Flickr Slide Show
(Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.)
The ability for students to store and share high resolution photos online has incredible amounts of potential. Flickr is any easy means by which project photos and artwork can be protected under a copyright. Flickr Slidr allows a quick loading high quality slide show to be embedded in any HTML editable website, such as a blog or a forum. Online digital photo sharing can be incorporated into almost any project. When working with students in an online system such as the internet, privacy and safety should always top the list of concerns. Flickr has a convenient option to choose who is able to view the photos students post on their accounts, which helps to address these concerns.
I have been using Flickr for several years and have found it tremendously useful. I have never had any problems using it and exporting and embedding a Flickr Slidr show was incredibly straightforward. I feel very comfortable using and teaching others to use Flickr.
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Monday, March 17, 2008
Digital Video
Digital Video applications (in the vein of iMovie or Final Cut), when combined with the rapid expansion of internet technologies and information sharing, have greatly changed how we view and use video. Video editing used to either be cumbersome or restricted to the pros. This is no longer the case. Students, and adults, of all ages can easily and readily make digital videos using current digital video applications. I like to think of digital video as another means by which students can express themselves, and also another means by which I can teach. Often times in Education courses we stress the fact that everybody learns and expresses themselves in different ways. Digital video could be one of those ways. There is something almost living about video. Video is able to capture emotions and convey meaning faster and easier than many other forms. The application of digital video for students is limited really by their own imagination. I think it isn't a choice of trying to have digital video available to students, but rather, an educational imperative. It is our job to as teachers to prepare our students for the future and to allow them to excel in the way that best suits them.
I feel very comfortable with using digital video applications (iMovie especially). I remember the first time I used a digital video editing application back in my 7th grade computers class. At the time we were using one of the first versions of Avid Video. Since then, the quality of digital video programs, and of digital video itself, has vastly improved. Right along with increased quality has come increased usability. I enjoy using digital video editing programs and can see myself continuing to use them in the future.
Digital Video applications (in the vein of iMovie or Final Cut), when combined with the rapid expansion of internet technologies and information sharing, have greatly changed how we view and use video. Video editing used to either be cumbersome or restricted to the pros. This is no longer the case. Students, and adults, of all ages can easily and readily make digital videos using current digital video applications. I like to think of digital video as another means by which students can express themselves, and also another means by which I can teach. Often times in Education courses we stress the fact that everybody learns and expresses themselves in different ways. Digital video could be one of those ways. There is something almost living about video. Video is able to capture emotions and convey meaning faster and easier than many other forms. The application of digital video for students is limited really by their own imagination. I think it isn't a choice of trying to have digital video available to students, but rather, an educational imperative. It is our job to as teachers to prepare our students for the future and to allow them to excel in the way that best suits them.
I feel very comfortable with using digital video applications (iMovie especially). I remember the first time I used a digital video editing application back in my 7th grade computers class. At the time we were using one of the first versions of Avid Video. Since then, the quality of digital video programs, and of digital video itself, has vastly improved. Right along with increased quality has come increased usability. I enjoy using digital video editing programs and can see myself continuing to use them in the future.
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