Thursday, May 28, 2009
Tutorial Eight: Posting YouTube Videos and Flickr Badges to Blogs: The Process Explained by Video
Some videos to help when posting things on the mighty interweb.
Tutorial Seven: Assistive Technology
SWITCHES
Some visual examples of switches:
Assistive Technology is defined as any devices, service, strategy and practice that is conceived as a means to help people with problems stemming from disability (Cook and Hussey, 2000).
A "switch" is a relatively inexpensive assistive technology device that involves making something easier to turn on and off by attaching a large switch to it. This enables people with only gross motor movements to be able to use devices that traditionally have controls that are finicky and require fine motor control.
A switch can take many forms, it can be a toggle switch that when struck activates the equipment it is attached to or it can be a large button that activates upon being pushed.
A switch can be used in baking to operate a blender or kitchen whizz, switches can be calibrated to make the device it is attached to work continuously or in a pulse fashion whenever struck.
Us OT students found the switches most useful in a number of different facets. When using computers, lights, toys, blenders and other baking equipment. Switches can be used on almost anything electrical, there are not many limitations to them.
Some visual examples of switches:
Assistive Technology is defined as any devices, service, strategy and practice that is conceived as a means to help people with problems stemming from disability (Cook and Hussey, 2000).
A "switch" is a relatively inexpensive assistive technology device that involves making something easier to turn on and off by attaching a large switch to it. This enables people with only gross motor movements to be able to use devices that traditionally have controls that are finicky and require fine motor control.
A switch can take many forms, it can be a toggle switch that when struck activates the equipment it is attached to or it can be a large button that activates upon being pushed.
A switch can be used in baking to operate a blender or kitchen whizz, switches can be calibrated to make the device it is attached to work continuously or in a pulse fashion whenever struck.
Us OT students found the switches most useful in a number of different facets. When using computers, lights, toys, blenders and other baking equipment. Switches can be used on almost anything electrical, there are not many limitations to them.
Tutorial Six: Online Communities
A-B-C of Hiking Community - http://www.abc-of-hiking.com/community/
The Focus of this community is to provide a forum for people to submit photos and articles about hikes they have done. It also gives members the opportunity to discuss online their experiences of hikes the have done.
People can interact with others on the site by: Posting photos, posting to the message board, submitting articles and photos and by joining and showing their support and recommendations for hikes they have done. It also provides tips for safe hiking and provides wallpapers for peoples computer backgrounds.
People choose to contribute to this community in order to share their experiences, inform others of tracks they might not know about or inform people of risks. People can meet like minded people through the site and discuss tramps they have done, all with the ambiguity of anonymity.
A typical entry of a new member of the community
Hi from Australia
Monday 18th May 2009 at 5:29:42 PM
jstevenson4
Rank: Fanny Packer
Hi All,
Im fairly new to hiking but have always enjoyed outdoors. I have done alot of MTB riding but got a bit sick of pushing my bike up hills so have swaped it for a backpack. Looking forward to exploring the world with only whats on my back.
Ethical issues that may arise are around people finding out other members personal details and using it against them, whether to track them down in their region or spam them with junk emails. People could be victims of bullying over the site or images could be saved to other users computers and used commercially.
The benefits of this community are great as they provide instant connection with people from all over the world to talk about tramps and find out key information quickly and easily over a computer. If people are planning to travel to a region and do a tramp using this site will allow them to research, compare and contrast tramps in that area and gain a local opinion so they can sort out an itinerary for their trip. This online community provides huge amounts of information however its reliability can be questioned as it is all provided by members, however the majorities intentions will be good. This community allows silent observation before participation allowing the user to feel comfortable before proceeding with membership and postings.
This online community cannot provide face to face discussions and meetings unless the members are in close proximity to each other, this raises issues around safety however.
The Focus of this community is to provide a forum for people to submit photos and articles about hikes they have done. It also gives members the opportunity to discuss online their experiences of hikes the have done.
People can interact with others on the site by: Posting photos, posting to the message board, submitting articles and photos and by joining and showing their support and recommendations for hikes they have done. It also provides tips for safe hiking and provides wallpapers for peoples computer backgrounds.
People choose to contribute to this community in order to share their experiences, inform others of tracks they might not know about or inform people of risks. People can meet like minded people through the site and discuss tramps they have done, all with the ambiguity of anonymity.
A typical entry of a new member of the community
Hi from Australia
Monday 18th May 2009 at 5:29:42 PM
jstevenson4
Rank: Fanny Packer
Hi All,
Im fairly new to hiking but have always enjoyed outdoors. I have done alot of MTB riding but got a bit sick of pushing my bike up hills so have swaped it for a backpack. Looking forward to exploring the world with only whats on my back.
Ethical issues that may arise are around people finding out other members personal details and using it against them, whether to track them down in their region or spam them with junk emails. People could be victims of bullying over the site or images could be saved to other users computers and used commercially.
The benefits of this community are great as they provide instant connection with people from all over the world to talk about tramps and find out key information quickly and easily over a computer. If people are planning to travel to a region and do a tramp using this site will allow them to research, compare and contrast tramps in that area and gain a local opinion so they can sort out an itinerary for their trip. This online community provides huge amounts of information however its reliability can be questioned as it is all provided by members, however the majorities intentions will be good. This community allows silent observation before participation allowing the user to feel comfortable before proceeding with membership and postings.
This online community cannot provide face to face discussions and meetings unless the members are in close proximity to each other, this raises issues around safety however.
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Tutorial Five - Film Storyboarding and Scripting - How It Helped Us
Storyboard
Our film 'The Runaway' was created with the help of a storyboard and script. The storyboard enabled us to systematically set out the progression of our film cut by cut, this was useful in enabling us to allow our vision for the film to come to fruition. It also allowed us to get on and make the film and not have to discuss details, which was a big time saver, especially good as we were working to a tight deadline. The pictures on the storyboard allowed us to discuss the aesthetics of our film and work out finicky details.Script
The use of a script helped us define the specific points for our film, however since there was no dialogue, I believe that the storyboard helped us more. the script provided points to make the storyboard clearer however.
Tutorial Four - Services offered by YouTube
YouTube
According to www.wikipedia.org: 'YouTube is a video sharing website where users can upload, view and share video clips.'YouTube provides a forum for individuals to upload videos of almost anything that is not offensive. People use YouTube to video blog, post teaching sessions for a wide range of vocations (especially songs for guitars) and also to upload mainstream footage such as TV programmes, music videos or live concerts (often in breach of copyright). It also provides a way for amateurs to post their exploits or mini films on the internet where they will be available to a wide range of people. This has led to some videos becoming 'Internet phenomenoms' these include the dancing baby, star wars kid, 'Charlie bit me', the evolution of dance, dramatic hamster and many more.
The site also allows viewers to search, rate, and flag videos for offensive material.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Tutorial Three: Blog Creation Tasks
Overview of blogger.com
Blogger is one of the oldest blogging sites on the internet. It was created by Pyra labs in 1999. It offers members the chance to set up a profile that enables them to log a personal commentary on the web, hence the term 'web log' subsequently shortened to 'blog'.
A tendency of blogs, especially on blogger is to focus on a specific subject or niche that the author feels strongly for.
Services of Blogger
- Blogger, in conjunction with flickr (see tutorial two) enables the user to upload photos to display images central to the subject of their blog.
- Allows you to display information about your interests, occupation and a blurb about yourself, enabling like-minded individuals to find and view your blog.
- Blogger offers a reading list with headings such as: 'Blogger buzz' and 'blogs of note'. This simplifies the experience for some people and provides a good starting point to start looking at other blogs.
- Blogger has created its own blog publishing system to enhance ease of creation and use.
- Blogger provides links from your interests to people with the same interests. E.g. If you cite kayaking as an interest, by clicking on the word you will be linked to other users of blogger who also like kayaking. You can then peruse their blogs at your leisure.
- You can personalise your blog with themes, pictures, games, videos, newscasts and much more. This creates a more interactive experience.
Blogging is a good way to see what other OT's are doing in the world. This gives a different perspective to us as students. It is also heartening to see the passion some people have for this profession.
Another website that offers blogging services is: http://www.wordpress.com/
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