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Well it's been quite a trip. I feel like I accomplished quite a bit this trimester. I feel sort of comfortable with using audacity and hipster and was able to post two audio casts on my own after a great deal of help from Will on the first go around.Even though I haven't yet posted a Vodcast I believe with the knowledge gained with the audio casting that I will some day soon be able to do this also. Hopefully for my capstone.I've used Flickr and another site like it to use for posting interesting activities in my blogs and wiki's. I also used two mash up sites for mapping which also will be useful in my capstone. Also the information gained on using RSS feeds for class projects has proved to be very useful. I was also proud of the fact that I signed up with PB Wiki to obtain a presentation package which allowed me to upgrade to a better version of PB Wiki and also gave me two upgrades to share with two other educators. I also feel more comfortable with social bookmarking although I would like to investigate how I plan to use it with my capstone. What I am trying to say is that I was exposed to and learned how to use a lot of web 2.0 tools and would like to say thanks Will for your hard work and patience during this trimester. I enjoyed the ride.


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Getting it Done

The post below gives me a great deal of insight on how important it is to think things through even on the night before a big presentation.I like the way that elaine emphasizes "Practice, Practice,Practice". I say this to my students all the time and it was great to hear a pro before the big game use it to motivate herself to give her best.


I have been personally wrestling with this ever since a proposal I made to present at a regional conference was accepted. I knew months ago that I was to deliver a presentation for NERCOMP in Worcester on Tuesday, March 20. But I waited until last week to actively start working on it.

I think a good deal of the reason was that I was struggling with what to say that was original and new. What I finally came to terms with (thankfully, and not a moment too soon), was two things:
1. My presentation was not accepted on the premise that I was announcing a new find, and perhaps even more importantly, that
2. the way in which I think of things and express them in indeed "new" in that I will be speaking from my experience.

I am pleased with what I was finally, after much angst, able to create. Now I just need to practice, practice, practice. After all, the presentation is not until tomorrow Tuesday at 4:30. Wish me well!

PS - The title of my presentation is: Mashups are not potatoes: Implementing Powerful Web 2.0 Tools

-Elaine

Info on how to use Flickr, Mashups

Hi Everyone,

I felt we had a good session last Friday. Working through the technical aspects of podcasting, especially was rewarding. We weren't able to get as hands-on as I would have liked with Flickr and Wayfaring.com, so the following activities will help us do that. I would also like students to explore the kinds of mash-ups available. Also, I will introduce screencasting by screencasting over the weekend.

Let me know if you have any questions. (wdebock@gmail.com)

This is also posted on First Class with appropriate discussion threads.

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1) Flickr Follow-up

The purpose of this exercise is for the student to be able to:

1) Comment on a picture already posted

Go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/93048046@N00/414968820/
and add a "visual comment" to the picture.

2) Post a picture to your Flicker account

Go to your own Flickr account and add a photo there.

3) Post a new photo to Flickr, and add visual comments to the image

Add visual comments to your photo. (You might want to do this in the style of creating a learning object that a class might use. But content is not especially important in this exercise.

4) Post this image to your blog. (You can do this right through flickr.)

Post any questions or issue you may have on First Class.

Directions for this are in the resource link below.

And you may want to try one of two other flickr techniques

5) Add a Flickr Badge to your blog

6) Add a Flickr Zeigeist of your own photos on your blog. (This is what we did in the "build a blog" in class exercise two sessions ago.

Resource Link: http://www.flickr.com/get_the_most.gne


2. Mash-up Map Follow-up.

The purpose of this exercise is for the student to be able to use a mash-up technology such as www.wayfaring.com

The student will be able to:

1) Sign up for www.wayfaring.com
2) Create a map of something that interests them
3) Add Wayfaring "notes" of locations of interesting. (Posting an image and or text about that location.
4) Share the map with the class through posting the link in first class and on your blog.


3. Programmable Web --- Mash-up Explorations

Mash-ups are a new and exciting development on the web. On a technology level, a mash-up can be defined as combining two web technologies in such a way that producing a new application or output. On a cultural and social level, a mash-up can be seen as combining of two cultural artifacts or idioms to create a new cultural artifact. Re-working videos with new a new music soundtrack or new dialogue would be an example of a cultural "mash-up"

1) Explore the website www.programmableweb.com for examples of mash-ups.

2) Post a brief description and analysis of the mash-up you find interesting on the first class web site.

3) Be prepared to present a mash-up in our f2f session on 3/23/2007.

Additional readings:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashup_(web_application_hybrid)
http://www.businessweek.com/@@76IH*ocQ34AvyQMA/magazine/content/05_30/b3944108_mz063.htm
http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/story3224.shtml


4. Podcasting Recap. Screencast

In the next day or two, I will be posting a screencast re-capping the "Steps in Podcasting" presentation/activity we did in class. The purpose is to re-cap the material for folks not in class on Friday and as a refresher for those who were in class.

Questions and comments can be posted to the first class discussion board.


5. Screencasting online demo

Over the weekend, I will post a screencast about screencasting. Watch the presentation and respond with questions, queries and comments on the first class discussion board after Monday next week.

Flickr

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.