Web Casting - The Future of Online Education
Despite the communications power of the Internet, nothingbeats good old human interaction when it comes to learninga new skill. You can always read a book, listen to a tape, or watch avideo to learn how to do something, but, in the end,learning from a live teacher who can answer your questionson the spot works best. Until recently, the Internet resembled a large "book" ofelectronic text and pictures where any extended "human"interactivity could only take place offline by tele-conference or in-person meetings. Now, however, the appearance of cheap "web casting" createsan inexpensive opportunity for mass interactivecommunication between people spread all over the world. "Web casting" (broadcasting through the web) enables apresenter to transmit a live presentation over the Internetto as many as 10,000 participants.
For most online events, participants only need an Internetconnection through a standard phone line and audiospeakers. In the post-9/11 era, people simply don't like to travel asfrequently. The meal and hotel costs associated withattending seminars or other adult education events make iteven harder to attract a full audience. However, with web casting, you can pull together a largegroup of people from around the world at a specific time ona given day, teach them something, and then let them allget back to their lives without the traditionalinterruptions and expenses of travel.Web casting enables you to literally present just about anytype of information or educational material you want. You can do everything from a simple "radio" typepresentation where people passively listen, to a multimediapresentation complete with Power Point slides and livetours of actual websites.
At this point, imagination seems to represent the onlylimitation as far as what you can do to teach peoplethrough the Internet using this technology.Currently, large corporations and independent speakers andentrepreneurs seem to represent the majority of web castingusers. I believe this comes from the fact that people simply don'tknow about it yet and don't understand how to use it. Once that changes, web casting will go a long way towardsreplacing tele-conferencing as the preferred means of long-distance education.In the future, as costs decrease even further, you willfind people using web casting for everything from onlinefamily reunions and sales presentations, to home-basedcooking shows and pay-per-view seminars. As the technologyimproves, the potential uses will skyrocket.As with any new technology, a few drawbacks exist. Though web casting works with modem speeds as low as 28K,no one standard has emerged for broadcasting content.
Some services require Real Player, while others requireMicrosoft's media player, and, as usual, Mac users oftenget left out in the cold without any options.Right now, search engine giant Google.com rates the bestsource of information on how to offer your own web cast.Simply log on to Google, search for "webcast," andinvestigate the ever-growing number of available resources..
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Kidney Cancer Association (KCA) Chief Executive Officer Bill Bro today announced special grants to attendees of the organization's Survivors and Patients Conference, July 23 and 24 in Chicago.
In making the awards, Bro said, "We are pleased that everyone who applied for financial aid this year received it.
No one will be denied access to this important educational meeting because they could not afford it.
The KCA was able to fund all requests received by the July 1, 2004, deadline."Needs-based applications were evaluated by a social worker not affiliated with the Kidney Cancer Association, and funds were available to cover all expenses related to conference attendance, including airfare, hotel, and registration fees, as requested by the applicant."The Association is grateful for financial assistance from corporate supporters Genentech and Antigenics, whose generosity made these individual grants possible," Bro added.
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It's a special breed of human being that can speak effectively to large groups of teenagers and young adults. Speaking at schools, sporting events, teen churches, or wherever else young people congregate, youth motivational speakers employ an arsenal of well rehearsed, practiced techniques that capture the attention of young people and hopefully change lives for the better. They inspire, motivate and teach students, taking them from laughter to tears in rapt attention as they speak about personal experiences, weaving into their stories life lessons and warnings about the common pitfalls of being young in the twenty first century. If effective, young people are glued to their seats, eager to listen and receptive to the wisdom and teachings contained in the lecture.
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