--- Forwarded Message from "Jorth, Cindy" <[log in to unmask]> --- >From: "Jorth, Cindy" <[log in to unmask]> >To: "'Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum'" <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: RE: #5097 avi-files and a remark >Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 14:49:07 -0700 ------------------ Hi, I don't know where you can find "usable" avi, but I have seen software called "Cameraman" that "enables you to make simultaneous recordings of screen activity, system sounds and voice-overs. It captures all action that takes place on your screen including; pull-down menus, dialogue boxes, still screens and animations, video, and game sequences. With smooth, full-screen recording, panning, or follow-the-cursor mode, screen recordings can be saved as AVI movies or bitmaps (Windows version) or QuickTime files (Macintosh version) ." It's pretty cool stuff and costs about $100. The company is called Motion Works International. More information can be found at http://www.vbonline.com/vbonline/motwor/ Cindy > -----Original Message----- > From: LLTI-Editor [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Thursday, July 15, 1999 2:01 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: #5097 avi-files and a remark > > --- Forwarded Message from Filip Seuntjens <[log in to unmask]> --- > > >Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 11:11:53 +0200 > >To: [log in to unmask] > >From: Filip Seuntjens <[log in to unmask]> > >Subject: avi-files and a remark > > ------------------ > Hello, > > All Dutchspeaking schools in Brussels work with a multimedia authoring > tool > called ACE. It looks a lot like the product Robert Fischer presented at > IALL99. In addition to that, it mophologically analyses all texts that are > imported, i.e. the tool gives one or more labels to each word. > Thanks to this analysis, you can ask ACE to select all verbs in the simple > past and replace them by the infinitive (between brackets), select all > nouns in the plural, all words that don't belong to the list of 2000 most > frequently used words,.... > Drill and kill, but useful if you watch out for an overdose. > > You can integrate bmp-, wav- and avi-files in the exercise and you can > also > insert other files that will be opened in a browser-window (html, gif,..). > > With some creativity, very interesting exercises can be generated. > > I do have a problem, though. I can record wav-files, scan bmp-files, or > find a lot of interesting material on the web. I also looked for avi-files > on the web, but I dare not mention what I found (quantity was not the > problem!). > Does anybody know where I can find "usable" avi-materials? Is it possible > to convert other video-formats (mpeg, quicktime, ...) into avi and how do > I > do that? What do yo need to create avi-files? > > And now the remark: In June I attended IALL99. After a couple of Eurocall > and other conferences in Europe, I found this to be very refreshing and > stimulating. Unfortunately I couldn't attend all the sessions I wanted due > to sickness. But I'm very satisfied with what I saw and heard. New faces, > new ideas, same problems, same concern. I will definitely try and be there > in 2001. > > Keep up the good work and enjoy your vacation, > > Filip > > -------------------------------------------------------- > Filip Seuntjens > Bits" (Brusselse Impuls voor Technologie en Software op School) > http://bop.vgc.be > Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie Directie Onderwijs > Technologiestraat 1 1082 Brussel > tel: 02/482.00.78 fax: 02/482.00.82 > --------------------------------------------------------