It has been a standing joke in my district that I am the Webinar peddler. I have tried for a few years to get people interested in using them to improve instruction and provide professional development. A "few" have inquired and a "few" less have watched them. I realize the challenge of sitting in front of your computer and participating in an event like a webinar. However, the knowledge and opportunity for collaboration is so great, I will continue to be peddle...
Archived webinars are available to BGISD Staff @ http://tinyurl.com/BGISDWebinars
The webinar today is:
Making Connections: Smithsonian American Art Museum Across the Curriculum
April 13, 2011
3:00 Central
You want great resources? We've got great resources! Join us for an engaging exploration of how accessing the Smithsonian American Art Museum's online collection energizes curriculum development, student research, and class projects.
Presenter: Adrienne Gayoso and Victoria Lichtendorf
Here are instructions to log into today's webinar.
To join the Webinar, please follow the link below. Enter as a guest by typing your name in the first field, and click “Enter Room.”
http://iste.acrobat.com/smithsonianmakingconnections/
***Please note: You will be able to enter the room 15 minutes before the Webinar begins.***
The audio portion of this Webinar will be presented over VOIP (through your computer speakers).
To ensure the best webinar experience, here are some tips:
1) Users should run the Connection wizard to make sure they have the latest version of Flash and install the Connect Add-in if possible – also note their Connection speed for the next step: https://admin.acrobat.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm.
2) Note, many folks sit on a LAN, but because of network traffic, length of cable, wi-fi (not recommended for webinars) or other factors – only get DSL or Modem speed throughput to their client.
3) Once in the room, webinar participants should go to the Meeting drop-down menu and under “Manage My Settings” select “My Connection Speed” and select Modem/DSL/LAN depending on what the Connection wizard told them.
4) Please close all other applications running in the background during the webinar, particularly web applications (email, chat, etc…). These compete for CPU and client bandwidth to the internet. In some cases, people will be running applications that are using the camera or microphone driver already which restricts Connect from using the same driver in the meeting room.
