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Wednesday, March 3, 2004
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I spend my "continuing education" time: This 20-minute online
presentation (plus link-browsing time) uses a
Macromedia system called Breeze to combine
"voiceover" sound with a slide show and Web links to demo blogs being
used by hypothetical college faculty. Similar technology (and Alan Levine) are being used for a New Media Centers online conference
next week, on topics including weblogs in education, Creative Commons
licensing, and more. I was skeptical about the Flash-based Breeze
system, but Levine and his colleagues put their
presentation together well and the software worked nicely, even on a
dial-up modem connection slower than what was recommended.
Hint: Use the "pause" button at the bottom of the screen before you
click any links or switch to another application. Otherwise the
sound will continue, but you might miss some visuals, even if the
multiple applications don't overtax your computer.
 If you're not a card-carrying "educational technologist," don't be discouraged by the jargon on the opening page. ("Their
blogs are connected to the RSS feeds and provide a component of object
contextuality that is beyond the meta-data.") The
presentation itself is clear, the examples are good, and the ersatz
faculty demonstration blogs even have authentic misspellings. The
advice about learning about RSS by using it is so good that it was worth taking this
picture... if nothing else so that Scripting or Dowbrigade can borrow it for their blogs.
Update: Coincidentally, Macromedia is offering a special trial of that Breeze conferencing system this month.
3:11:40 PM 
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If you need any more reason than springtime to be in Cambridge on an
April weekend, the Berkman Center for the Internet & Society has
come up with a free blogging conference on April 17 that is already listing more than 150 registered participants.
Although the Berkman Center is at Harvard Law School, this is not a law
conference or a traditional academic conference. The focus is the use
of weblogs in electoral politics, journalism, education and more, along
with the technology itself. The schedule itself is pretty loose, but there will be weblog workshops for beginners. Advance registration is required, but the price is "$0."
The event is being put together by departing Berkman Fellow Dave Winer, founder of Userland Software and author of scripting.com, with help from the Harvard blogging meeting he launched last year. (Including such fly-by-nights as yours truly.)
For the details so far, see the invitation and FAQ pages.
In addition to celebrating the completion of your income tax on April
15, possibilities for having a good time before and after the
conference include combining the event with the Boston Marathon April
19 or a Red Sox home game (even if it's the Yankees and sold out).
2:16:54 PM
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Bob Stepno.
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