Thing Thirteen

This was really a good experience, Lisa. I so enjoyed trying out or reacquainting myself with these tools in Coe's Learning 2.0 project.

I thought the pace was easy and the results usable. So far Jing and Delicious seem to be the two I am returning to often. I hope we use Cloud-Computing for our Department discussions, appointments, etc.

Thank you for taking time to do this for us this summer (I know you have the time off too), it truly was to my benefit. I also enjoyed looking at our colleagues' thoughts and creations.

My Wordle is here.

Susanne

Thing 12, ScreenToaster

Well that took some time, but I found it taking me back to my days as a broadcaster. Timing is everything.

I hope you enjoy this short of a trail I especially liked in the Rocky Mountains a few weeks ago.

I do see many ways of using this in class, esp. in our media workshop. Perhaps even commenting/critiquing student work might be helpful in Intro to Journalism.
I may make short how-to videos as well. I can see offering this to students for an in-class project; I'll have to think about that a bit more.

Yippee, thanks Lisa. How do I edit the video? I tried moving it to iMovie but it wouldn't drag...any ideas/suggestions?



I went to Jing and after watching a few of the help videos, decided to order Jing Pro, better editing opportunities in iMovie. So thanks for that.

I felt ScreenJelly would be too limiting.

Thing #11, RSS Feeds.

Discovery Exercise:

• Sign up for Google Reader--okey dokey
  
• If you've followed any blogs from your companions in 13 Things, they should already show up (in Google Reader)
  
• Add at least 3 other blogs, online newspapers, or websites. I added, Media Matters, Huffington Post's College feed and Poynter Online for Journalism.
  
• Write a post reflecting on your experience with RSS feeds and news readers

I have used RSS feeds on Moodle, which I find helpful. I have yet to use them in class as an assignment. I encourage student's to check them out, but may have them do more this semester in Intro. I like being able to "see" what others are discussing. Glad you have me back on it this August with an assignment. There is just so much out there floating about, it's easy to "forget" what can be utilized.
I look forward to seeing what others in this workshop are adding. How do I make myself a follower of them all, Lisa? So far Jane and I seem to be reading each others work. Thanks.

Egads, making a movie with iPhone.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/mobile/08/10/iphone.imovie.indie/index.html

Thanks to Andy Johnson for sending this my way.

Is plagiarism a moral deal or a business deal? Stanley Fish responds.

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/09/plagiarism-is-not-a-big-moral-deal/?ref=opinion&nl=opinion&emc=tya1

#10 Creative Commons

Does CC seem like a good idea? Yes, b/c so many of us are creating useful and breath-taking materials it seems a shame to let them sit on "shelves."

How could you use it with student projects? I do use this, as Lisa has known. In my journalism and media workshop classes students are encouraged to visit CC for creative accessories/inspiration. Sure seems like it has grown in volume even since last May. I did tag it on Delicious too.


Could this help or hinder their understanding and respect of copyright law? I think copyright law has been in trouble since forever but the 'net has certainly exacerbated the issues. I like being able to get the nod so easily from other creative people. It allows me to have a bigger pool to choose from, which to some paid artist who likes to dominate the marketplace a headache.

CUTTING AND PASTING?? WHY IS THAT PLAGIARISM?

READ ON:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/02/education/02cheat.html?_r=1&th&emc=th