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.