How to give your webcam video an audio punch: Use a shotgun microphone — from ReelSEO Video Marketing by Grant Crowell
On 07/26/2011,
in A/V -- audio/visual, digital audio, digital video, tools, videoconferencing,
by Daniel Christian
On 07/25/2011,
in biology, chemistry, computer science, creativity, data related items, digital learning, e-publishing related items (EPUB and more), education technology, emerging technologies, engineering, faculty, geography / geology, graphics, higher education, innovation, interactivity, mathematics, physics, research, science, tools, user experience (UX), vendors, visualizing information,
by Daniel Christian
On 07/20/2011,
in CMS/LMS, corporate / business world, higher education, K-12 related, tools,
by Daniel Christian
Some noteworthy items to mention here:
- Multi-touch gestures
- Full-screen apps
- Mission Control (brings together full-screen apps, Dashboard, Exposé, and Spaces in one new feature that gives you a bird’s-eye view of everything on your system)
- Mac App Store
- Launchpad (gives you instant access to all the apps on your Mac)
- Resume (apps you close will reopen right where you left off, so you never have to start from scratch again)
- Auto save
- Versions (charts the history of your documents, taking snapshots in time, and displaying them side by side with the latest versions in an easily browsable timeline)
- AirDrop (a fast way to share files with people nearby; send files to anyone around you wirelessly — no Wi-Fi network required)
- Lion Server (includes a host of enhancements that give you more control of your Mac server and the users who access it)
On 07/19/2011,
in digital learning, library / librarians, research, tools, writing,
by Daniel Christian
On 07/14/2011,
in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, 3D, A/V -- audio/visual, animation, Apple, art, changing business models, convergence, creativity, digital audio, digital learning, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, disruption, educational games / serious games, elearning, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, generational differences, human-computer interaction (HCI), innovation, interaction design, interactivity, K-12 related, learning ecosystem, love of learning, media/film, multimedia, new business models, new media literacies, publishing, quality, reading, storytelling, technologies for your home, tools, trends, user experience (UX), user interface design, using teams,
by Daniel Christian
Check out:
- Fantastic new children’s iPad book by author William Joyce — from curiositycounts.com as curated by Maria Popova
Also see:
- iTunes Preview of “The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore” by Moonbot Studios LA, LLC
- The Making Of Morris: Part 4 (Invitations To Adventure)
- The Making Of Morris: Part 3 (Thousands Of Books)
- morrislessmore.com
- MOONBOT Studios: An interplanetary creative expedition of story and art
From DSC:
This also nicely illustrates why I believe we need to use teams of specialists to create and deliver our learning materials (June 2009).
On 07/12/2011,
in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, Apple, career development, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, computer science, mobile technologies, pace of change, tools, trends, vendors,
by Daniel Christian
Some numbers from App Store turns 3 years old [tipb.com by Rene Ritchie]
- The App Store had XXX apps on day one
- A year later it had over 56,000 that had been downloaded over 1 billion times
- Last year it had over 225,000 apps — 8500 iPad native — and over 5 billion downloads
- As of last week we’re over 425,000 apps — 100,000 iPad native — and over 15 billion downloads
On 07/12/2011,
in 24x7x365 access, blended learning, digital audio, digital learning, digital video, distance education, higher education, hybrid learning, multimedia, online learning, tools, vendors, videoconferencing, web-based collaboration,
by Daniel Christian
Some items re: Blackboard’s announcement of their Collaborate product:
- Blackboard Collaborate: Overview — from Bb
- Blackboard Launches New, Real-Time Collaboration Platform Built for Education — prnewswire.com
- Blackboard Collaborate formally launched at BBWorld 2011 — from zdnet.com by Christopher Dawson
On 06/28/2011,
in Adobe, productivity / tips and tricks,
by Daniel Christian
Google Swiffy will swiftly convert Flash files into HTML5 — from reelseo.com by Jeremy Scott
E-learning tools round-up: five to watch — from kineo.com by Cammy Bean, who shares her views on 5 new tools from ASTD 2011
On 06/28/2011,
in cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, Microsoft, tools, vendors, web-based collaboration,
by Daniel Christian
