Animoto

Ok, so before today, I had never made a video slideshow before. Normally I make just the basic presentation format slideshows and that's it. Honestly, I like this so much better. Animoto was such an easy and user-friendly website to create my video. It gave me style and song suggestions and was extremely easy to learn. If only I didn't need to pay to use it.

Typically, I don't usually create content on the internet, so this was an entirely new experience for me. It's actually quite liberating to actually put content on the web that I'm proud of. Animoto was also great for making it easy to share my video once it was complete. I was immediately directed to a web page that gave a dozen or more options for sharing my video on the web. It's so easy to show everyone my creations and ideas and discussions.

This activity was incredibly insightful for me to learn how to properly cite pictures and where to find the information required. K12 Learning 2.0 was particularly helpful in using the Creative Commons website to search for images that were not against copyright laws.

I think that most people don't think to cite or use copyright appropriately because they either don't know that they are, or just assume that, since it's on the internet, it's fair game. Although most of the time we are using the images, etc for our own use (which qualifies as fair use), there are some instances where we publish another creator's work without the proper copyright and citation. I think this can be fixed with the appropriate learning and awareness. Students should be taught about copyright once they start creating presentations and start publicizing their works. It is up to everyone to teach each other about copyright infringement and protecting our rights as creators and users.


Now, without further ado....











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Credits for images used in video:

.SilentMode (2011, October 19). 10216 Winter Village Bakery (online image). Retrieved from https://flic.kr/p/axCwPA

 

Pixel, Louish (2011, August 30). Music Headphones Beats (photograph). Retrieved from https://flic.kr/p/ajxehR

 

Dave (2012, November 29). I've got an idea (photograph). Retrieved from https://flic.kr/p/dxgPF6

 

Lunchbox LP (2012, October 22). Tristan Prettyman Performs on Walmart Soundcheck October 2012 (photograph). Retrieved from https://flic.kr/p/dmWL1z

 

redsoul300 (2009, June 7). youtube logo (online image). Retrieved from https://flic.kr/p/6uFcW9

pseudoplacebo (2008, April 10). Copyright on the Glosoli music video (online image). Retrieved from https://flic.kr/p/4EiTmD

 

"YouTube blocked Germany GEMA de" by YouTube - YouTube.com. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:YouTube_blocked_Germany_GEMA_de.png#/media/File:YouTube_blocked_Germany_GEMA_de.png

 

Curioso (2006, January 27). Gavel (clipart). Retrieved from http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3504/1968/400/Gavel.png

 

Vernon Barford School (2015, April 10). Hugs (online image). Retrieved from https://flic.kr/p/rVxdTB

 

Wees, David (2012, March 14). Copyright symbol - white background (online image). Retrieved from https://flic.kr/p/bqbjQd

Reflection 9 - Practicing Digital Responsibility

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What did you learn/notice in your exploration of VoiceThread or PollDaddy? How will these tools be useful in your educational activities?

When exploring PollDaddy, I discovered that it is a fun, interesting way to get a large group of peoples' opinion on a single question. I really enjoy taking quizzes and polls, and this will be a great site to create some of my own. Many times for presentations I'm trying to find ways to get the class involved, and I think this will be an amazing tool to get people thinking and discussing. The only downside I seemed to notice is that you can't have multiple poll questions in one location, all of the questions have their own location, and that makes things tedious.

I must say I did not enjoy using VoiceThread. For twenty minutes I kept trying to record my answer to the slides and every time my voice wouldn't come through. So when I finally gave up and decided to just answer in text, the text box covered the slide, and I couldn't refer back to the question on the slide. VoiceThread just seems like a giant PowerPoint website where people can make comments, and I can't see myself using it going forward.





How could you add this to your PLE? Will you? How do these collective knowledge building tools support a PLN?

I would add PollDaddy under the Create tab of my PLE because I'm creating content online and am able to begin a discussion. I can be part of my PLN because I'm able to send my poll question to friends and followers via Facebook, Twitter, Wikis, and many more sites. 

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Digital Citizenship in the Classroom: Scenario

Technology Use Scenario #2

Michelle likes to go to her Facebook site. Often she will spend two or three hours each day on Facebook. She has a friend list of over 200 - some are close friends but others are just friends of friends. She updates her status several times a day and goes to many friends' sites as well. Michelle's mom thinks that she has about 20 friends on Facebook. What issues might this cause?

Michelle is doing anything wrong in terms using technology. She isn't using Facebook to engage in any illegal  transactions, invasions of privacy, or cyberbullying. There is nothing wrong with updating one's status multiple times a day. The issue comes from Michelle's mother's perspective. She may be alarmed that Michelle has so many friends and so many people can see what she posts. Michelle's mother is being slightly naive in terms of how many friends her daughter has. Since most social media seems to be a popularity contest, most teenagers are going to get the most publicity and the most friends they possibly can. Michelle's mother should be asking Michelle who she talks to on Facebook and what kind of posts does she put on. It also wouldn't be a bad idea for her to start her own account and become Michelle's Facebook friend.

VOICETHREAD

Because all CAPS makes it that much more exciting.

Hello, friends. Today, I had the pleasure of exploring VoiceThread as part of my academic learning experience and I must say, it was kind of neat. Now, it isn't something that I would run around downtown Toronto in my bare feet saying that if people don't try this I'll go on a hunger strike. However, it makes collaborating a little bit easier because sometimes it's easier to get your point across by recording it through a microphone or a video.



Being in business, particularly finance, I don't think I will have much use for elaborate forms of collaboration. Also, my microphone recording wouldn't work on the website. Now I`m not sure if you have to by a microphone as a separate piece by I couldn’t get my internal microphone to work and it made it that much more frustrating. Since I had to resort back to typing my responses, it felt no different than going on Google Slides or posting the slideshow elsewhere. Therefore, this tools does not fit into my personal learning environment (PLE) and I won’t being using it hereafter (unless a school course requires it).

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Reflection 8 - Digital Rights and Responsibilities

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This week, I have had the privilege to explore a couple of things. First, I got to explore a couple of Wikis. Next I looked into digital rights and responsibilities. Yes, sometimes the two intertwined.


How could you see yourself using a wiki? How do wikis compare to the other tools we have explored, specifically blogs, Google Docs, and Evernote? Which do you prefer?

I could see myself using a wiki when I'm graduated and working at a career where I can collaborate with colleagues and other members of the company. I see wikis as more of a formal collaboration where the information is backed with plenty of research and can be closely monitored. TeachersFirst explained the difference between a blog and a wiki as "a wiki has a far more open structure and allows others to change what one person has written".  I think this quote sums it up best and further elaborates that blogs follow a more post-comment-comment structure, and people cannot make changes to the original post. Whereas with a wiki, multiple people can make updates and changes to the original post or document. 

Wikis compare to Google Docs in that they both make changes to the original document, however Google Docs is in real-time, rather than having to wait for another person to save, like wikis require. Google Docs also has a comment feature that pops up in direct relation to the document, and can highlight specific blocks of text whereas a wiki has discussion boards in relation to the document.

Evernote is a separate application and program on the desktop, whereas a wiki is right within the browser. Wikis also don't have the option to import articles and other websites like Evernote can. 

I prefer Google Docs over all the rest because it is in real time and I can leave comments for others rather can having to resave over and over again. Also, it is much easier to set up.


What do you consider to be effective ways to use wikis to support learning?

Wikis have many effective traits and tools. One way they can support learning is by having a secure website that students and teachers can effectively contribute to while at school or at home. It is also an effective way to post important assignments and course syllabi on, this way the professor can make any alterations to the course syllabus in case of snow days, new rules or assignments, etc.


What are you learning about becoming a digital citizen and the rights and responsibilities of living in a digital society? Feel free to share the three topics you identified OR the diagram you created in your reflection blog message!




Are you able to connect one or more items from your Feedly Reader to your learning?

I found an article posted by Education Technology titled "High School Seniors Easily Cheat in Flawed Education Program". The article follows the back-and-forth debate about students' credibility and their ability to "cheat" by looking up test questions on Google. I find it very interesting because many parents are outraged that the students are not actually getting a quality education at school. However, I think that since this is only a pilot program, it is entitled to more screw ups and revisions on the term of "cheating". Because if students are using Google as an aid, then does it qualify as cheating? I know I have used Google countless number of times for research and test problems, however, these were for study purposes and I always stated where I got the idea and information from.

This is a great article to see the complexity of digital etiquette, specifically our rights and responsibilities.