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#199 Summing up NaPodPoMo

By Paul, on November 30th, 2010%

National Podcast Post Month, that’s what it stands for. I’ve done a lot of different things this month and I consider it a successful exercise based on a number of different measurements. Mostly it has pushed me beyond my comfort zone and allowed me the freedom to experiment.

I strongly recommend that you find a similar event in your own particular area of interest and discover parts of yourself you’ve never known before. It is like a marathon and while it may have all the highs and lows, at the end, something like this offers a tremendous amount of personal and professional satisfaction.

Finally, here’s a link to a quote by Alan Moore where he explains why art is like magic. He paints an interesting picture of the place that artist have and could play in society.

Not a Podcast Episode

By Paul, on October 3rd, 2010%

Last weekend I attended Podcamp Boston 5. It was a great experience meeting new people invovled in new media. You should really attend a podcamp, or any unconference that caters to your particular profession or interest. Why isn’t there a videocamp?

Yes, there were some video presentations, but only on a basic, video blogger level. I myself presented a session on screencasting, the first time I’ve ever done that. It was presentation rough and somewhat chaotic, which is what I expected and overall I had a great time.

I recorded that session, but I’m still editing it. I want to combine it with the the slides I used and insert a brief screencasting demo. I hope to have that completed and posted here in the coming week.

My main reason for getting this post out without a show is so I could include a download to the slides for the benefit of those attending the session and anyone else who is interested in screencasting. If you do download it, I hope you’ll check this site again for the screencast, I’m sure you’ll get more out of the slides that way. At least you can use the links I’ve included in the slides.

I’ve converted the slide presentation into PDF format so everyone can view it. You can download it either by clicking on the title of this post, or click here. This file will appear in the iTunes feed.

Thanks for being patient, I’ll talk to you later.

Paul

#141 Podcamp NH09 Day-1

By Paul, on November 8th, 2009%

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Podcamp NH 09

Location:
New Hampton School

Distributed video production podcast:
Spidcast

Session:
Brandcasting
Dan Freund

#140 Podcamp NH Road Trip

By Paul, on November 7th, 2009%

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Driving up to New Hampshire for Podcamp NH 09. Lovely cold fall day.

#137 Teach your children well

By Paul, on September 25th, 2009%

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This show is about two experiences that were bouncing around in my head and collided. First, a podcast about technology and second,, conversations with educators lead me to consider the necessity of providing some kind of multimedia literacy as part of the higher education experience. Sort of like directed play in the schoolyard to avoid bullying.

My thought is not only how to produce content that hits the intended mark, but also present the impact and responsibilities, both personally and to others that being a broadcasting entails.

There was a time when it was rare and seemingly ridiculous to require students to attend schools with a computer. Not so ridiculous now. I think the time is coming to accept the responsibilities that private broadcaster carries. I don’t have any solutions to offer, but I think we should be thinking about this.

Here are some links to people and places mentioned in the show.

Video StudentGuy

#199 Summing up NaPodPoMo

Not a Podcast Episode

#141 Podcamp NH09 Day-1

#140 Podcamp NH Road Trip

#138 Drawing on the right side…

#137 Teach your children well