For my assignment this week I chose to attend an Infopeople Webinar hosted by Mary Minow called "Finding (Legally Safe) Music and Videos for Presentations, Blogs and Podcasts." The information was generally useful, even if it did leave me inner pirate cussin' like a sailor.
The host did a nice job of breaking down intellectual property rights and generalizing them enough to be understood by a person without a juris doctorate. Included was a fairly easy way to analyze whether or not you can make a good fair usage argument. She also included lots of websites where you can find legally safe video and sound clips.
It is nice to be able to attend archived sessions at your convenience. I was also glad to be able to stop the feed and review or write notes as I needed. During the live webinar, the host was able to allow audience participation and get real time feedback by asking yes/no questions that participants could respond to by clicking on a survey box. Participants were also able to interact with the host through chat/instant messaging.
The biggest technical problem during this particular session was that apparently not all participants were able to see and hear some parts of the host's presentation. Technical problems aside, it can be a little mind numbing to just sit and listen. I made good use of the time because I needed to cut out some cute little groundhogs for a library program. However, without something like that to also occupy my hands, I think it would have been a long hour...
Online meetings can be a useful tool. I feel like I learned quite a bit by watching this one. And at a time when my time is limited and travel expenses are high, the price was right. I look forward to attending a live session.
And by the way, the pirate image above was found with a Creative Commons Google search, something I learned how to do just recently.
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