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Gamers, Teachers, and Spotify

 I tried something new today.  I reviewed the music service Spotify.  The format I used was the same that many gamers and software trainers use.  The viewer watches the software being used while the instructor is located in a smaller window narrating what is being done on the computer, usually in the lower right of the screen.  

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 It was not a colossal fail.  It was good enough to post.  I also included an interactive survey at 4:30 into the video that simply asks if I should try this format again.  I hope people take the time to check an answer.

 Finding ways to interactively communicate with your audience is difficult.  the options are limited and my experience is in this is lacking.  That is life's little Catch 22.  If you want to be good at something you have to continue being sub par as you gather the needed experience, or in a more eloquent but less original way of saying the same thing,  "Good judgment comes from experience.  Experience comes from bad judgment."

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 I enjoy learning with you, teaching with you, and together we can take over the world

 Chris

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