This video was made with three fellow classmates. We were given a storyboard to plan our video and were set loose with a camera. The theme was anything to do with occupation. We decided that we would focus on the balance of work and play. The balloons were super fun.
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Tutorial Four and Five: Video Production Sessions
Task One: Follow instructions and work in a small group to plan and produce and edit a 30 second short.
Task Two: Set up a U Tube account
Task Three: Follow instructions to posting your video on U Tube.
Task Four (Blog Posting): Provide a brief summary of the services offered by U Tube. Information can be drawn from the week five tutorial hand out.
You tube is a video sharing website where users can upload, view and share video clips. Any one can log on and watch most videos on the site. You need to register to be able to watch certain videos such as clips with adult content which you also have to be 18 years old to do. If you want to upload a video then you need to log in or register to create an account. Wirth this account you can save your favorite videos and share with other users.
Task Five (Blog Posting): Provide a brief account (1-2 paragraphs) on how the use of planning (storyboarding and scripting aided your groups short film.
Storyboarding is a series of drawings of the proposed film. It was really useful in planning our short video for this task. Because working in a group meant that everyone had different ideas it was helpful to plan out what was going into it and being able to estimate the time it would take. Knowing where we had to go and what to film for each part saved time and kept us on task.
We planned six drawings of what we wanted in out short film which included a montage of photographs and a short video of us at the end playing in the balloons. Although in the spare of the moment we did take some extra photos it was great to look back at our storyboard to see where and what we were doing next.
Task Two: Set up a U Tube account
Task Three: Follow instructions to posting your video on U Tube.
Task Four (Blog Posting): Provide a brief summary of the services offered by U Tube. Information can be drawn from the week five tutorial hand out.
You tube is a video sharing website where users can upload, view and share video clips. Any one can log on and watch most videos on the site. You need to register to be able to watch certain videos such as clips with adult content which you also have to be 18 years old to do. If you want to upload a video then you need to log in or register to create an account. Wirth this account you can save your favorite videos and share with other users.
Task Five (Blog Posting): Provide a brief account (1-2 paragraphs) on how the use of planning (storyboarding and scripting aided your groups short film.
Storyboarding is a series of drawings of the proposed film. It was really useful in planning our short video for this task. Because working in a group meant that everyone had different ideas it was helpful to plan out what was going into it and being able to estimate the time it would take. Knowing where we had to go and what to film for each part saved time and kept us on task.
We planned six drawings of what we wanted in out short film which included a montage of photographs and a short video of us at the end playing in the balloons. Although in the spare of the moment we did take some extra photos it was great to look back at our storyboard to see where and what we were doing next.
Tutorial Three: Blog Creation Tasks
Task One: Follow instructions to set up a account with Blogger
This will involve setting up a Google account (make note of your user name and password)
Task Two: Follow instructions to complete the following Blog construction tasks
Choose a Blog Template (this can be changed later if you wish)
Provide a Blog title (this will need to incorporate your name and the course title Participation in Occupation )
Provide a Blog outline. This is a short statement outlining the purpose of the Blog (this information should come from the course outline and assessment guidelines for Participation in Occupation 1).
Complete your Blog profile (you need to include your age, gender, industry, occupation and location)
Up load a photo to your Blog profile
Task Three: Follow instructions to start posting content. Your first two post should be taken from the technical descriptions for tutorials one and two.
Task Four: Provide a brief summary of the services offered by Blogger (this will be your third posting. Information can be drawn from the attached hand out). In addition to this name one other Blog host.
A Blog is a Collaborative space which can be filled in any way. From a diary to a collection of photos and images. Blogger offers a number of options to organize your homepage and the content in it. This includes the following:
Publish your thoughts
A blog gives you your own voice on the web. It's a place to collect and share things that you find interesting— whether it's your political commentary, a personal diary, or links to web sites you want to remember.
Many people use a blog just to organize their own thoughts, while others command influential, worldwide audiences of thousands. Professional and amateur journalists use blogs to publish breaking news, while personal journalers reveal inner thoughts.
Whatever you have to say, Blogger can help you say it.
Engage your friends
Blogging is about more than just putting your thoughts on the web. It's about connecting with and hearing from anyone who reads your work and cares to respond. With Blogger, you control who can read and write to your blog — let just a few friends or the entire world see what you have to say!
Blogger Comments let anyone, anywhere, offer feedback on your posts. You can choose whether you want to allow comments on a post-by-post basis, and you can delete any comments you don't like.
Access Controls let you decide who can read and who can write to your blog. You can use a group blog with multiple authors as an excellent communication tool for small teams, families and other groups. Or as a single author, you can create a private online space for collecting news, links, and ideas, to keep to yourself or share with as many readers as you want.
Blogger Profiles let you find people and blogs that share your interests. Your Blogger Profile, where you can list your blogs, your interests, and more, lets people find you (but only if you want to be found).
Design your blog
Whether you're starting your blog or just think it's time to give your existing blog a facelift, Blogger's user-friendly editing tools help you easily design a great-looking page.
Templates — Our collection of templates will get you started with an attractive site right away without you having to learn any HTML, though Blogger also allows you to edit your blog's HTML code whenever you want.
Custom colors and fonts — When you're ready to take the next step, you can further customize our templates to create a design that perfectly reflects you and your blog.
Drag-and-drop page elements — Blogger's simple drag-and-drop system lets you easily decide exactly where your posts, profiles, archives and other parts of your blog should live on the page.
Post photos
Sometimes you just want to share a photo. There's a button for uploading photos in the Blogger interface. Just click the photo button to upload a photo from your computer. If the photo you'd like to put on your blog is already on the web that's fine too. Just tell us where it is.
You can also send camera phone photos straight to your blog while you're on-the-go with Blogger Mobile.
Go Mobile
Blogger Mobile lets you send photos and text straight to your blog while you're on-the-go. All you need to do is send a message to go@blogger.com from your phone. You don't even need a Blogger account. The message itself is enough to create a brand new blog and post whatever photo and text you've sent.
Later, if your want to claim your mobile blog or switch your posts to another blog, just sign in to go.blogger.com and use the claim code Blogger sent to your phone.
While Blogger Mobile is currently only available in the US, you can always send posts to your blog using Mail-to-Blogger.
Get started
The fastest way to understand blogging is to try it out. We've worked really hard to make it really easy for you. Just click the link below, and you can be part of the phenomenon that's transforming web and media to a participatory activity in less than five minutes. Seriously.
What will happen then? Who knows. It might be fun, though.
And remember: Blogger is totally free, and if you have trouble, just click the Help button from any screen, and you can find the answer you're looking for—or even ask our dedicated support staff
Task Five: Upload 5 photos from tutorial 5 onto your flickr account.
Any remaining time can be spent
· Exploring Blogs hosted by Blogger and other services (e.g.myspace)
· Setting up a personal Blog
· Organising your flickr account into groups
This will involve setting up a Google account (make note of your user name and password)
Task Two: Follow instructions to complete the following Blog construction tasks
Choose a Blog Template (this can be changed later if you wish)
Provide a Blog title (this will need to incorporate your name and the course title Participation in Occupation )
Provide a Blog outline. This is a short statement outlining the purpose of the Blog (this information should come from the course outline and assessment guidelines for Participation in Occupation 1).
Complete your Blog profile (you need to include your age, gender, industry, occupation and location)
Up load a photo to your Blog profile
Task Three: Follow instructions to start posting content. Your first two post should be taken from the technical descriptions for tutorials one and two.
Task Four: Provide a brief summary of the services offered by Blogger (this will be your third posting. Information can be drawn from the attached hand out). In addition to this name one other Blog host.
A Blog is a Collaborative space which can be filled in any way. From a diary to a collection of photos and images. Blogger offers a number of options to organize your homepage and the content in it. This includes the following:
Publish your thoughts
A blog gives you your own voice on the web. It's a place to collect and share things that you find interesting— whether it's your political commentary, a personal diary, or links to web sites you want to remember.
Many people use a blog just to organize their own thoughts, while others command influential, worldwide audiences of thousands. Professional and amateur journalists use blogs to publish breaking news, while personal journalers reveal inner thoughts.
Whatever you have to say, Blogger can help you say it.
Engage your friends
Blogging is about more than just putting your thoughts on the web. It's about connecting with and hearing from anyone who reads your work and cares to respond. With Blogger, you control who can read and write to your blog — let just a few friends or the entire world see what you have to say!
Blogger Comments let anyone, anywhere, offer feedback on your posts. You can choose whether you want to allow comments on a post-by-post basis, and you can delete any comments you don't like.
Access Controls let you decide who can read and who can write to your blog. You can use a group blog with multiple authors as an excellent communication tool for small teams, families and other groups. Or as a single author, you can create a private online space for collecting news, links, and ideas, to keep to yourself or share with as many readers as you want.
Blogger Profiles let you find people and blogs that share your interests. Your Blogger Profile, where you can list your blogs, your interests, and more, lets people find you (but only if you want to be found).
Design your blog
Whether you're starting your blog or just think it's time to give your existing blog a facelift, Blogger's user-friendly editing tools help you easily design a great-looking page.
Templates — Our collection of templates will get you started with an attractive site right away without you having to learn any HTML, though Blogger also allows you to edit your blog's HTML code whenever you want.
Custom colors and fonts — When you're ready to take the next step, you can further customize our templates to create a design that perfectly reflects you and your blog.
Drag-and-drop page elements — Blogger's simple drag-and-drop system lets you easily decide exactly where your posts, profiles, archives and other parts of your blog should live on the page.
Post photos
Sometimes you just want to share a photo. There's a button for uploading photos in the Blogger interface. Just click the photo button to upload a photo from your computer. If the photo you'd like to put on your blog is already on the web that's fine too. Just tell us where it is.
You can also send camera phone photos straight to your blog while you're on-the-go with Blogger Mobile.
Go Mobile
Blogger Mobile lets you send photos and text straight to your blog while you're on-the-go. All you need to do is send a message to go@blogger.com from your phone. You don't even need a Blogger account. The message itself is enough to create a brand new blog and post whatever photo and text you've sent.
Later, if your want to claim your mobile blog or switch your posts to another blog, just sign in to go.blogger.com and use the claim code Blogger sent to your phone.
While Blogger Mobile is currently only available in the US, you can always send posts to your blog using Mail-to-Blogger.
Get started
The fastest way to understand blogging is to try it out. We've worked really hard to make it really easy for you. Just click the link below, and you can be part of the phenomenon that's transforming web and media to a participatory activity in less than five minutes. Seriously.
What will happen then? Who knows. It might be fun, though.
And remember: Blogger is totally free, and if you have trouble, just click the Help button from any screen, and you can find the answer you're looking for—or even ask our dedicated support staff
Task Five: Upload 5 photos from tutorial 5 onto your flickr account.
Any remaining time can be spent
· Exploring Blogs hosted by Blogger and other services (e.g.myspace)
· Setting up a personal Blog
· Organising your flickr account into groups
Tutorial Two: Digital Camera use and applications
“A new technology is rarely superior to an old one in every feature”. Briefly discuss this statement in relation to digital camera technology. What would you consider to be some of the pluses and minuses digital camera technology holds in relation to more traditional film based cameras?
While digital camera’s may seem fantastic with new technology, the more traditional film cameras still have their place. The digital in this sense is not better in every way.
Since there is essentially no film cost, the digital camera allows you to shoot whimsically over and over until you get it right. The cost never enters into your thinking. You see the picture in colour on an LCD screen before you take it and also immediately after you take it. You can shoot for ten minutes, review what you just shot, then shoot for another ten minutes. This immediate feedback makes the digital camera a plus.
In relation to more traditional film based cameras digital takes away from the fine art, and the mystery in the film. You never know really how your picture will turn out. There is the art of developing films which is something more exciting and skilful than the instant appearance of a photo on your digital screen. The traditional still photography can and should add to and extend the tradition of fine art.
List some of the ways that digital images can be stored transferred and manipulated using other communications technology.
Pictures can be loaded from the camera to computer. Once the pictures are on the computer, they can be cropped, enlarged, shrunk, and formatted to the consumer’s desire. The pictures that are wanted can be printed out and the pictures that are not wanted can be deleted or saved on the computer or disk. Pictures can also be transferred to a CD.
The pictures can also be transferred onto photo sharing websites such as photo bucket or facebook which friends and family can look at online.
Given the prevalence of image capturing devices, and thinking about the issues discussed in tutorial one, consider what sort of ethical issues may arise with their use.
There is a responsibility to maintain as much consent for use of photos taken. A person’s confidentiality and the right to privacy should be considered when taking images.
Briefly discuss some of the ways that digital images could, or are, being used in occupational therapy practice.
Digital cameras are useful for taking images for persons with communication difficulties. The picture exchange system for children is an example of where digital images are used to give choices or as a communication. The child can use a photo of an activity from their weekend as a way of show and tell in a class situation.
Photographs could be taken of clients or their homes for references in reports such as applying for extensions on an existing home for someone with a disability.
Provide a brief summary of the services offered by Flickr.com
Flickr is an image and video hosting website, web services suite, and online community platform. It was one of the earliest Web 2.0 applications. In addition to being a popular Web site for users to share personal photographs, the service is widely used by bloggers as a photo repository. Its popularity has been fueled by its organization tools, which allow photos to be tagged and browsed by folksonomic means. As of November 2007, it hosts more than two billion images
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flickr
Name one other photo storage website which offers a service similar to Flickr.com
Photo bucket
Explain what the difference is between a digital and an optical zoom
Most cameras have both optical zoom and digital zoom. Optical zoom works just like a zoom lens on a film camera. The lens changes focal length and magnification as it is zoomed. Image quality stays high throughout the zoom range. Digital zoom simply crops the image to a smaller size, then enlarges the cropped portion to fill the frame again. Digital zoom results in a significant loss of quality as is clear from the examples below. It's pretty much a last resort, and if you don't have it in camera, you can do a similar job using almost any image editing program.
Explain what is meant by the term mega pixel
A mega pixel is a million pixels. Pixels are the smallest piece of information in an image. They are often represented using dots or squares. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel).
While digital camera’s may seem fantastic with new technology, the more traditional film cameras still have their place. The digital in this sense is not better in every way.
Since there is essentially no film cost, the digital camera allows you to shoot whimsically over and over until you get it right. The cost never enters into your thinking. You see the picture in colour on an LCD screen before you take it and also immediately after you take it. You can shoot for ten minutes, review what you just shot, then shoot for another ten minutes. This immediate feedback makes the digital camera a plus.
In relation to more traditional film based cameras digital takes away from the fine art, and the mystery in the film. You never know really how your picture will turn out. There is the art of developing films which is something more exciting and skilful than the instant appearance of a photo on your digital screen. The traditional still photography can and should add to and extend the tradition of fine art.
List some of the ways that digital images can be stored transferred and manipulated using other communications technology.
Pictures can be loaded from the camera to computer. Once the pictures are on the computer, they can be cropped, enlarged, shrunk, and formatted to the consumer’s desire. The pictures that are wanted can be printed out and the pictures that are not wanted can be deleted or saved on the computer or disk. Pictures can also be transferred to a CD.
The pictures can also be transferred onto photo sharing websites such as photo bucket or facebook which friends and family can look at online.
Given the prevalence of image capturing devices, and thinking about the issues discussed in tutorial one, consider what sort of ethical issues may arise with their use.
There is a responsibility to maintain as much consent for use of photos taken. A person’s confidentiality and the right to privacy should be considered when taking images.
Briefly discuss some of the ways that digital images could, or are, being used in occupational therapy practice.
Digital cameras are useful for taking images for persons with communication difficulties. The picture exchange system for children is an example of where digital images are used to give choices or as a communication. The child can use a photo of an activity from their weekend as a way of show and tell in a class situation.
Photographs could be taken of clients or their homes for references in reports such as applying for extensions on an existing home for someone with a disability.
Provide a brief summary of the services offered by Flickr.com
Flickr is an image and video hosting website, web services suite, and online community platform. It was one of the earliest Web 2.0 applications. In addition to being a popular Web site for users to share personal photographs, the service is widely used by bloggers as a photo repository. Its popularity has been fueled by its organization tools, which allow photos to be tagged and browsed by folksonomic means. As of November 2007, it hosts more than two billion images
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flickr
Name one other photo storage website which offers a service similar to Flickr.com
Photo bucket
Explain what the difference is between a digital and an optical zoom
Most cameras have both optical zoom and digital zoom. Optical zoom works just like a zoom lens on a film camera. The lens changes focal length and magnification as it is zoomed. Image quality stays high throughout the zoom range. Digital zoom simply crops the image to a smaller size, then enlarges the cropped portion to fill the frame again. Digital zoom results in a significant loss of quality as is clear from the examples below. It's pretty much a last resort, and if you don't have it in camera, you can do a similar job using almost any image editing program.
Explain what is meant by the term mega pixel
A mega pixel is a million pixels. Pixels are the smallest piece of information in an image. They are often represented using dots or squares. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel).
Tutorial One: Information Technology and Ethical Issues
Provide a definition of Information Technology/Information Communications Technology (APA reference required)
Technology… information technology: technology that deals with the storage, processing and dessemination of information esp. using computers
Shorter oxford english dictionary: On historical principles. (2002). Auckland: Oxford Press
Consider the definition of IT you have provided. How is this form of technology prevalent in our society? How common place has it become?
Information storage is really important in out society. Notes, emails, communications etc become legal documents and IT is used to hold that information. It is very commonplace today, computer skills are essential for many job situations. The internet is a constantly evolving source of information. Communication has moved from rooms of files and letters to fast and effective means of email, phone and computer files. This technology is quicker, more efficient and sometimes less intrapersonal than ever.
What IT devices or system do you feel comfortable and competent using?
Computer
Phone
Fax
Email
Video
Camera
Thinking about your own fieldwork experiences consider how IT is being used in Occupational Therapy practice?
Data bases for client information
Client files on computer rather than hard copy
Communication devises
Email, fax etc
What ethical implications arise from the capturing, sharing and transferring of information via IT devices (e.g. mobile phones) or systems (e.g. internet)
The privacy and confidentiality of a person can be violated. We only have to open the latest gossip magazine to see a picture of a famous actor engaging in anything from eating to walking the dog! Mobile phones and the revolution of text messaging can be argued to lean towards an impersonal communication. The internet can hold a lot of accurate and useful information but at the same time holds a lot of inaccurate information.
Provide a definition of Computer Ethics (APA reference required)
Computer ethics is a branch of practical philosophy which deals with how computing professionals should make decisions regarding professional and social conduct.
Retrieved February 14, 2007, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_ethics
Provide a definition of Intellectual Property (APA reference required)
In law, intellectual property (IP) is an umbrella term for various legal entitlements which attach to certain types of information, ideas, or other intangibles in their expressed form. The holder of this legal entitlement is generally entitled to exercise various exclusive rights in relation to the subject matter of the IP. The term intellectual property reflects the idea that this subject matter is the product of the mind or the intellect, and that IP rights may be protected at law in the same way as any other form of property. However, the use of the term and the concepts it is said to embody are the subject of some controversy
Retrieved February 14, 2007, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_property
Provide a definition of Social Justice (APA reference required)
Social justice mostly refers to an ideal of society, where "justice" refers to economic status rather than to the administration of laws. It is based on the idea of a society which gives individuals and groups fair treatment and a just share of the benefits of society, although what is "fair treatment" and a "just share" must remain unclear or subject to interpretation.
Retreived Februry 14, 2007, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_justice
Provide a definition of Informed Consent (APA reference required)
Informed consent is a legal condition whereby a person can be said to have given consent based upon an appreciation and understanding of the facts and implications of an action.
Retrieved February 14, 2007, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informed_consent
In your own words briefly summarise why (or why not) a great understanding of ITC and the ethical issues it encompasses will help us in our practice and daily lives.
Understanding ITC and the encompassing ethical issues is essential in daily practice and our daily lives because there are boundaries to consider and legal implications for the sharing of knowledge. We need to be aware of what is out there in terms of the technology but proceed with caution, considering the implications of how it may impact on a person.
Technology… information technology: technology that deals with the storage, processing and dessemination of information esp. using computers
Shorter oxford english dictionary: On historical principles. (2002). Auckland: Oxford Press
Consider the definition of IT you have provided. How is this form of technology prevalent in our society? How common place has it become?
Information storage is really important in out society. Notes, emails, communications etc become legal documents and IT is used to hold that information. It is very commonplace today, computer skills are essential for many job situations. The internet is a constantly evolving source of information. Communication has moved from rooms of files and letters to fast and effective means of email, phone and computer files. This technology is quicker, more efficient and sometimes less intrapersonal than ever.
What IT devices or system do you feel comfortable and competent using?
Computer
Phone
Fax
Video
Camera
Thinking about your own fieldwork experiences consider how IT is being used in Occupational Therapy practice?
Data bases for client information
Client files on computer rather than hard copy
Communication devises
Email, fax etc
What ethical implications arise from the capturing, sharing and transferring of information via IT devices (e.g. mobile phones) or systems (e.g. internet)
The privacy and confidentiality of a person can be violated. We only have to open the latest gossip magazine to see a picture of a famous actor engaging in anything from eating to walking the dog! Mobile phones and the revolution of text messaging can be argued to lean towards an impersonal communication. The internet can hold a lot of accurate and useful information but at the same time holds a lot of inaccurate information.
Provide a definition of Computer Ethics (APA reference required)
Computer ethics is a branch of practical philosophy which deals with how computing professionals should make decisions regarding professional and social conduct.
Retrieved February 14, 2007, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_ethics
Provide a definition of Intellectual Property (APA reference required)
In law, intellectual property (IP) is an umbrella term for various legal entitlements which attach to certain types of information, ideas, or other intangibles in their expressed form. The holder of this legal entitlement is generally entitled to exercise various exclusive rights in relation to the subject matter of the IP. The term intellectual property reflects the idea that this subject matter is the product of the mind or the intellect, and that IP rights may be protected at law in the same way as any other form of property. However, the use of the term and the concepts it is said to embody are the subject of some controversy
Retrieved February 14, 2007, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_property
Provide a definition of Social Justice (APA reference required)
Social justice mostly refers to an ideal of society, where "justice" refers to economic status rather than to the administration of laws. It is based on the idea of a society which gives individuals and groups fair treatment and a just share of the benefits of society, although what is "fair treatment" and a "just share" must remain unclear or subject to interpretation.
Retreived Februry 14, 2007, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_justice
Provide a definition of Informed Consent (APA reference required)
Informed consent is a legal condition whereby a person can be said to have given consent based upon an appreciation and understanding of the facts and implications of an action.
Retrieved February 14, 2007, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informed_consent
In your own words briefly summarise why (or why not) a great understanding of ITC and the ethical issues it encompasses will help us in our practice and daily lives.
Understanding ITC and the encompassing ethical issues is essential in daily practice and our daily lives because there are boundaries to consider and legal implications for the sharing of knowledge. We need to be aware of what is out there in terms of the technology but proceed with caution, considering the implications of how it may impact on a person.
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