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Reflection on technical issues of using ustream to stream and record a school performance [copyright issues are not addressed in the reflection]

FTE is Free Thinking Environment, an edition of TouchDesigner available at no charge (free) for personal and non-commercial use. FTE is free for non-commercial use ONLY. The critereon is that you are not receiving money or compensation for your work with FTE. FTE is resolution-limited to 1280x1280. FTE will not include a small subset of Pro OPs (such as the Clip Blender CHOP, a motion blender) FTE does not include any support but you can use the Forum for advice and techniques. 2D/3D Compositing * realtime GPU-based compositing with TOPs - replaces CPU-based compositing - GPU 10x faster * GLSL pixel/vertex shaders - new materials and shaders system (MATs) integrated with TOPs (bump, multi-layer, displacement, reflections, etc) * TOP compositing system multi-purpose - build control panels, composite output movies, prepare textures * Floating Point pixel formats (16fpp and 32fpp) * truly mixed 2D and 3D - apply 2D FX to a 3D render and composite with other 2D and 3D layers * streaming and compositing high definition multi-layer movies from disk in realtime * smooth video input from multiple cameras - USB and FireWire cameras, webcams, TV tuner cards, etc * machine-to-machine movie streams - from one TouchDesigner process to another TouchDesigner process on another computer at realtime speeds in high resolution using gigabit Ethernet(1000T) * over 70 image operators - TrueType fonts, render movies to QuickTime / tif / jpg, multi-frame image blending, color correction, feedback, blurs, full RGBA * all renders and composites off-screen at any resolution and multiple realtime 3D renders in one session

"Tara Brabazon talks with Elizabeth van de Sande about her deployment of podcasting in high school teaching. Liz discusses the function of podcasting in assessment, reflection on assessment and the creation of confidence in students. "

Article in General Music Today "The article analyzes a constructivist view of music education. A constructivist music classroom exemplifies deep learning when students formulate questions, acquire new knowledge by developing and implementing plans for investigating these questions, and reflect on the results. A context for deep learning requires that teachers and students work together to develop collaborative learning communities that all perceive as safe and supportive. ( 

Information on using ipads with projection in place of interactive whiteboards