ANIMOTO/PHOTO PEACH
Instead of Animoto, I used Photo Peach to create my
slideshow. The subject of the slide show is on Fair Dealing in relation to
copyright issues. After finding about 8 images, I registered an account on
Photo Peach. The registration process is very easy. It requires a username,
password and an email. No verification was needed. The first step is to upload
pictures from the computer. I did all of the references for images in writing.
Afterward, I copy pasted the references into a paint document, and saved it as
an image. This image is then added onto the slideshow at the end to give credit
to the source of the images.
Fan, L. (CC) 2015.
Photo Peach has the amazing feature of embedding music
within the video slideshow. It also allows you to click on each slide to custom
edit what is said for that slide. A slide bar allows you to adjust how slowly
or fast you want that slide to move. Moreover, transition effects and animation
effects are applied onto the slides and images for you. This tool is amazing in
its ability to save you time and in making a visually appealing video. After
finishing the video, I saw that there are ways to share it on social media.
More impressively, it has an option to embed the video into a website. After
copy pasting the embed codes, I embedded it onto the top right corner of my
blog. This can also be done on personal websites that allows html as well. I
also noticed that at the end of the video play, watchers of the video can type
in and submit comments to the video. This is a very useful automatic feedback system
built into the video. More than just allowing the video to play, this tool
makes it possible for audiences to provide collaborative feedback and channel
two way communications between the creator and the viewers. I will definitely
use Photo Peach for future projects!
Fan, L. (CC) 2015.
Fan, L. (CC) 2015.
REFLECTION
Tools such as Photo Peach can be used by people who do not
have a lot of computer background to create memorizing videos and share them
through many internet mediums. Photo Peach contributed to my work in building
knowledge by providing an audio and visual alternative in storing knowledge I
have gained. Photo Peach is different than other collaborative communication
tools in that it changes completely the type of media that is being organized.
Not only does it allow customized comments on images and slides, it allows for
a mixing of different types of media presented in a final video format. I will
be adding this to my PLE under curation tools. Unlike other curation tools,
this one mixes media and makes them into a video with music. After reading all
about Fair Dealing and copyright this week, I am learning a lot about the
reasons behind copyright exceptions. It is to facilitate and encourage digital
citizenship for those who are low in digital literacy.
Fan, L. (CC) 2015.
FEEDLY THIS WEEK
Big Brother Canada was on the news this week. Like many
reality shows, Big Brother uses live feed cameras to record activities engaged
by the participants of the Big Brother House. More than just a TV show,
interactive forum, comment pages and online websites are created where the
audience of the show can engage in communication with each other, vote with
each other, and provide feedback with each other. This feel like a digital
citizenship exists within the Big Brother online community. I think this social
tv show has some very interesting use of the internet in engaging its audiences
and encouraging digital participation. Perhaps, something similar could be done
for a class one day.
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