Technology Week - Slideshare's Zipcast

I've been using Slideshare for awhile to post and share my presentations and technology tutorials. It is a free tool and is an excellent way to share knowledge that might be otherwise hard to access once a presentation at a conference or meeting is over. I also find the site helpful to learn from if I need to learn a topic quickly, as there are many presentations on almost every topic available on the site.

Recently, I learned that Slideshare has introduced something called Zipcast, which is a free meeting tool. It provides the user with personalized meeting rooms, group chat, streaming live video, and Facebook/Twitter integration. You can login to a meeting with either a Slideshare or Facebook account. If you upgrade to their paid option, Zipcast Pro, you are able to use Zipcast without ads, use password protection and access a conference number. But I think most will find the free option to work just fine as long as you have your own conference number to use.

Breadcrumb tutorial and training sessions

As I have blogged about a couple of Breadcrumb projects that I have worked on, I decided to create a tutorial to help others make use of the tool to make their own learning applications. You can view a tutorial presentation on my Slideshare account (or a WebEx recording I've posted onto YouTube). The tutorial will provide you with an introductory overview of Breadcrumb and tips for working on your first idea. You'll also learn about advanced coding techniques to add hosted images, videos and quizzes to your mobile learning app.

If you are a CFL member interested in additional Breadcrumb training, I have scheduled sessions for February 2011. Click on this link for more information. These classes are free but space is very limited.

Tutorials on technology and social sites

In order to educate others about technology and social sites, I have created a series of tutorials in presentation form that I have posted on SlideShare. The tutorials provide introductions to Second Life, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.

I plan to add more tutorials in the future - let me know what tutorials you'd like to see.