Who has used the mentioned Amazon Workspaces? It looks cool I'd like to try it. Any good for this sort of thing?
How I Teach Classes Remotely
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#22OP, I'd be curious to hear more how you structure your lessons for an online environment. This post mostly details how you [technically] teach online classes. For the many teachers who are now in a remote environment, what should they know about online learning vs traditional classroom learning?
NSTA teachers have been given some advice
http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/teaching_now/2020/03/teache...
One tip was "Teachers are using the hashtag #virtualschool on Twitter to share resources."
Other tips from https://www.edutopia.org/article/what-teachers-china-have-le... were
-- Start by continuing to use lessons that are clear and simple, and don’t introduce new programs for teachers and students to learn if you can help it.
-- When building digital lessons, it’s helpful to reduce the number of external links on your online learning platform. For example, if you want students to read an article, it’s safer to upload a PDF (to OneDrive or GoogleDrive), rather than a link to an external site that may or may not work.
-- Many of our classes at school intentionally used workbooks and paper-based tasks instead of laptops to reduce students’ screen time.
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#23I commented on the blog post, but: > If you are presenting a computer desktop (e.g. I teach programming classes, so I do a lot of this), then get your IT department to organise an Amazon Workspace for you. Join the conference call from twice — once from your laptop, and once from the Workspaces session. Share the Workspaces screen, not your home laptop. That way, if a message pops up on your screen, the students won’…
Why wouldn't you just run the screen sharing software from inside the VM?
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#24I am looking at moving my programming course online due to COVID-19. Any suggestions on a low cost touch enabled tablet for recording lecture sessions. I am looking at creating content like khan academy classes.
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#25I commented on the blog post, but: > If you are presenting a computer desktop (e.g. I teach programming classes, so I do a lot of this), then get your IT department to organise an Amazon Workspace for you. Join the conference call from twice — once from your laptop, and once from the Workspaces session. Share the Workspaces screen, not your home laptop. That way, if a message pops up on your screen, the students won’…
Why wouldn't you just run the screen sharing software from inside the VM?
You could. It depends what you're using. If it has a Linux client then that might work, but using the window of VM going into OBS you can then use green screens and start doing some pretty pro looking stuff.
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#26I commented on the blog post, but: > If you are presenting a computer desktop (e.g. I teach programming classes, so I do a lot of this), then get your IT department to organise an Amazon Workspace for you. Join the conference call from twice — once from your laptop, and once from the Workspaces session. Share the Workspaces screen, not your home laptop. That way, if a message pops up on your screen, the students won’…
I would find this helpful can you post a link to an OBS plugin for VMs. Thanks
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#27I commented on the blog post, but: > If you are presenting a computer desktop (e.g. I teach programming classes, so I do a lot of this), then get your IT department to organise an Amazon Workspace for you. Join the conference call from twice — once from your laptop, and once from the Workspaces session. Share the Workspaces screen, not your home laptop. That way, if a message pops up on your screen, the students won’…
I have an even better suggestion: Put your computer in DoNotDisturb mode while streaming. No messages popup ever.
You can still leak sensitive or private information simply by switching to the wrong window during a live stream. There are examples of this happening on Twitch all the time, often requiring the streamer to change a Skype account ID or change their email address.
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#28I am looking at moving my programming course online due to COVID-19. Any suggestions on a low cost touch enabled tablet for recording lecture sessions. I am looking at creating content like khan academy classes.
It might not be as flexible or good, but I use draw.io to "draw" diagrams on screen during live streams or even pre-recorded videos.
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#29This appears to be a sales post, with a bunch of affiliate links. Perhaps the actual products are good, but the credibility drops substantially as he has monetary incentive to list these things. edit: It seems like the post author is acting in good faith
I think that's unfair. He's providing valuable knowledge, and sharing his extensive experience, during a time when it's beginning to be really rather quite important. Affiliate links are a perfectly acceptable norm and, frankly, don't disadvantage you in the slightest (in fact they give you an advantage in some cases: discounts, free months of services, and more.)
The mike hiss tips are something I've never thought of. Could make a large difference.
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#30I commented on the blog post, but: > If you are presenting a computer desktop (e.g. I teach programming classes, so I do a lot of this), then get your IT department to organise an Amazon Workspace for you. Join the conference call from twice — once from your laptop, and once from the Workspaces session. Share the Workspaces screen, not your home laptop. That way, if a message pops up on your screen, the students won’…
I would find this helpful can you post a link to an OBS plugin for VMs. Thanks
I'm not using a plugin to capture the VM. I just use a "Windows Source" and select the VM's window. A good tip is to set the window's resolution to 720p so that text is consoles and IDEs is very clear. I then overlay a mirrorless camera source over this and use a green screen filter to neatly place my self in the frame.