embedding a Flickr Badge- tutorial 8

the video below shows the step by step process to embed a flickr badge.

posting you tube videos and flickr badges to blogs, tutorial 8

this video explains the is the process required to embed You tube videos into your blog.

Assistive Technology tutorial 7

Today we had two guest speakers from Kimiora school in Wellington and Star Education.
They provided us with information and the opportunities to have a turn on the equipment.

Assistive technology is Any item, piece of equipment, or system, that is used to increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of individuals (Cook & Hussey, 2002)
One piece of equipment introduced in the assistive technology tutorial is the Ergo rest which is a arm support for people when they are using the computers and gives them the ability to type on the key pads with out becoming fatigued examples of people that could benefit form this are stroke and brain injury - as they may have no or minimal strength in there arm but they are able to move there fingers so with the aid of the device typing is able to be completed as the Ergo rest gives the ability to glide and takes the weight of the arm. The rest able to removes and they are fitted with a clamp. There are all sorts of models and different types with different types and fitting but they all follow a similar pattern, the devise is small and compact and is able to be carried to and from work so that typing is able to be done.

As stated it increases the functional capacity of the user as they can type and email if they have problems with fatigue or minimal strength. The rest gives them the ability to glide over the key board and prevent them from becoming fatigued.

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the internet and online communities tutorial six

in this weeks tutorial we looked at online communities, in this post I will be lookin into the online community of face book.

the web address is www.facebook.com

the focus of this community is free accessing social networking website. Users can join under categories of city, workplace, school and region. users can connect and communicate with friends. users have the ability to add friends, change profiles and comment other friends facebooks.

the services provided on face book include your own profile page which is a space where you have the ability to notify friends about themselves. users have the ability to unpload photos and videos and send both private and public messages. a public message would show up on the persons profile, where everyone else can read it, however the private message is only able to be read by the person themselves. there is also a number of services where users are able to interact with these include

• wall- is a space on every user's profile page that allows friends to post messages for the user to see also allows other friends to comment on other comments that have been posted
  
• photos- users can upload albums and photos and attach name tags. Friends are also able to comment on photos and send them to their own profile.
  
• Status- which allows users to inform their friends of their whereabouts and actions. A user's Wall is visible to anyone who is able to see that user's profile, depending on privacy settings you can make it fully private and prevent anyone looking at it. there is also the ablitity post attachments to the Wall
• News feeds- appears on every user's homepage and highlights information including profile changes, upcoming events, and birthdays of the user's friend and friend suggestions where users who have friends in common with you are suggested to makes friends with
• notifications- are things that have been sent form other facebook friends, often consisting of quizzes and activities. these are also when people have added you as a friend and you have the option to accept or decline the invitation.
• chat- is the ability to have have a conversation with anyone of you friends who is one line by typing in the selected chat box.
• communities- facebook offers the poetial to join groups and communities with other facebook users within the website itself. these can range from appreciation groups for characters in tv shows, food and much more
  

as stated above facebook is as interactive as you want it to be, and contributions can be made through comments, photos and videos.

I personally think that people choose to contribute to this community, because it is a way to communicate instantly and see photos of friend and family. As a member my self I contribute to this community so that people can see what i have been doing and keep in contact with friends through uploading photos, leaving comments and chatting online. facebook users primarily seek to keep in contact with friends, make new friends and find old ones. they want to see what they have been doing by looking at their photos and videos. and communicate to them by leaving comments and chatting to them on line. Also they want to tell all their friends what they have been doing, by editing their profile and uploading their own personal photos and videos.

The sorts of topics being discussed of face book primarily involve whats happening in their lives, social events, activities, what they are going ot do in the weekend, where the are going etc, its basically a big gossip community . people are constantly updating their profile as their life events change or occur and conversations between friend can last for week and weeks. then when other friend come online users are able to chat instantly.

the ethical issues that may arise within the use of face book includes
-users giving out too much personal information and the threat of sexual predators.
-data theft, or viruses that can get
-people can view peoples profile when they don’t want to and potentially stalk people
-identity theft, by people loggin in to others accounts.
-creation of fake identity and profiles, as a result people become misleaded.
-Other people can put photos and videos of you and tag your name without you permission or knowledge

however there are many benifits online community have over traditional notions of community, these include
-provide large amounts of infomation very quickly
-provides connections over great distances, and able to communicate with people with similar intrests
- allow for silent observation prior to participation
-individuals are able to have equal voice
-fast speed of infomation sharing
- able to moniter and regulate users

but there are still aspects that online communities lack in realtion to traditional communities.
- lack of face to face communication
- ther is potential for misuse and often delusions and reliace on vitural communities
- limted to the communication tools within the online community.
- not always valid infomation being shared
- only people with computers and intrernet are able to join the communities.

video production sessions tutorial 4 and 5

youtube allows you to search and view videos that have been posted all around the world. you can interact with other youtube members and share interests by leaving comments and rating videos. you are able to email and link to the videos on to you blog. within you tube you are able to save videos for later, find videos that you have watched recently, or even share your playlist within the world. within the home page it is divided into videos being watched, featured videos, most popular videos. this allows you to have a look at some of the videos there is to offer on youtube. i created a video to post on you tube, based on over coming assertiveness.

we as group used the a story board and scripting aid to help us/aided us in completing the video.

Scripting:

scripting is a way by which the thought and ideas of an author are transmitted to the audience. using scripts when planning a visual production, not just words are but the basis for everything that is both seen and heard and seen on the screen. This allowed us to identify the aim of the film and how the film would go. we did this by first deciding on a topic that was relevant to overcoming adversity. we came up with the concept of going through a push/pull door and reading the sign to over come the problem of not being able to get through the door. we were able to write down the key concepts of the video and this provided us with a template to follow once we began shooting.

Story Board:

Story board is a series of illustrations displayed in sequence for the purpose of visualizing what the film will be. it helped us see what the different camera shots would look like and ensure that that it is well constructed and how they all looked one after the other. it also meant that when it came to filming everyone knew what to do, so no one was confused.

setting up a blogger account, tutorial 3

a blog is a personal diary/personal website where you are able to write your thoughts, feelings and opinions. Giving you your own voice on the web on a ongoing basis. visitors to your blog are able to comment on your blogs they are able to also link or email to you. the services offered by

blogs allow you to engage with your friends, by being able to leave comments on others blogs. there is also the ability to use access controls which let you decide who can read and leave comments, making your blog private or share with as many readers as you want. the tool blogger profiles lets you find people and blogs that share similar interests. however you can control if you want to be found by others.

you can edit and design you blog how you want it. using templates helps you to get started. You are able to customize the template to how you want it. blogger provides drag-and-drop element this lets you decide where posts, profiles, archives and other parts of you blog should be.

having a blog lets you post photos giving you the ability to share photos with friends and family. you can send photos from your phone straight to your blog. using the tool blogger mobile you are able to also send texts straight from your phone straight to your page. if you send the text to go@blogger.com from your phone the message will create brand new blog and post if you do not already have an account.

the fastest way to understand blogging is to try it out for yourself. blogger provides easy instructions to create your own blogg. with help buttons appearing on every screen.