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Silence and Voice » Blog Archive » ASTD Learning Lab Wikis — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:25:02 +0000

[...] some (including yours truly) have been speaking about the ASTD convention and the lack of Web 2.0 technologies used there and [...]

By: Christiana

Christiana — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:25:05 +0000

As a SnagIt user for…oh at least 4 yrs, I have to admit something horribly embarrassing! I only use it for screen grabs! I stopped by their booth in the expo hall. I asked one of the reps to show me her fav things. Oh my! I had no idea! She was….I don’t know the proper term….programming it do specific edits. She was editing in it! I take them into PhotoShop. Silly me.

By: Jeffrey Keefer

Jeffrey Keefer — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:38:02 +0000

Christiana, thank you for the comment!

I attended two sessions specifically about Web 2.0, and am not surprised about the responses of many of the participants, given that the organization does not seem to fully embrace it.

Regarding my poster session, I was primarily showing how I used three programs from TechSmith (SnagIt, Camtasia, and Jing) to provide an overview to a potential client about some work I did for a previous client, which I captured using Camtasia and SnagIt and then placed as a Flash file on my website. Very quick and inexpensive without worrying about sending other client work outside the organization. On the other project, I used Jing to capture some screenshots of a liveblogging experience to explain liveblogging in an academic presentation where there was not Internet access.

Wish you could have been there, but that is the promise of online community, isn’t it?

By: Jeffrey Keefer

Jeffrey Keefer — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:19:09 +0000

Tony, these things go both ways, I suppose, and it is always easier to think about this after the fact!

Perhaps we can instead use these various online formats to continue the conversation and then plan to grab that burger or so the next time you come to NYC?

By: Christiana

Christiana — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:45:37 +0000

I agree about the lack of tech at ASTD. I am back at work this fine Monday morning with a conference eval in my inbox. I will make mention of the need to be more web 2.0. Otherwise, I thought my first ASTD conference was great! I got some good ideas, reinforced some beliefs, and met some people.

I didn’t do bad, only bought 4 books.

I wish I had gone to your eLearning poster session. Is there anything you can share here regarding it?

By: Tony Karrer

Tony Karrer — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:58:17 +0000

Jeffrey - I think I should apologize to you. I totally missed an opportunity to arrange to grab dinner together on Mon evening. I’m not sure what I was thinking - why didn’t I connect the dots. Could have got Buckeye Beth to go with (maybe). Maybe have invited people who wanted to talk more about implications of Web 2.0 on corporate learning. Hmm … okay enough venting via comments in your blog.