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The Dubuque Area Chamber of Commerce Embrace Dubuque event... a great way to find out what's what, who's who, and where's whatever... You get the picture.

Video Highlights of Embrace Dubuque by Gary Olsen (about 16 minutes)

August 11, 2003

ant to learn where to find a good family doctor in Dubuque? Perhaps you are interested in community theater... a great way to meet people... or you would like to find out about our fine public school system? This was the event for you. According to the Dubuque Area Chamber of Commerce workforce development coordinator, Bob Berglin, who organized the event, it may be a twice a year deal. "We are thinking of having another one in February," said Bob, "and hopefully it will be bigger." The event is called, "Embrace Dubuque." it was held July 31st, 2003.

Video Control Panel
For connections on anything but a high-speed network, like a phone modem. This is for DSL or higher-speed networks. Larger video, better audio. This is for cable modems and high-speed networks (like Mediacom).
The turtle is for a small movie that does not stream but downloads as a complete file to your computer where you can save and play it with RealPlayer (see box below). Ideal for phone modems. The rabbit is for a larger movie that streams into your browser quickly. This is ideal for high-speed networks, DSL, and cable modems. The third button is a streaming audio-only file that will work with all types of web access.
Click here to download the largest file for your archives (non-streaming). It's best if you have high speed access. You can download the file, save it to a directory on your hard drive, and burn the file (RealMedia) to your own CD-ROM.

The event was held at the Dubuque Inn, and there were lots of sandwhiches, refreshments and finger food available, and among the crowd were new teachers to the district. "We wanted to hitch are wagon to this star," said Dr. Kris Hall, who organized the Dubuque Schools booth. "Dubuque Schools is one of the largest employers in the area, and we're responsible for bringing in a lot of newcomers every year. This was an ideal opportunity to get to know about Dubuque. And those who came to this event who were not our employees, we got to show them what the Dubuque Community School District is all about."

If you missed this event, we have the next best thing for you... video highlights with interviews of some of the exhibitors. Click on the appropriate button. It's best if you have high speed access to the web. Oh, and there was a high-speed wireless web services provider at this show... YouSquared. They provided the school district with the web connection. It was terrific, and a lot of their business cards were picked up.

Instructions For Those Outside of Our School Network (The General Public)

We are now providing a choice of RealPlayer applications for you to download and install on your computer to enable you to view the video and audio files. One is RealPlayer8 and the other is RealOne Player, which is an excellent player with many new features. It's easy to install, so just follow the on-screen steps. You will be required to register with Real.com, but these are free software applications (there are versions you can pay for if you choose, but they are not necessary for basic viewing and listening).

Which Player is Best for Me?

Of the two types of free players available, RealPlayer 8 is the traditional player that is free and will work beautifully to access Web based multimedia files from our site. There is also a new player available, which is also free, called RealONE. Either player will probably work for your operating system. If your system is older (Windows 95, NT), however, you may want to use the RealPlayer 8 software. If you are running a newer, faster system like Windows 98, ME, XP, or 2000, go for the RealOne player.

Macintosh Owners:

You can get a RealPlayer for Macintosh, Visit Real.com to download their free player options. Remember, look for the FREE players. They are sometimes difficult to find on their Web site.

Oh, and one more thing... sometimes when you click on a sound or video file in our Web site with the RealPlayer installed, you get a little commercial window that pops up on your desktop. It's annoying, but a small price to pay for the privilege of having the free RealPlayer on your system. Just click it off, and it will disappear.

Instructions For Machines on our School Network (Teachers and Staff)
We are recommending (and IT is supporting) RealPlayer8. This is for ALL computers on our network (in all school and administration buildings throughout the District). This includes all Windows 2000 machines. Click here to get the free player from our network server. If you do not have administrative priveleges, please call your building media specialist to help you.

 
Dr. Kris Hall, Dubuque Schools, interviewed by Gary Olsen at Embrace Dubuque. They're standing in front of DCSD's booth that contained a high-speed wireless Internet connection to our website and online movies.
 
   
   
   

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