What’s done, what’s next

With the 6-month review coming due pretty soon, I’m spending some time today evaluating what’s been done so far with the ‘Casting grant and what’s next on my to do list. In a nutshell, here’s what I have accomplished so far:

This blog was established for tracking all progress, results, and resources related to the grant.
All [...]

Success at last!

I have finally succeeded to post our CCBC workshop from April online (at least the morning session). Woohoo! The OWLSweb channel is now available on blip.tv at http://owlsweb.blip.tv/.
Here’s what I learned about posting longer program videos on the web with the grant resources at my disposal:

Cut longer videos into smaller bits to make them more [...]

‘Tis the season for converters, fa la la la la la la la la

When I recorded the CCBC workshop we hosted on April 23rd, I had no idea I was going to have such trouble posting it online for people to view. The Sony Handycam I purchased worked great, as did the wireless microphone system that goes with it, so that wasn’t the problem. (Except for my amateurish, [...]

First vodcasting trial set

OWLS has a continuing education workshop scheduled for April 23rd. The Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC) will be here in Appleton to present “Outstanding Books for Children and Young Adults.” More info is available on OWLSweb.
Why am I mentioning this on the ‘Casting blog? Well, because wonderful CCBC librarian, Megan Schliesman, has agreed to let [...]