Hello to all Webcast Academy interns!

How time flies! We have now come to the end of week one of the EVO2007 (Webcast Academy 2.1.1) , which is a good time to reflect upon what we should have done so far, and also what lies ahead of us in week 2, as well as answering some general questions about the organisation of the session.

WHERE TO GO AND WHAT TO DO

There are two main online spaces:

1) The Yahoo Group: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/webcastacademy/

We will be using the Yahoo Group for reflections and questions about webcasting during the session. Please share your questions, comments, requests, frustrations, etc with us all here. You should also post an introduction if you haven't already done so, so that we can all get to know each other.

Of you prefer to use an aggregator/feed reader (such as Bloglines, or Netvibes, etc.) to read these messages, you can do so by subscribing to the RSS feed:
http://rss.groups.yahoo.com/group/webcastacademy/rss

If you'd like help with this, then please feel free to send an email to me off-list, or contact me via Skype (eflbridges)

We'll also be posting notice about upcoming events to the Yahoo Group (something which we forgot to do this week - sorry!), and a weekly summary / upcoming activities ( i.e. this email)

2) The Webcast Academy (Drupal site): http://www.webcastacademy.net/node/698

Most of our activities, events and knowledge sharing will be taking place at here, so you should sign up for an account, and check there regularly .
Here is the RSS feed for this site: http://feeds.feedburner.com/webcastacademy?q=feed.xml .Once again, using an aggregator / feed reader is the best way to keep up with what's going on.

There's an outline of the evo2007 session here: http://www.webcastacademy.net/EVO2007

and...

How to get started : http://www.webcastacademy.net/node/698 is the place to find the first activities, especially for those participants who have signed up late (don't worry, you'll soon catch up)

WEEK ONE:

In week one, we asked you to...

a) Register at the sites

b) send a text introduction to the Yahoo Group, and record and upload an audio introduction at the Webcast Academy Drupal site (instructions how to do this are here: http://www.webcastacademy.net/node/698 )

c) Download Skype ( http://www.skype.com ) amd Audacity ( http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ ) and start becoming familiar with this software.

Remember, that there are screencasts available to help you with this software, and more, at the Webcast Academy Drupal site

d) Participate in one of the webcasts. The webcasts directly related to this evo will be announced at http://www.webcastacademy.net

Our events calendar is here: http://www.webcastacademy.net/event

You can also participate in another evo2007 webcast (and try recording it, for example). Other evo2007 events can be found through the http://www.webheadsinaction.org/ site.

In addition, in week one, you also had the opportunity to be involved in the following webcasts:

 * All About Mac audio : http://www.webcastacademy.net/node/694, hosted by Lee Baber

 *  Audio Recording & Editing : http://www.webcastacademy.net/node/695 , hosted by Lee Baber

 *  Webcast Meeting : http://www.webcastacademy.net/node/718 - A weekly roundup of the Webcast Academy activity, hosted by Jeff Lebow (this will be a regualr slot, on Sundays, every week at roughly the same time: 17.00-18.30 GMT )

Don't worry if you missed any of these sessions - they have been recorded, and will shortly be uploaded so you can listen to them


WEEK TWO:

Coming up in week two...

We'll be looking at basic streaming by starting with Skype & Skypecasting

* Skype and Skypecasting - Tips and tricks / Hosting your own Skypecast (Tuesday 21.30 .23.30 GMT) hosted by Graham Stanley

In the first hour, we will be discussing Skype and Skypecasting tips and tricks (ideas for hosting your own Skypecasts, etc)
There will be a chance to try your hand at this in the second hour. Details are here: http://www.webcastacademy.net/node/740

*  Webcast Meeting : http://www.webcastacademy.net/node/718 - A weekly roundup of the Webcast Academy activity, hosted by Jeff Lebow on Sunday at 17.00-18.30 GMT

Other events and activites will be posted at: http://www.webcastacademy.net/

Happy webcasting,

Graham Stanley