon Website

Event - Inside An English Vineyard; Marlings
www.beechfarmcountrycourses.co.uk

Event - Wedding Fayre
www.southlawn.co.uk

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On Friday Evenings At 7 pm

Today has been a great day… well… a god day but one great thing did happen: POWcast has seen its debut!

As you (may or may not) know, I am a teacher and in the school where I work, on the Thursday afternoon we run activities instead of teaching lessons, for the last 3 years I was doing some cooking with the 6 formers but this year I have started a podcasting activity and today our first podcast POWcast )People Of Warwick cast was aired for the very first time…

As you may read between the lines I am very excited about this, it has been a labour of love and I have worked with 4 great kids aged between 14 and 17 years old. If you are so inclined go and check it out by clicking here! Then let me know what you think and how we could improve it.

POWout!

But what's been really intriguing for me is not actually doing the readings, but listening to my own stuff afterward. I always listen to the podcast before I upload it and let it go live, and it has to pass my own test first. #9 was great--I really felt it moved well, was paced well, and entertaining.

That said, I've been working on a chapter that, until a few days ago, I thought was solid. I thought the pacing was good, the action exciting, the dialogue and secrets and mysteries engaging.

Then I listened to it.

And now, I'm not sure the chapter even needs to be there at all.

Or at least, part of me says that. The other part of me says, "Finish the damned edit, and then look back." But that's the problem: I've got to read this chapter for the podcast. What happens is important, though it could (honestly) be relegated to a short flashback/paragraph of explanation. So do I fix it now, and read the next chapter (one of the benefits of writing a multi-POV is that I can mess with chapter order if I want to)? Or, do I read it as is, with the caveat that it's likely not going to appear in the final version? But do I risk the readers/listeners losing track of the POV, Cora's, by having the story told in another POV (which will happen, if I do it the other way)... or... baaaah.

Fecked if I know, as Sir Din might say.

Suffice it to say Podcast #10 might take a little longer than anticipated to get to your ears. I'm working on it. I'm honestly leaning toward leaving it be, at the moment, and letting people decide. As I head into the center of the book, my standards are getting a lot more strict, I suppose.

Din lowered her voice, “You’ve got to understand me, Brickley,” she said. “These men and women—they are mine. I have shaped them, I have trained them. One loose cog in the mechanism, and people die. We all go through hardships—we all lose people, and feel our hearts squeezed to the point of despair over it. But we move on. We have to. Because we are the Order of the Asp—and by gods, if we don’t do our job, no one else will. And the world would be a much darker place.”

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In this installment of the Technology and the Arts podcast, we share some interesting news, web sites and online resources we have come across recently, including enhancements to TiVo, the Tekzilla podcast, the Netflix set-top box developed by Roku, and a Picasa Web Album update. Plus, we'll discuss an RIAA setback and some digital music royalty decisions involving Pandora and iTunes. In addition, we discuss John's recently stolen car...and more! Hosts: Brian Kelley and John LeMasney. File size: 16 MB. Time: 34 min., 45 sec.

In this installment of the Technology and the Arts podcast, we share some interesting news, web sites and online resources we have come across recently, including enhancements to TiVo, the Tekzilla podcast, the Netflix set-top box developed by Roku, and a Picasa Web Album update. Plus, we'll discuss an RIAA setback and some digital music royalty decisions involving Pandora and iTunes. In addition, we discuss John's recently stolen car...and more! Hosts: Brian Kelley and John LeMasney. File size: 16 MB. Time: 34 min., 45 sec.

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• FriendFeed.com/lemasney - John LeMasney's FriendFeed profile.
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• Tandem With the Random - Brian Kelley's blog

Here are some things John talked about:

• Educause - Educause 2008, a conference dedicated to the use of information technology in higher education, will take place in Orlando, Florida, Oct. 28-31, 2008.
• Presidium - An IT help desk solution that John checked out during a recent business trip to Kentucky.
• Bella Vista Beverage - John visited this South Philly beer and soda distributor to help celebrate its grand reopening on Sunday, Oct. 5...
• ...and then John had his car stolen while he was there. If anyone sees a 2005 silver Toyota Sienna minivan -- possibly still with the New Jersey plates on it -- in the South Philly area, please contact us at technology.arts@gmail.com.
• T-Mobile G1 - John talked more about this Google Android-powered phone from T-Mobile.
• Garmin Nuvi - John had a good experience with this GPS device while on his trip to Kentucky.
• The Aleuminati - The "not-so secret" society of beer drinkers.
• Budweiser American Ale - John recently reviewed this latest offering from Budweiser...and he doesn't think it's all that bad.
• Avery Brewing - At the other end of the beer spectrum from Bud's American Ale are Avery's The Maharaja and Salvation.
• TiVo - John discusses a recent update to this fantastic technology.
• Tekzilla - A Revision3 podcast hosted by Patrick Norton and Veronica Belmont.
• Netflix Player by Roku - John talks about this set-top box that streams Netflix movies directly to your television.
• Picasa 3 - Google has updated its Picasa Web Album and John likes the new features.
• Neat Company - Simple, efficient paper scanning solutions.

Here are some things Brian talked about:

• Philadelphia Phillies - Brian is completely preoccupied by his favorite sports team's playoff run to the National League Championship Series.
• Christian Beach - Brian plugs some upcoming shows by his friend Christian...October 23 at Triumph Brew Pub in Princeton, N.J.; October 29 at Triumph in Philadelphia, Pa.; and December 5 at Fergie's Pub in Philly.
• RIAA suffers legal setback - A federal judge in Minnesota threw out a $222,000 verdict against single mother Jammie Thomas, who had convicted of illegally sharing songs on a peer-to-peer file sharing service. The judge ordered a new trial. (Source: Information Week)
• Congress passes webcasting bill - Both houses of Congress passed legislation that will help webcasters like Pandora and Live365 reach a deal on reasonable royalty rates with SoundExchange, the organization charged with collecting royalties from digital music. Read more here and here. (Sources: Pandora, AP via Google)
• Royalty rate unchanged for iTunes, other download services - After Apple threatened to shut down the iTunes Music Store if royalty rates were increased, the Copyright Royalty Board decided to keep mechanical royalty rates (for songwriters and publishers) at 9.1¢ per download. There was speculation that the rate could increase to around 15¢ per download. (Source: Ars Technica)

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Esta semana vamos a tratar tanto temas de Apple como manda la temática principal de este podcast y Blog, como la de los bloggers que comienzan, y también tocar de refilón el mundo maravilloso del podcasting. Como siempre lanzando alguna que otra opinión malévola.

Sobre Apple, hablamos de las opiniones de Steve Wozniak sobre la posible y próxima muerte del iPod (¿?) La posibilidad de decirle a Apple lo que nos gusta y lo que no nos gusta de los iPhone, gracias a iPod Noticias.  Una manera sencilla y muy útil para usar Skype en los iPhone y una idea para hacerlo en los iPod Touch. Y le damos una vuelta de tuerca a lo que posiblemente nos encontraremos en la presentación del 14 de octubre y que presuponemos que Apple nos mostrará la actualización en la gama de MacBooks.

Y terminamos hablado de proyectos originales como el de Jaca101 y su futuro MacZapping, y la entrevista que Enric me hizo en su blog. Además os anuncio que ya podéis entrar al blog desde http://www.notengoiphone.com, pero tranquilos que solo redirecciona a esta misma dirección ;)

Como siempre el podcast se graba con mucha ilusión, improvisación, y pocos medios técnicos ;)

¡Suscribiros que es gratis!

The first podcast I started subscribing to regularly was the "Diggnation" podcast hosted by Kevin Rose, one of the founders of Digg.com, and Alex Albrecht.  It started out as purely audio but has been video for a long time now.  The podcast would countdown the top dugg stories from the past week.  I stopped subscribing to that at least a year ago after I stopped enjoying Digg.  That podcast though has been wildly successful and they get a lot of sponsorship money and have done live shows from aroun the world supported by a global fanbase.  Diggnation is one of the flagship shows on the Revision3 internet TV/podcast network.

These days I have a list of 15 podcasts that I subscribe through using iTunes.  I don't regularly listen to them all, but I like to fall asleep with something playing in the background, so I like to have choices.

My Podcasts (* means I listen regularly):

Ask a Ninja

Bad Science

Downloadable Content (Penny Arcade)

iFanboy video podcast

iFanboy "Pick of the Week" podcast*

Internet Superstar *

Keith and the Girl*

KATGtv

New Yorker: Fiction

NPR: All Songs Considered

NPR: Fresh Air *

NPR: Pop Culture

NPR: Technology

The Skeptics Guide to the Universe *

Tiki Bar TV

I don't see podcasting as that much of a different media than radio, other than the live vs. recorded aspect, and it's kind of replaced radio for me.  It's radio on my schedule, when I have the time.

As for uses involving learning, I think if implemented correctly it could be a great learning tool.  The only problem is that I don't know if listening to a professor speak is only to hold too many people's attention.  A lot of the classes I've had where a podcast might have been a helpful means of expanding learning the professor is usually completley monotone.  It might be a good thing for professors to collaborate on with students, teaching assistants at the least.  I think a good approach might be to have students vote, either in class by way of the clickers or online, as to a few topics they would like to be covered more in-depth on the podcasts, this could be weekly or just before big tests.

I think the same thing could be done with YouTube videos, professors could create profiles and students could subscribe to them.  This might be easier than podcasting for some.

Episode 001

This entry is to welcome our new visitors to the blog the last few days due to the DM press conference and official tour announcement. It was fun to watch the festivities online. If you missed it, never fear. I’ll hook you up. Just click here to go to a rebroadcast. Mac users, you’ll need to use Safari. There will be no play button if you use Firefox. And we don’t want that, now do we?

Also, if you are looking for our podcast, here are some links:

iTunes USA
(Or just search for The Smiths’ Occasional Podcast)

Listen online

Now you have plenty to waste a good part of your day. Enjoy!

Podcasting works in the same way like RSS with the only exception that through RSS subsription you can get regular updated information at your computer while through podcasting you can get updated audio files regularly on your MP3 players,computers or devices such as ipod.

The bloggers and Publishers can have an exciting experience to share the latest audio files with their subscribers so that they can be updated whenever any audio file is recreated or edited.

Read more utilities of ipod at our website www.eoutlet.co.uk

A free way to host podcasts would be to upload them to Podomatic.com and link to them from here.

A direct link to my podcast page is here: http://dannynic.podomatic.com/

And below I have tried to embed the podcast player into the blog page.

I produced a blog post about using a handheld dictaphone to record your own podcasts. You can read it here.

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If you have an iPod (isn’t that a requirement for living in the USA?), you have iTunes.

There’s a button for “Podcasts,” which are audio programs. Like radio shows without the radio.

I download podcasts every time I plug in my iPod. It’s a free and legal service provided by Apple.

One of my favorites is the screenwriting podcast “On The Page,” hosted by Pilar Alessandra. As an educational and motivational resource, On The Page is nearly as good as having your personal writing cheerleader. (Note: If actual cheerleaders would like to cheer for me, please send photos.)

On the podcast, Pilar would talk about her Los Angeles screenwriting classes. These sounded great, but could be a long drive for me, since I live in New Jersey.

Then…she announced a New York class. And with the speed of Mercury and the riches of Midas, I sent her $125.

I sent my money because the podcast actually proved that Pilar knew how to teach screenwriting. Think about it. I sent a total stranger $125 over the Internet. Because I listened to her podcast every week, Pilar was not really a stranger. Her podcast proved that she was what she claimed: A professional who taught the craft and business of screenwriting.

For Pilar Alessandra’s screenwriting classes, podcasting turned out to be an effective marketing tool.

Is something you're doing worth talking about? Consider speaking about your brand message through a podcast.

There are tinier, funkier models out there, but they drive me crazy. I was using a client's Edirol recently, and we just there for hours trying to figure out the jog wheel, the audio levels and the inputs. 

Now, I'm as shallow as the next girl, and I must confess I love the way the Zoom and the Edirol look. They're like tiny plastic silver coloured sputniks. Lots of bling, lots of mesh, lots of tiny, tiny buttons.

In comparison, the Marantz PMD660 is a big clunker. It's a black box. No way around it. But it is so easy to use. It works like an old fashioned tape recorder. You remember those? Play. Stop. Record.  It records onto a flash card which downloads onto your computer in perfect wav or mp3 format. Done. Is it heavy? Well if you can carry a small lunch box, you can cope with the Marantz. It's surprisingly light for its size.

For my money, it's the only journalistic recorder. It has a three pronged microphone jack at the back, which allows you to plug into splitter boxes at press conferences. Most of the others don't have this, which poses all kinds of problems at high level media conferences.

A word of caution though. Do read the manual. You need to get your input settings right. I swear I had everything on internal microphone for about a year. Actually, the internal mic is great, but it's worth getting a good Rode microphone or something similar.

I've got a lot of clients who are being advised badly about recording audio. They're buying second rate equipment and getting third rate sound.

The Marantz is selling for under $1,000 at the moment. It's worth the investment.

I know these are fighting words. My friend and multimedia guru, Ross Monaghan http://www.themediapod.net/swears by the Edirol. But Ross, I would point out it ran out of battery power half way through a panel discussion I was part of at Frocomm's New Media Summit in Melbourne last month http://www.frocomm.com.au/prnm2008_melb/program.php.

And now it's time to put my money where my mouth is. I have been missing my Marantz. It actually wasn't mine, it belonged to my previous employer, CSIRO. And now it's time for my own.

Finally I managed to released the first episode of the WizzHack Podcast. For a while I had been thinking about making a podcast for WizzHack, but didnt know when to start, and time is never on myside. Well tonight I was off from work and college, I decided to do it!

Me and a friend (Brian Johnson) recorded the first WizzHack Podcast. Either click the image above to listen to it or click here! Recording took about 45minutes but editing took about 2 - 3 hours. I'm sure it will get faster over time.

Please leave feedback :) . Its going to be a weekly podcast about technology.

I have also set-up http://podcast.wizzhack.co.uk, which will re-direct to the different WizzHack Episodes (currently only one).

As they used to say on Star Trek: "And now, the conclusion."

About This Episode

Awakened in the middle of the night by a strange, powerful surge of curiosity, John Boze is drawn by magic to read three pages of a mysterious, glowing book in the library.  This proves to have a mysterious effect on him, and when his companions set out on their journey again, they're wondering what its ultimate outcome will be.

Voice Cast:

• Justa J0e as Himself
• Paul Maki as John Boze
• Jack Hosley as WNDRWolf
• Ryah Deines as Ryah
• Ed from Texas as Himself

Music:

• The Secret Passage: "The Messenger," The Groove Mine
• The Library: "Mindmixing," Blazej Lindner
• The Book: "Cats Sleeping on Clouds," Maneki Neko
• Ending Theme: "Journey's End," Guardian Mind Mix

All music in this episode is available at the Podsafe Music Network.

Sound Effects:

• Match being struck: "LightingMatch2," contributed by HerbertBoland
• Knocking on door: Provided by Justa J0e (Thanks!)

The first of these two sounds was provided by the Freesound Project and is licensed under a Creative Commons Sampling Plus 1.0 License.

If you want to participate with your voice on the call, you should probably join Talkshoe before the show.  Keep up with us via: Our blog, Podcast Feed, ITunes Home,  Friendfeed, LinkedIn, FaceBook, or Twitter.

You can catch up with all of the episodes  you may have missed by going to the Talkshoe either via the sidebar widget or via the web.

All of the call information is on the sidebar of the blog or here:

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Call ID: 24719

The planned agenda:

Welcome/IceBreaker –  Who are you, affiliation (if you want to,) where are you from and do you blog and if so where?/Why T is for Training

Keeping an Even Keel: What do you do to stay sane and healthy when you're training and/or traveling too much?
Background: A question posed by ff user pollyalida to the T is for Training's Friendfeed Room (the full conversation.) Share your tips for what you do to keep your head about you when on the road or doing a lot of training.  

Do You Know what I'm Saying? How do you say what you say so that your trainees understand what you are saying?
Background: Inspired by Librarian by Day’s favoriting of a video about the power of language. Using different languages to convey the same idea. What is the role of language in training and evaluation? Is this the secret to providing training that is remembered?

Get a Grip on Assessments: How do we handle assessment in all of its forms as trainers?
Background: Inspired by this blog post by Meredith Farkas, how do we ensure that our training works?  How we create time to do not just individual workshop pre and post assessment, but big picture staff development and training assessments?

From the Back Room — A place to to talk about…stuff that comes up.

Wrap-up

I hope you join us live or on talkshoe for the call.  See you then.  Let's have some conversation.