Just want to let you know that my unsuccessful journey down the road of webcasting, has left me only one option… to cheat.  I’ll remind you, I am the person without a stereo mix option on either my home computer or my school laptop – both Dell.  I originally called tech support but hung up frustrated.  While attending the NCETC I looked up the Dell rep to plead for help.  After my 3^rd email to him, I finally received an email with a direct phone number to Melinda. 

She also, did not have the “fix” but she did call me back and she had another guru call.  I still don’t have a working solution – but- hey, I have a direct phone number to a real person at Dell. (I really do love my Dells!) 

 Back to the cheating.  On Tuesday, of this past week I had the extraordinary experience of being a part of history.  Brad Hicks and his very kind wife, Kelly, stayed up late in Australia to read An Aussie Night Before Christmas, to my first graders.   I knew it was going to be great so I did not want to miss recording the conversation.  I hit the record button on my iPod and left it on the chalk tray at the front of the classroom.  I pulled the file into Audacity and cleaned it up as much as time would allow, imported the audio and the .jpg files, Brad sent me from Australia- into Photostory, saved the .wmv file on the server, made a link from my DreamWeaver intranet page so the other 400+ kids in the school had the opportunity to hear the story.  I will not post it here, due to copyright. You will just have to trust me – it was awesome!  I cheated by recording with my iPod instead of on the computer with Audacity.  However, the end result was close to the same- every student had the chance to be a part of history. 

When I finally have a solution from Dell- I will be sure to let you know.

Happy Holidays!