This week Martin and Sallie discuss tools for producing Flash video for the web and interview Missionary Rob Siirila about the use of video conferencing for distance learning. There’s also an exciting announcement about a new WELSTech listener contest.

The discussion:

• Flash video – The emerging leader for Internet video delivery is Flash. Martin and Sallie share resources to get listeners started producing Flash video for their congregation’s web site.
  • Free Adobe Flash Media Encoder 2
  • Fee-based Flash video software
    • TechSmith Camtasia Studio
    • Adobe Flash CS3 Professional
  • Wikipedia article on Flash – includes links to stand-alone Flash players
  • Online tools for converting existing video to Flash format
    • FLV Encoder – www.flvencoder.com
    • Media-Convert – www.media-convert.com
  • Live streaming services
    • uStream – Free video streaming – www.ustream.tv
    • WELS Web Streaming – www.wels.net/jump/webstreaming

The interview:

• Video conferencing – Martin and Sallie had the opportunity to virtually circumvent the globe and talk with Missionary Rob Siirila about the exciting distance learning work being done via Internet video conferencing at Asia Lutheran Seminary in Hong Kong.
  • Asia Lutheran Seminary

The tidbits:

• This week’s picks
  • The Top 50 Proprietary Programs that Drive You Crazy — and Their Open Source Alternatives
  • Audio books and more – www.audible.com
• WELS.net feature
  • Navigate WELS.net with ease via jumpwords
• Of interest
  • WELSTech Listener Contest
    • Submit your Top 3 Free Software Tools
    • Win a WELS Technology 1 GB thumb drive
    • Winner announced on May 7 podcast
  • WELSTech Picks of the Week – a compilation
• Community feedback
  • Brent Nemmers, member of Atonement in Plano, TX, shared a link to a suite of Google tools for non-profit organizations – www.google.com/nonprofits
  • WELSTech listserve discussion on “Thin Client” school computer lab set-up

The featured artist:

• In His Service, a trumpet and piano duet of WELS performers Dr. Patricia Backhaus and Valerie Floeter, perform Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow from their fourth CD In Our Hearts – www.adagioconcepts.com

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