Monday, June 7, 2010
the final..tute eight!
Explain the step by step process required to embed You Tube videos into your Blog. Consider using Youtube help or a tutorial from Youtube or Slideshare.
Embeding youtube videos into your blog is very easy. Simply go to the video on youtube whihc you cant to embed, click on the share button underneath the video and click on the blogger icon and your done!
Above is a helpful video on how to add a flickr badge onto your blog..
Embeding youtube videos into your blog is very easy. Simply go to the video on youtube whihc you cant to embed, click on the share button underneath the video and click on the blogger icon and your done!
Above is a helpful video on how to add a flickr badge onto your blog..
Tutorial seven! assistive technology..
"Technology meant to provide help in performing a task, whether general or specific. Assistive technology for the web includes braille keyboards, audio browsers which read web pages, or alternative entry devices such as a mouth-stick." (www.joedolson.com/glossary.php)
Describe one piece of equipment introduced in the assistive technology tutorial. Provide information on size, cost and functions.
A piece of assistive technology which liked during this tutorial was the countdown timer. The timer was the size or a normal wall clock, relatively inexpensive and provided a visual representation on the amount of time passing rather than just numbers.
The idea of understanding numbers and time are very difficult concept to grasp for people with diagnoses such as autism. the timer increases peoples functional capacity by enabling them to have some understanding of time and what it is.
Describe one piece of equipment introduced in the assistive technology tutorial. Provide information on size, cost and functions.
A piece of assistive technology which liked during this tutorial was the countdown timer. The timer was the size or a normal wall clock, relatively inexpensive and provided a visual representation on the amount of time passing rather than just numbers.
The idea of understanding numbers and time are very difficult concept to grasp for people with diagnoses such as autism. the timer increases peoples functional capacity by enabling them to have some understanding of time and what it is.
TUTE SIX
Online Communities!!
The community i am going to focus on is Facebook (www.facebook.com)
What is the brief or focus of this community, what are their services? How can people contribute?
According to their website "Facebook's mission is to give people the power to share and make the world more open and connected.
Millions of people use Facebook everyday to keep up with friends, upload an unlimited number of photos, share links and videos, and learn more about the people they meet."
(http://www.facebook.com/facebook?ref=pf#!/facebook?v=info&ref=pf)
I think people contribute and sign up to facebook because they have a need to feel connected and 'in the loop'. it is a social norm in today's world to have at least one social networking page.
"C4 Video Hits Miley Cyrus vs Taylor Swift equals awesome!" This is a topic posted by one of my friends that is being discussed on facebook. There are many random topics such as these on facebook.
Facebook raises many potential ethical issues such as lack of accountability, information theft. People are able to upload any images, including ones which have been taken without permission from the subject. Images are easily copied and stolen off the site and may be distributed without the uploader or subject knowing.
For me facebook provides an essential link to my friends overseas. It is redefining the idea of a community. Facebook completely removes any geographic boundaries and even language barriers.
The one thing facebook can not provide is the sense of family or togetherness you may get from a face to face traditional community.
The community i am going to focus on is Facebook (www.facebook.com)
What is the brief or focus of this community, what are their services? How can people contribute?
According to their website "Facebook's mission is to give people the power to share and make the world more open and connected.
Millions of people use Facebook everyday to keep up with friends, upload an unlimited number of photos, share links and videos, and learn more about the people they meet."
(http://www.facebook.com/facebook?ref=pf#!/facebook?v=info&ref=pf)
I think people contribute and sign up to facebook because they have a need to feel connected and 'in the loop'. it is a social norm in today's world to have at least one social networking page.
"C4 Video Hits Miley Cyrus vs Taylor Swift equals awesome!" This is a topic posted by one of my friends that is being discussed on facebook. There are many random topics such as these on facebook.
Facebook raises many potential ethical issues such as lack of accountability, information theft. People are able to upload any images, including ones which have been taken without permission from the subject. Images are easily copied and stolen off the site and may be distributed without the uploader or subject knowing.
For me facebook provides an essential link to my friends overseas. It is redefining the idea of a community. Facebook completely removes any geographic boundaries and even language barriers.
The one thing facebook can not provide is the sense of family or togetherness you may get from a face to face traditional community.
Monday, May 31, 2010
Turorials Four and Five!
Oh my dear YouTube..i just want to say thank you for never failing to provide hours upon hours of glorious entertainment. For those of you who don't know what YouTube is (have you been living under a rock or something?! even my grandma knows what YouTube is!) is the largest and most popular online video community. Youtube enables people to 'discover, watch and share originally created videos' from all around the world (http://www.youtube.com/t/about).
Task Five (Blog Posting): Provide a brief account (1-2 paragraphs) on how the use of planning (storyboarding and scripting aided your groups short film.
See the below instructional youtube video on how to use storyboarding in a short form
Task Five (Blog Posting): Provide a brief account (1-2 paragraphs) on how the use of planning (storyboarding and scripting aided your groups short film.
See the below instructional youtube video on how to use storyboarding in a short form
Tutorail Task Three..blogging!
Blogger.com
Great! So what is it?
Blogger is a website which offers people an outlet through which to share your thoughts with the world. You can also develop 'communities' by 'following' other peoples blogs. You can also leave comments on other peoples blogs and subscribe to your favourite blogs which means you get notified any time a new post is added. Blogger.com is probably the largest of many 'blog' websites. An exapmle of these 'blog'ish sites is www.Squarespace.com
Great! So what is it?
Blogger is a website which offers people an outlet through which to share your thoughts with the world. You can also develop 'communities' by 'following' other peoples blogs. You can also leave comments on other peoples blogs and subscribe to your favourite blogs which means you get notified any time a new post is added. Blogger.com is probably the largest of many 'blog' websites. An exapmle of these 'blog'ish sites is www.Squarespace.com
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