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I don’t usually do product showcases, but it’s another new category I’m adding with this post. I came across this great document camera – which by the way I think is a misnomer as they do sooooo much more then just show documents.
This is an AVerVision 355AF from AVerMedia Information – pictured opposite.
It’s portable with [...]

Seeing forms a large part of communicating. The visual message is usually much stronger than the verbal. Actions do speak louder than words. You are probably aware of the importance of vision in conveying your message:

The videoconference environment is a visual one. Take advantage of this fact and try to convey your messages visually using [...]

Continuing with the video sharing – here’s a delightful video from the man with the funny accent – Shane Howard. (He reckons I have a funny accent – go figure!)
Shane does some gorgeous singing lessons via videoconference with the littlies. There are a whole raft of examples of Shane’s lessons on YouTube. Here’s one of [...]

It’s Blog Action Day and the theme this year is climate change.
Climate change represents a profound challenge to the lives and livelihoods of everyone, but particularly those living in developing economies acutely dependent on natural and nature-based resources. If the international community fails to act, the overall costs and risks of climate change will be [...]

LifeSize has announced a new HD system which sells at less than $2500 USD. The system is called LifeSize Passport and consists of an HD video camera, a remote controller and a codec small enough to fit in the palm of a user’s hand. It plugs into any existing HD display, whether on the user’s [...]

I spend a considerable amount of time collecting YouTube videos and saving them to my playlists on videoconferencing (in general), videoconferencing in education & telepresence. You can access them all at the above links or my entire playlist – which has videos on learning technologies, education, web conferencing and many more.
However, since there are well [...]

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