May 5, 2022
By: Scott C Frey
The DDMC met with our good friends at Panasonic this afternoon. All of us know they provide high quality classroom projectors. We just now discovered is they have a "pimp my projector" option with custom vinyl wraps! Custom Graphic/Logo/Colors. A...
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April 12, 2022
By: Todd Stabley
This April I attended the Northwest Managers of Educational Technology conference held this year in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Since there’s nothing quite like this group in the Southeast, it felt well worth it to me to fly across the country...
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March 23, 2022
By: Scott C Frey
The DDMC hosted Sennheiser's Steve Wingo who spoke about two very interesting technologies that might serve our community. Team Connect 2 The TeamConnect Ceiling 2, with its patented automatic dynamic beamforming technology, was already a leader in conference room audio technology....
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November 30, 2020
By: Richard Mitchell
As we enter year 700 of COVID-19, some faculty and staff are looking at 2021 wondering how they can spice up their online teaching environment without spending hours or days learning a full-blown video production application. While Zoom offers a...
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August 21, 2020
By: Stephen Toback
Music teachers across the globe are struggling with the reality that they cannot bend time/space to their will and teach music synchronously as they've done in the past. Modifying instruction and understanding the limitations that online instruction impose will help...
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February 10, 2020
By: Richard Mitchell
This past Friday, Cisco visited the Technology Engagement Center on Duke's campus to provide an update on their software and hardware offerings. While much of the conversation revolved around "behind the scenes" updates to the platform and general trends (on-prem...
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October 29, 2019
By: Richard Mitchell
It's no surprise, but I'm a fan of Zoom and Zoom Rooms. The platform is easy to understand, flexible, and users simply like it. While many people are familiar with Zoom, they are generally less familiar with what a Zoom...
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By: Richard Mitchell
This past Thursday, Jack D'Ardenne provided the Duke Digital Media Community (DDMC) with an overview of Duke's Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) offering, called CampusVision. The platform features approximately 135 DirecTV channels and several Duke internal channels from Duke Athletics and...
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October 10, 2019
By: Richard Mitchell
The Fusion 2019 Technology Expo in Charlotte North Carolina, hosted by ClarkPowell is an annual event that brings together AV integrators and hardware manufacturers. While the conference isn't specific to classroom technology, it's not uncommon to see regional colleges and...
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October 2, 2019
By: Richard Mitchell
I've been enjoying the latest iOS 13 update for the past week (woot woot to dark mode!), but when I received a "Vudu Would lIke to Use Blooth" popup, I tilted my head and said, "why?" There are a number...
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