Misc. blurps for Jan. 18
The 2010 Horizon Report is out. This is a yearly report by EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative and the New Media Consortium that explores six areas of emerging technology that are likely to have a big effect on higher education in the next 1-5 years. It’s 40 pages long, has a very pretty picture on the front page, and is well worth reading.
Tomorrow Today Radio 4 and the British Museum are launching A History of the World in 100 Objects, a series of 100 programs, each focusing on one object in the British Museums’s collection. I will definitely be subscribing to the podcast. Via The History Blog.
January 17th, 2010 in
digital life
Sorry to post OT, but I noticed in the UH Press Release that you’re using a Canopus to digitize content. How’s that working for you? I ask because we’re contemplating using a Canopus ADVC110 at work to record some video. And I’m always looking for advice!
Hey Aaron –
The Canopus (ADVC 700) has been working great for us – it was here before me so I had no part in the decision to buy it, but I think it’s a good machine for our project size/budget size.
We run the video from players (Beta, Umatic, and VHS) through a Sony selector, which outputs to a) a monitor and b) the Canopus, then Firewire from the Canopus into the Mac laptop we’re recording onto. I’ve never run into any problems with the Canopus in the six months I’ve been here.
So there’s my two cents’ worth. Let me know if you have any other questions!