Live Blogging from CALI Conference- Day 1

Keynote - John Palfrey – Harvard Law Library

• digitize, digitize, digitize
• open acess to all content -DASH
• collaborate and share
• organize content – collaborate & share
• team up law librarians with faculty
• re-introduce contemplative space for students
• stop competing in library collections – c0mpete in services provided
• post library collections on the web = share & collaborate!!!
• post unique materials & share, post public domain materials
• avoid redundancies – use consortiums – work together
• unite repositories – Google??- other search engines?

Alan Kaye -” the best way to predict the future is to invent the future.”

More live blogging – http://lsi.typepad.com/lsi/2009/06/liveblogging-calicon09-john-palfrey-keynote.html#more

Session 1 - Creating in-house video tutorials – Lindsay Matts -William Mitchell School of Law (MN)

• Best Practices in E-Learning
  • no longer text-based
  • many types of instructional media
  • media elements are important – text, graphics, audio
  • 6 principles
    • multimedia  – adding graphics to words can improve learning – pictures, org charts, graphs, transformational (change), interpretive (explain)
    • contiguity – placing text near graphics can improve learning
    • modality – explaining graphics with audio can improve learning
    • redundancy -explaining graphics with audio AND redundant text can hurt learning (read off the screen)
    • coherence – gratuitous visuals, text, audio can hurt learning
    • personalization – conversational tone & pedagogical agents can increase learning
  • questions to ask before creating the screencast - goal, audience, time frame?
    • goals – inform, peform procedure or perform principles
• Products
  • Jing – by techsmith – free – www.jingproject.com – 5 min only- very easy – hosted in screencast.com or export not both - swf only – cannot edit – $15/yr – record from webcam & can export
  • UTipu www.utipu.com – free – hosted – 20 min – add notes & text – pulbic or private – can edit voice, can’t edit video,  swf
  • Adobe captivate – expensive – her fav – no time limit  $700 per license – 30 day free trial – canadd text boxes or audio and annotations, can edit , many file types-
  • Camtasia – similar to Captivate – less expensive
  • Animoto – fun slideshow with music 30 secs
• Existing tutorials
  • www.atomiclearning.com – expensive
  • www.lynda.com
  • www.cali.org
• Mics
  • headset
  • mic off webcam
• Host solutions
  • TWEN – needs to be small
  • LexisNexis Blackboard – 3 mb
  • YouTube
  • on school’s server

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Session 2 – Cool gadgets, software & utilities every faculty member should have – Sydney Beckman -Dean at Duncan School of Law (opens Aug 15)

Webcast – http://meetings.cali.org/mediasite/calicon20402 ppt- http://w.cali.org/conference/sites/default/files/Cool%20Gadgets.pdf

• If you don’t use tech, you don’t get hired – tech is integrated into everything
• slydial – goes right to voice mail – free
• netbook – acer, msi - cheap, easy, light!
• www.woot.com – new gadget each day – $149 for netbook
• window live messenger- download current version - free – collaborate on docs – webcams – free
• sugarsync – auto backup of files – free version available
• smartphone – iphone – old ones $99 -$36 for unlimited exchange media
• 7-zip – free – robust – compatible to all – portable
• polycam cma desktop – $125 license per computer – tie into videoconferencing rooms
• mousecaster – play radio thru mouse
• autohotkey – free – automating tasks
• pandora – internet radio – free
• tourist reover – take a photo – removes people from picture
• pdftoword – free – creates editable doc/rft file – keeps formats the same – sometimes takes awhile if the file is large
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• twitter and yammer – 50 ways to use twitter in the college classroom
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• voltaic – charging products in the sun
• flip minohd – 60 min hd $200 – 8 gigs – loan to students to practice client interviews
• powermat – wireless recharging – buy module for each device
• kindle – version 2 is out – read books – can enlarge font – sd card – books are cheaper
• jott.com – leave a message to email
• idictate – pocket secretary – dictate on phone & get a transcript
• hulu – videos, tv shows - owned by nbc
• bluetooth laser virtual keyboard – turns any surface into a keyboard
• scene systems – digital animation of events
• g-drive – free storage – google – 10gb $20/yr
• broadband travel router – $40 or so
• 3g watch phone – by LG
• microprojector <$300 over 1000 lumens – by Optoma
• personal vehicle – The Cube
• folderlock – file security & encrytion software – there are free ones
• novatel mifi – your own wifi network – verizon & sprint
• portable hard drive – files & software- small an cheap
• snagit – screen capture software – by camtasia – turns screen into a graphic
• jing screen capture, record video and share
• smartdraw – mind mapping, flowcharts, timelines - legal edition  easy to use
• turningtechneologies – clickers – STUDENT ENGAGEMENT – is also web-based – reporting tool – app for iphone & blackberries available – great customer support – use for attendance at his school
• wireless pointer – get one with an on/off switch
• webcam – communicate with students
• digitizing pen – digitize your handwritten notes
• powerpoint 2003 for professors – excellent book – tips -around $20 – SteveJobs – one image, one word
• slideshare – upload ppt presentations – share publicly or privately – free
• slide rocket – web-based presentation creator
• swish max 2 – flash for dummies – easy to use – create great animations
• flash add-in – swiff point power player (free) or snag-it
• ovation – bought by adobe – ppt for dummies cool presentations- does not work with turningpt
• callpod – chargepod – one plug to plug everything into
• usb coffee warmer
• cordless air mouse – logitech – $160
• desktop search – windows (dowload not built-in one), google desktop search, copernic (not free)
• keepass password safe – free
• digsby – combines social networking tool (free)
• audacity – free – sound editor – change speed without changing pitch
• secunia – trqack apps to notify you of updates
• gimp – free photo editor
• bing – new search engine – by microsoft

Session 3 – Using MediaNotes to Teach Skills – Larry Farmer – Brigham Young Law School

• to retain knowledge – need to practice, recognize problems in learning the skill, practice long enough
• legal skills need to be taught like sports, playing a musical instrument
• deliberate practice – identify a skill set, practice, reflective analysis of the experience, modify task and repeat the process
• medianotes focuses on the reflective analysis of the experience
• medianotes – program that allows you to take a video file (media player/quicktime) and run it in the software, control it on a timeline so that the performance can be analyzed (add tags or comments at different points)
• can be uploaded to a sharepoint site so that adjuncts can access the students’ critiques
• can use any video format that opens in Media Player or Quicktime
• free to cali members – staff, faculty, students – even computer labs

Session 4 – Videoconferencing without busting your budget – Duke U School of Law

• Duke has a polycom connects to all classrooms, but often have scheduling problems
• alternatives – there web-based and home-based solutions
• one solutionis pvx software $150 – desktop solution, with a webcam & mic
• another is skype which is free
• there is cheap equipment – webcams, mics
• why use videoconferencing?- time/convenience, environmntal impact, budget, resource management, distance learning opportunities, document sharing, team building, legal proceedings, special speakers
• why free options? budget, ease of use, highly portable, lack of tech support, no other options
  • www.skype.com - most commonly used – but it is one on one – must download the app
  • www.sightspeed.com - same as skype –  it is one on one – must download the app
  • www.oovoo.com - must download – up to 3 people in the conference – (6 if you pay)
  • www.palbee.com - web-based – one hour time limit – up to 5 people in ther conference
  • www.wengo.fr  – wengomeeting n- flash-based, browser-based – up to 5 people
  • www.apple.com/support/ichat – ichat – for macs
  • www.dimdim.com - web-based – used by cali for these webcasts – up to 20 people – Upgrade $10/mo- share desktop, whiteboard
  • xmeeting – for macs – can call tandberg or polycom units
  • www.paltalk.com  - web-based
  • polycom pvx – not free but only $150
• Courtrooms of the future – remote testimony, evidence showing, courtroom21 project
• Webcams
  • usb or firewire
  • automatic or manual
  • different resolutions
  • built-in mic
  • cost $20-130
  • brands – logitech, labtec, sony, acer, panasonic, phillips
• Mics
  • usb based
  • omi directional – everyone can be heard (uni-directional – headset)
  • desktop-
  • $10-150
  • brands – plantronics, logitech, altec lansing, labtec

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