The video below was created using an open source video capture application called Camstudio. There are a few issues that will have to be addressed if we plan to expand the use of this technology beyond a select few. The default file type of AVI generates a huge (20MB per minute) file. I have not […]

Second Life is an online 3D virtual world created by Linden Labs, and was originally launched in 2003. Second Life provides an online world for users to play and interact in, allowing residents to create their own virtual spaces. Recently there have been numerous examples of the educational opportunities that can be realized within […]

Online learning has recenty seen dramatic growth at the middle/high school grade levels. Michigan became the first state to require high school students to take at least one online course for graduation. ESU #13 is planning to incorperate online and hybrid courses into the current two-way interactive schedule. Over the last two years the ESU […]

This is going to be great! A group of students from around the world writing about education, teaching, and learning. The logo below is linked to their website, which contains a “What”, “Why”, “Who”, and “How” section. This is an exciting post for me. I have been reading EduBloggers for some time, but the time […]

ESU 13 has been exploring a number of open source web applications. The ESU is currently running Moodle (Learning Management), Elgg (Blogging), Wordpress mu (Blogging), MediaWiki (Wiki), Drupal (Learning Management), Gallery (Photo Storage), and Survey PHP (Survey tool). These are all web based applications that have been installed on a Linux box running Apache, PHP, […]

I was recently listening to a podcast, sorry I don’t remember the actual podcast to give credit. One of the statements that caught my attention was a reference to a video conferencing application called dimdim. The main reason it sparked my interest was that the integration pack required to make this application work within […]