Mission Possible #10: Utterli

Posted by: Biray Alsac

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to create live podcasts via Utterli from your phone. Utterli is a website for mobile multimedia discussion. You can take pictures, create audio-based (podcasts) and video-enhanced content directly from the web (or via your phone – which is the best part), then comment and share this content with others.

The popularity of mobile devices (cell phones, iPhones, Blackberry, etc.) allow people to capture and catalog information and distribute content to audiences in real-time. Imagine your student attending an off-campus guest lecture for extra credit. Instead of having him write a reflection paper and/or get a signature from the speaker (for confirmation), why not have the student do a quick audio recap of the session or interview the presenter using his cell phone directly after the presentation? And then, share his media with the other students via the web, a (class or student) blog, Facebook or Twitter! Most students are equipped with cell phones and are generally very mobile-device savvy… So why not take advantage of their strengths and create assignments that require them to collect and create content via their favorite tech-toy: cell phones.

How To:

Before the Conference

1. From the web, go to http://utterli.com
2. Create a free account.
3. Go to PROFILE tab, Click on “Account Settings”, then Click on “Mobile” tab to sync your cell phone number your Utterli account
4. Once everything is authenticated, record your first voice utterli. (It will require you to call 1-650-644-1331 and simply follow the prompts). Say “Hi, this is (insert name) and I’m recording my fist utterli podcast from my phone!”
5. Go back to your Utterli account on the web and label your utterli. Be sure to tag it with “Maricopa Tech” so when others search Utterli for Maricopa Tech podcasts, they will find what you’ve saved for everyone!

Additional steps:
6. Click on the GROUPS tab and click “Find Groups”
7. Search for the word “MaricopaTech”
8. Join the Group “MaricopaTech”
9. Go back to your Home page, click on “sent utters” (where you can see your latest Utterli posts).
10. Click on the podcast you’ve just created and send it to group – select MaricopaTech group (This way, all of the groups posts can be included in one location).

Below are instructions on how to create utterli groups for your classes so your students can create podcasts and send them to the ‘class’ group on Utterli.

At the Conference

1. Meet with new colleagues and faculty from the sessions and discussions.
2. Ask them about their thoughts on a session or the conference.
3. Ask them if they wouldn’t mind sharing their thoughts via podcast
4. Take your phone out, call Utterli, use phone as a microphone and begin the interview.
5. Go back to the web later and label and tag your utter and, of course, send it to MaricopaTech group.

That is your mission. This message will not self destruct, instead it will linger forever as a ghost on the web.

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April 25, 2009 · Filed Under Conference, Missions, Web 2.0

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