Flashmeeting / Chris Barker

Flashmeeting

Videoconferencing for TeachMeets?

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• What is flashmeeting?

• Why are we talking about it this evening?

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• What do you need to participate?– Flashmeeting runs from a webpage with a

flash enabled web browser.– A webcam, and a microphone if you wish to

talk.

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What can it do?

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• Advantages?– Those unable to attend in person can

participate – A possible way of recording the session.– Relatively cheap technology– One can ‘chat’ during the session, without

needing to ‘go live’ with the webcam

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• Disadvantages?– Need a ‘facilitator’ at the event to co-ordinate

attendees and Flashmeeting attendees.– Need to allow enough time for the set-up– Recording only as good as the individual’s

webcam.

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• Worth considering this for the future?

• For more information see http://flashmeeting.e2bn.net/quickstart.html