Screencasting to share tutorials, demos, training and more!
For few years, I'm seeking to the best way to create screencasts. Screencasting is the easiest way to rapidly share tutorials, demos, training, interview, meeting conclusion and develop the collaboration in a team. Now, a funny solution is available! ScreenToaster is a french start-up whose services are developed to enable people to share their ...
1 commentE-meeting solutions to reduce kilometers
If you are familiar with Webex, Adobe Connect, Centra or even with the solution described in Free collaborative tools for elearning, you may be wishing to get rid of kilometers to prospect or meet your customers. E-meeting is getting more and more common for companies when presenting their products range or services. They may aim at adressing mo...
0 commentWeb 2.0: Bookmarks April-May 2008
Here is an excerpt from my reading of these last 2 months. Web 2.0, collaboration and social networks. Step by step, the entreprise uses the Web 2.0 tools... sometimes at the initiative of employees! Web 2.0: l'évangélisation finit par donner des résultats Dans un premier temps, le copain Éric Baillargeon me pointe vers un billet de Jere...
0 commentBookmarks March 2008: web 2.0, community and collaboration
My sources of information are usually written in french. But the press and the English-speaking web are also present in these bookmarks! I hope you enjoy reading;) Bien qu'OpenOffice 2.4 ne soit pas encore dans les bacs on peut suivre les futurs évolutions... Au menu des nouveautés de OpenOffice 3 : visualisation de plusieurs pages dans W...
0 comment2.0 use at home and/or at work
The following slideshow points out the gap between using 2.0 Web services at home and using them at work. Indeed those who are frequent users for personal purpose must find it hard not take advantage of them when working! The document shows what 2.0 services can bring in professional efficiency and how helpful they can be regarding team work! ...
0 commentGet rid of distance: appear at any conference room!
Here is a video presenting the video-conference solution: Cisco TelePresence Meeting. It shows a meeting gathering a person talking at distance and an hologram in the same room. The video is indeed sensational : it does look like an hologram. Although it appears on a huge screenplay in a dark conference room. Video images are high defini...
3 commentsFebruary 2008: about web2.0 and community tools
On January 2008, I have recently added a page in this blog: “My readings of the moment“. It’s an extract of my favorites blogs. I advise you to read these posts! If you want subscribe to this page: Au revoir le Web 2.0 en entreprise ? Après quelques billets, ce blog ouvert pour relater la conversion d'une entreprise au Web 2 s'autodét...
0 commentIs the phenomenon 2.0 that worthwhile?
When participating to other blog posts, I often find myself to defend the concept 2.0. Here is what I think of the phenomenon that includes Web 2.0, E-business 2.0, Enterprise 2.0, E-learning 2.0, Education 2.0. 2.0 from the point of view of the technical expert The first websites were only 5 to 10 page sites, simple and with no interactivity. Te...
0 commentMy readings of the moment
I have recently added a page in this blog: "My readings of the moment". It's an extract of my favorites blog. I advise you to read these posts! Here are the current list: Moins d'un salarié sur deux connaît le DIF Panorama du Web 2.0 pour la formation : e-learning Bretagne Formation continue, enseignement, e-learning... bref, l'app...
0 commentWeb 2.0, training and elearning
Isabelle Dremeau is the author of the e-elearning Bretagne blog where she shares experiences and points of view. This month Isabelle is presenting a pdf titled "State of the art of training and education in the Web 2.0". The categories are: Networks educational videos, Learning tutorials sharing, Community and languages, Flash Cards, Mind maps, ...
0 commentConference 2.0
On December 3rd and 4th, a conference about "Enterprise 2.0" is taking place in Paris. As it might be expected, it will be dedicated to the uses of new web technologies inside companies. Even more original: the conference is held thanks to 2.0 services! Before the event: A blog has been published to encourage the public to make suggestions. T...
0 commentDefinition of web 2.0: The Machine is Us/ing Us
After the video "What is the social bookmarking" and "What's the Web 2.0", here is another release by Mike Wesh on YouTube. It is called The Machine is Us / Us ing. It starts with a blank page and a pencil to end up with the Web 2.0 services - including RSS and Wiki. The demonstration of the evolution from HTML to XML is exceptional! Everyone h...
0 commentFree collaborative tools for elearning
There are more and more collaborative services that claim to be web2.0 and dedicated to individuals and small companies. Here are four of them: free and with similar features to the most famous virtual classes. SparkAngels SparkAngels claims to be the first online coaching service. It is a collaborative tool limited to two people: a user and ...
2 commentsCreative Commons licenses
When I started this blog in March 2007, I had not considered appropriate to protect my posts by a license. Today, there is the question for sharing these posts through the blogosphere. The purpose is twofold: to keep the authorship of the posts and to let people use them without other constraint! Several licenses Creative Commons exist. I chose ...
0 commentWhat’s the social bookmarking?
In order to explain the social bookmarking, CommonCraft publishes a video presenting Del.icio.us. This tutorial is much original! To present the use of the NTIC, CommonCraft has used several “pieces of paper”. The user is then concentrated on the very purpose of the service and not on the technical aspects. An idea one can follow. ...
2 commentsHow to synchronize a video and a powerpoint ?
Zentation is an online service that allows you to synchronize a video and a powerpoint presentation. Asynchronous training professionnal people often wonder how to tackle it... by the way do you know SMIL langage? Subscription and service are totally free, yet Zentation also offers commercial services. You can in this case let them register the ...
3 commentsHow to promote your ideas with the help of Netvibes
Launched on September 2005, Netvibes is a free service. It's an application similar to a portal : you can aggregate several information sources. Do you happen to visit the same sites on and on in order to stay tuned ? To facilitate their consultation, Netvibes makes it possible to join together flows RSS of those sites on one page only. That pag...
1 commentWhat’s the Web 2.0?
With this 3 minutes video, everybody can understand "what the Web 2.0 is". The scenario starts with a definition of the sentence "Web 2.0", then 2 examples explain the major differences between Web1.0 and Web2.0. The video is published on the French server: "Serveur Pédagogique Intéractif de Ressources d'Apprentissage de Lyon 1". If you spe...
0 commentEnterprise 2.0
I have heard much about Enterprise 2.0 since I read Fred Cavazza's post dated July 24th : "What is an enterprise 2.0?" - Thanks to Hicham for sending it ;) The numerous comments to this article reveal how today the concept Enterprise 2.0 is much appealling. You can read through more specifically Gilles Misrahi's comment. Also to be read ...
2 commentsDokeos: an open source & elearning solution
Dokeos is a training solution that is available in open source - Learning Management System. Dokeos also is the name for the related company. They offer among others a functionality for a virtual classroom they host... and rent. Yet it is possible to install the plugin (in free licence too) if you wish to get a Flash server. I've been watching ...
13 commentsA free platform of synchronous collaboration!
http://vyew.com is a free synchronous collaboration. Once you registered, you can get access to a personal space where you can manage appointments. Except for the Flash plugin, there is no technical installation required. The platform allows to benefit from various solutions like elearning. No video but the main functionalities for a virtual class...
0 commentWengo Desk: a platform of services
Wengo Desk is a community gathering experts from various areas. Whether you are looking for advice on computing or food, Wengo Desk will help you to get in touch with a related advisor willing to answer your questions. The platform is in English and French. There are advanced collaboration functionalities such as a free videoconference service t...
1 commentWengoMeeting : a free videoconference service
WengoMeeting makes it available to access to videoconference for free. It is a simple graphical interface that anyone can handle. What technology is behind? The Flash pluggin that is compatible with PC, Mac or Linux, for instance. Most of personal computers are sold with the pluggin, that is why WengoMeeting can clearly state "no download or instal...
3 commentsWengo: innovating & user friendly
Innovating, user friendly, free and useful, the following services are dedicated to the community and collaboration! They are based on softwares developed by the Neuf Cegetel company and several sticks are open source. I'll write about it in details, right now visit the pages: http://www.wengophone.com : chat and audio messenger http://www.we...
0 commentMyBlogLog, tracking and Yahoo!
Since the beginning of the Web some people have pointed out the lack of personal relations of the Web interfaces and have tried to humanize such relations between its users and the service that hides behind these interfaces. MyBlogLog goes back toMarch 2005 and acts as a social network dedicated to the blogs' readers. It makes it possible to po...
1 commentPublic awareness/Mobilization in a virtual world!
Second Life is the brand new virtual game attracting more and more people, it is said. If you don't know SL yet, try it with this guide ! Whether anonymous or not, SL players talk to each other and meet each other. Is Second Life the new spot where to make propaganda for one's ideas? I don't know about associations for the time being but I bet ...
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