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Comment Re:Ah no (Score 1) 143

A webcam could work but in my experience, pointing a webcam at a whiteboard or chalkboard gets you a pretty poor image quality in most web conferencing applications, because maximum resolutions are limited in those applications for bandwidth reasons. Screen sharing would be a good solution if the presenter is using some kind of on-screen drawing application. Another solution would be to use a document camera and hook that into some kind of lecture capture system.

Comment Use a document camera (Score 1) 143

I see a lot of people suggesting that you use a whiteboard and then use a digital camera to take pictures of the whiteboard. That might work as a low-budget solution, but if you have some money to spend and authorization to spend it, just get a document camera. You probably already have a digital projector in your meeting room. With a document camera, you can project anything on the screen. Many document cameras have built-in features for recording images or video, and you can also use it in conjunction with a lecture capture system if your meeting has remote participants or if you need to give an online presentation in that room.

Low-budget option: IPEVO Point 2 View USB Camera

Mid-budget option: Elmo MO-1 Visual Presenter

High-budget option: Elmo TT-12 Document Camera

Comment Re:Ah no (Score 1) 143

If you have remote users, get a document camera. Hook the document camera, room computer, laptop VGA connection, etc., into a video switcher. Send the output of the video switcher to a video splitter. Hook the splitter up to your digital projector on one end and a lecture capture system on the other. Then your remote users can see video from whatever device you're currently showing on the projector to the in-person attendees.

For bonus points, hook up a camera in the room and send the camera signal to the lecture capture system as well. Set up a monitor at the desk for the presenter so they can also see what is currently being projected on the camera. You can even set up camera controls at the desk, maybe have a few buttons for pre-set camera angles to focus on points of interest in the room.

Source: 7 years of experience in distance learning applications.

Comment Get a document camera (Score 1) 143

Why not get a document camera that can record still images to an SD card?

Elmo 1341-64 model Classroom Doc-Tor AP TT-12i Interactive Document Camera and ASK Proxima C3327W-A LCD Portable Projector Bundle System

There are also document cameras that can record full-motion video. The model I've linked to is somewhat expensive but there are cheaper options available.

Comment Re:So, to sum this up. (Score 1) 1198

If women wouldn't reward the behavior of bad men, then there wouldn't be so many bad men - so, you're saying that it's their fault, somehow?

It's scary, and also completely indicative of the problem, when something this ignorant and hateful gets modded up to "+5 insightful."

Comment Re:So, to sum this up. (Score 1) 1198

So ... you DON'T see the problem with men who convince women to have sex with them while those women are wasted on alcohol?

Yet ... you think that women getting assaulted is somehow their fault for wanting to be with "bad boys" instead of "nice guys" ... and you think of yourself as one of these "nice guys?" Even though you've basically just admitted that you don't think "date" rape is "real" rape.

You're right that most rapes occur at home by a perpetrator that the woman knows ... but not all of them do, and women are constantly harassed in other ways. There are real reasons why they live in constant fear of being harassed ... there is a whole culture of fear that is cultivated for women to live in, and your attitude doesn't really do anything to fix it. You're basically telling them to shut up and fall in line because you don't see the problem. Do YOU live in constant fear of being harassed by women who might be a danger to you? Yelled at, leered at, groped?

YOU are part of the problem. You feed into women's fear and paranoia, their hate of men, and their double-standards. Women want to be free to do anything and be treated like equals as long as every man everywhere watches their backs and makes sure nothing bad happens to them and no one says anything they don't like because they are helpless women who need protecting. -- just, wow, dude. Just wow. You sound like a grade-A asshole. Like one of these entitled assholes who sees themselves as a "nice guy" when they're really just an entitled douche.

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