The Couch's Take2 Blog

Wind Turbine KSN news

2008-10-03T13:46:00.000-06:00

http://fourstateshomepage.com/media_player.php?media_id=61571

FCP Presentation

2008-04-09T17:13:00.001-06:00

Interact with an alien

2008-04-08T07:34:00.002-06:00

I've been trying to figure out just how they did the interactive "Turtle Talk with Crush"
at Disneyland. My son thought it was so cool! I knew that there should be a way that we could do a similar thing here at Greenbush for kids that visit.

After looking at many different software options, the winner is Fix8. This free software download for windows allows us to have a computer with a webcam and a mic which then lets the user select from a variety of avatars. The avatar will follow the head & mouth movement of the person in front of the webcam.

On the other end we have a monitor, webcam and a mic setup for the participants. We are using XLR mics and going through 2 separate mixing boards. This allows us to disguise our voice through one mixing board while hearing the participant normally through our headphones.

We have been working with "Starsky" our alien on our trial. Our hopes are to bring this resource to the Science Center where the kids can interact with the character(s) as a learning resource or just another really cool thing to come to Greenbush for!

George Washington Presentation on Ustream

2008-02-21T11:39:00.001-06:00

During the webcast, David McCullough, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, teaches a nationwide audience of students about George Washington using documents newly accessible on ConSource.org. Any student who participated in the live webcast was able to ask questions of Mr. McCullough.

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/david-mccullough---george-washington-presentation

Safe video sharing for schools

2008-02-18T13:07:00.002-06:00

School Tube is a video sharing sight that lets students produce their original videos and upload them with teacher approval. Some from Girard and Goddard schools on there:

Kansas School using Mogulus

2008-02-07T18:53:00.000-06:00

While browsing through the education channels on Mogulus, I found a channel for USD 405, Lyons, KS. At this time they have had 28,557 Total Unique Viewer Minutes. Way to go USD 405, hope we will see other school districts in Kansas create their own channels and produce great material for education.

Check out their channel here: http://www.mogulus.com/usd405

Keep people updated on upcoming events

2008-02-06T21:22:00.000-06:00

Keep people updated on upcoming events with broadtexter by sending your subscribers instant text messages.

http://www.broadtexter.com/

PalBee- Cool new video conferencing tool

2008-02-06T21:19:00.000-06:00

Found a promising new flash based tool for video conferences that also incorporates a whiteboard:

http://www.palbee.com

Launched the new GBTV Tech Museum Channel

2008-02-06T21:14:00.000-06:00

Check out our new channel launch for GBTV

http://www.mogulus.com/techmuseum

Power School University

2007-07-31T08:14:00.000-06:00

Trip Journal Here: http://travel.yahoo.com/trip-journal-1202385-psu_washington_dc

Rockin' With The Stars

2007-07-24T15:56:00.000-06:00

Rockin' With The Stars is coming to Greenbush!

A program combining our observatory / Live bands / and raising $$ for United Way in Crawford County. Be sure to visit our WIKI to keep updated and to offer any suggestions or volunteer to help!

September 8th, 2007 is the date to put on your calendar

Greenbush TV

2007-07-05T10:46:00.001-06:00

Be sure to check out Greenbush TV at http://tv.greenbush.us/

Examples of uses of wikis in K-12

2007-06-26T13:39:00.000-06:00

Check out this link to see how others are using wiki's in education !

There are many good ideas on using wiki's in the classroom and I'm sure we could add a few ideas ourselves.

Need a good description of what a wiki actually is? Check this out:

Wikis in Plain English

Newark Trip Details

2007-06-03T21:45:00.000-06:00

I will try to keep a daily log of what we are learning in our PowerSchool training class in Newark and our trip in general here: LINK

Headed to Newark for PowerSchool Training

2007-06-03T13:28:00.000-06:00

Well, supposed to leave at 1:55 from KC, but delayed because of weather and should leave at 3:24.

Greenbush Employee Facebook

2007-05-29T05:47:00.000-06:00

I have actually not been on Facebook before, but thought it would be great if we could either setup or create a similar project for Greenbush employees. Employees could create profiles to list information about what they do, their talents, and contact information. If other Greenbush employees were searching for someone to do a video to DVD, do some CF programing, etc... All they have to do is a quick search and it list employees with that skill. Or if you need to contact a co-worker by phone...log in and find their profile to quickly give them a call.

Thoughts???

Our KOAM TV Video Series

2007-05-18T14:37:00.000-06:00

Here is our visit with Jenifer Denman at KOAM TV:

Video

And this is our visit while they were doing the 6pm newscast:

Video

Lynda.com

2007-05-09T12:14:00.000-06:00

This is a great example of a way to sell content from video tutorials or educational content.

http://www.lynda.com/

The Rise of Educational focused Video sites

2007-05-04T07:39:00.000-06:00

WOW! Everyday it seems that I see another Educational focused video sharing site. I wanted to share a few of the ones I found:

Teacher Tube
Next Vista
SuTree
IgniteLearning

With this kinda of interest in helping people learn, I think that we here at Greenbush, could find a way to assist schools in our area in getting good quality video content out there!

Final Cut Day #2

2007-04-05T19:24:00.000-06:00

Another great day at Class! We learned about logging and capturing, Multi Cam editing, and difference between Video and Computer screens. We also learned a lot about customizing Final Cut.

Lunch again at Izzy's

FinalCut "The 1st Day"

2007-04-04T19:22:00.001-06:00

Gabcast! Take2 Blog #2

Lunch at: Izzy's Deli
Dinner at: Barney's Beanery

Finally!

2007-04-04T09:32:00.000-06:00

Finally, today will begin our class for FinalCut Pro. This should be the beginning of a great journey and hopefully prosperous.

Our travel notes:
Last night we visited the Third Street Promenade, which is lined with shops and restaurants.
We ate at Yankee Doodles and had a great Pizza.
We walked down to the Santa Monica Pier.

Heading out to Santa Monica

2007-04-03T11:59:00.000-06:00

Darren Dawson and myself are heading out to Santa Monica today for FinalCut Pro training.
We had a great lunch and Now waiting at Airport in KC!

FlipTrack

2007-03-30T12:19:00.000-06:00

On Episode 46, we feature the online slideshow creator called Fliptrack
Fliptrack allows you to put your pictures to their array of musical selections with ease.
You can create online or with a Windows machine you can download their software which gives you the ability to create a little more. I downloaded the software and created a great CodeMonkey video, but still waiting for it to show up online. But I created a short slideshow on the website and it was posted very quickly. They give you the code to embed or post to a variety of blogs and webpages.

Take2 Blog #1

2007-03-09T18:05:00.001-06:00

Gabcast! Take2 Blog #1

todays Show

2007-02-16T14:07:00.000-06:00

rtsp://10.250.250.123:7070/take2.sdp

New Podcast Format

2007-02-08T22:05:00.000-06:00

We have begun our new format for our Take2 podcast! Thanks to a few brilliant minds, we heard input on what we could do to serve the listeners better. We now have a more focused audience and structured segments, like "What's New" "Tech Beat & Tech Light" and "Leadership Corner" with Brad. Also a new segment with Jason Slaughter!

We continue to work on the live broadcasting with Wirecast.

Can't wait to hear how everyone likes the new format.

This Week's Show

2007-02-02T14:12:00.000-06:00

This week we will again be broadcasting live over our LAN via Wirecast software.
We are still working on broadcasting to the world!
If you are in our network, please watch us using this link to open your Quicktime Player and watch our show live!
rtsp://10.250.250.52:7070/take2.sdp

Next week we will be changing our format.