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Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 13:01:32 -0400 (EDT)
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Don't know anything about iphone screencasting so I can't help you
there... is it dramatically different than other systems?

I feel confident that I can muddle through whatever software is available
to me, my main concern is the planning, preparation and editing phases. 
I'd like to hear what common pitfalls and mistakes are so I can avoid them
and create useful, clear and relevant work.

I'm a teacher so my needs are more in training and tutorial materials
rather than product support, tours or meetings. You know what would also
be cool?  A screencast about screencasting.  and/or   A handout tutorial
that can be given to students to show them how they can use screencasting
to display and highlight their work.  A bare bones overview would help me
as a teacher, help my students.  I am trying to encourage other teachers
to use this technology as well.

On an organizational note... it seems to me that embedding one type of
distribution so you may want to put those together.  Also... common
workflows might fit as illustrations of your "deeper look" chapter.  Do
you want history of screencasting at the beginning?  (I doubt I read it at
the end.)  You might want to put the 30 min. and 1 day pieces together
under "When time is short" and after the techniques chapter so I can
better appreciate which pieces are being pulled out for the shortened
schedule.

Anyway...just some thoughts.

>
> Welcome to the Google Group for The Screencasting Handbook.  As I've
> said to a few of you, I want to confirm that my proposed chapters
> really meet your needs.
>
> You'll find the chapter list here, it is a 3 page pdf:
> http://thescreencastinghandbook.com/wp-content/uploads/The_Screencasting_Handbook_OUTLINE.pdf
>
> As you'll see I'm focusing more on the general skills for
> screencasting and less on any particular tool.  Since CamTasia and
> Jing came through strongly in the first survey I'll use these tools in
> my examples and add more as required.
>
> Please take a quick look at the proposed chapters (the sub-headings should
> make it clearer) and tell me if you think your needs and questions
> will be answered once the book is written.
>
> I've already been told that Blender should be added as a production
> tool by one of my authors in ShowMeDo.com, you're bound to have other
> tools and questions to add into the mix.
>
> Something that's missing is iPhone screencasting, I know roughly how
> to do it but have no experience - is this something that anyone cares
> about?
>
> Cheers,
> Ian.
>
> --
> Ian Ozsvald (Professional Screencaster)
> i...@ProCasts.co.uk
>
> http://ProCasts.co.uk/examples.html
> http://TheScreencastingHandbook.com
> http://IanOzsvald.com + http://ShowMeDo.com
> http://twitter.com/ianozsvald
>
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