Saturday, August 18, 2012

Week One in CSC 442 Section B

Hi everyone! This posting has a short podcast for our class, with a look ahead to Week One. The mp3 file with the audio for this podcast is at:

https://edocs.uis.edu/boakl1/CSC442B/mp3/Week1.mp3

A handout about the use of podcasts in our class is at:

https://edocs.uis.edu/boakl1/CSC442B/podcasting.html

A transcript for this podcast is at:

https://edocs.uis.edu/boakl1/CSC442B/podcasts/Week1_Transcript.html

Remember that you can subscribe to these podcasts using the free iTunes software - just click on the hyperlink labeled "link to RSS feed" at the top of the right-hand column of this page.

The music in this podcast is Parker 41 - from "The Power of Beauty - A Tribute to Stan Getz", recorded by the great Canadian jazz saxophonist Alex Dean - see:

http://www.alexdean.ca

http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-power-beauty-a-tribute/id214413804

-- Burks

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

New Technologies in CSC 442 Section B

Hi everyone! This posting has a podcast for our class, with a summary of all of the new technologies that we will be using this semester. The mp3 file with the audio is at:

https://edocs.uis.edu/boakl1/CSC442B/mp3/NewTechnologies.mp3

A transcript for this podcast is at:

https://edocs.uis.edu/boakl1/CSC442B/podcasts/NewTechnologies_Transcript.html

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Remember that you can subscribe to these podcasts using the free iTunes software - just click on the hyperlink labeled "link to RSS feed" at the top of the right-hand column on this webpage.

The music in this podcast is "Mean What You Say", recorded by the Dave Young Quartet. See Episode 1 at:

http://www.jazzpromo.com/

The technologies mentioned in this podcast include:

Podcasting - https://edocs.uis.edu/boakl1/CSC442B/podcasting.html
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/ - handout - https://edocs.uis.edu/boakl1/CSC442B/Facebook_in_CSC442B.html
Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/ - handout - https://edocs.uis.edu/boakl1/CSC442B/Twitter_in_CSC442B.html
YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/ - introductory video - http://youtu.be/j60mmTkaesA
Jing - http://www.techsmith.com/jing/ - sample screencast - https://edocs.uis.edu/boakl1/CSC442B/videos/Blackboard_Tour_8Sep10.swf
Skype - http://www.skype.com/

The main course website, which is mentioned in the podcast, is at:

http://edocs.uis.edu/boakl1/CSC442B/

-- Burks

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Introduction to CSC 442 Section B

Hi everyone! This posting has a podcast with an introduction to our online class.

The mp3 file with the podcast is at:

http://edocs.uis.edu/boakl1/CSC442B/mp3/CSC442B_Intro.mp3

Remember that you can use iTunes to subscribe to the entire series of podcasts by clicking on the hyperlink labeled "link to RSS feed" in the right-hand column of this webpage. [This is a 0ne-time event.]

A transcript for this podcast is at:

http://edocs.uis.edu/boakl1/CSC442B/podcasts/CSC442B_Intro_Transcript.html

The music in this podcast is entitled "Actions Speak Louder", composed by Carl Vincent Varvel, BMI, and published by Freeplay Music, BMI (50%), Phoenix Cloak Sounds, BMI (50%) - found on Latin Fusion Vol. 1 at freeplaymusic.com. See:

http://freeplaymusic.com/search/category_search.php?t=v&i=1446

-- Burks