The world of media players has been rocked with the latest release of Adobe’s Media Player. This is great news for users and developers. Great news because Adobe’s Media Player allows us to distribute in one more way. Adobe’s latest release should push the current media players by Real, Microsoft and Apple to further refine their products.

Adobe Media player http://www.adobe.com/products/mediaplayer/

Check-out Adobe TV at : http://tv.adobe.com/#

The case method of instruction and the participant-centered learning model place students at the center of the learning experience. Pioneered by HBS faculty in the 1920s, the case method brings business reality into the classroom. During class discussion, students exercise leadership and teamwork in the face of real problems.

Today, HBSP makes available more than 5,000 cases, including collections from Stanford, Ivey, IMD, University of Hong Kong, Darden, and other institutions. HBSP also offers a growing collection of eLearning programs that enhance experiential learning with animation, sound, and video.

Harvard Business School

Check-out some documentaries at www.minimovies.org

Every year thousands of students across North America follow the migration of the Monarch butterfly as spring moves north.  But this year, there may be a decline in the number making the trip. Satellite photos found by biologist Lincoln Brower at: <http://www.learner.org/jnorth/monarch/MonarchImages.html> reveal there’s been illegal clear-cutting in the forested areas of Mexico where many butterflies spent the winter last year.  The problem was covered on the Public Radio International program, “The World.”  Visit the “Journey North” site to find out more about the annual migrations of a range of critters, and watch how school classes report local sightings at: <http://www.learner.org/jnorth/>

“Mathematics Illuminated,” a new multimedia series will premiere on the Annenberg Channel April 8 and “in person” at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, April 10-12 in Salt Lake City, Utah.  A session highlighting some of the topics from the series will be held Friday, April 11 at 1-2 PM in the Salt Lake City Convention Center, 250E. Visit the Annenberg Media exhibit booth at the conference for more information.

Don’t miss this new multimedia learning resource for adult learners and high school teachers.  Rather than a series of problems to be solved, mathematics is presented as play we engage in to answer deep questions that are relevant in our world today.  The 13 episodes use groundbreaking videos, interactive Web exploration, text materials, and group activities to reveal the secrets and hidden delights of the world of mathematics. <http://www.learner.org/resources/series210.html>

Alex and I were working on ways to get captions from DVDs so we can include them in our streaming media for online courses. Here are some of our resources:

Websites:
http://jarednevans.typepad.com/blog/2006/07/extracting_clos.html
http://ncam.wgbh.org/webaccess/ccforflash/
http://www.w3.org/TR/ttaf1-dfxp/#definitions
http://main.wgbh.org/wgbh/pages/mag/resources/guides/mag_guide_vol13.html
http://main.wgbh.org/wgbh/pages/mag/resources/guides/
http://www.htpctools.com/mpg2srt/
http://jarednevans.typepad.com/blog/2006/05/some_more_infor.html

since I wrote on this blog. I did not write much in 2006, but maybe that will change this year. I am thankful to WordPress for allowing me to use their product for free right now.

So what will my focus be this year? A picture a day and comments and questions that I have on my applications, ID and other thoughts.