Report and Reflection 10- Synthesizing, Remixing, & Creating: Images & Slideshows

This week we explored various slideshow tools. While playing around with some of them I discovered that they make it really easy for inserting images. Each one has different features, for exmple Animoto has different templates and designs that help you create a presentation that is visually appealing. Photopeach seemed to be simpler in design  than Animoto, but it was still easy to add images. It was not as visually appealing as the features that Animoto offered, but it  did not have a word limit for inputting text, which Animoto has. For Photopeach, if you wanted to add text it would just appear as a caption at the bottom of the slide, which could be difficult to read. I felt that overall Animoto was better except for the fact that it had a word limit because it restricts the amount of writing you can add. Also, there were options to customize various things about the presentation, but having a free trial restricts what you can do. These learning tools are still beneficial in educational activities because they offer a unique way to present information instead of using a powerpoint presentation.
I also believe that it can potentially be used in other contexts than educational ones as well. I could add this to my PLE under social as well as education. It is definitely a tool that can be used to learn and create, but it can be used for sharing pictures as well as sharing information. I could see it being used to make fun presentations that could be shared with friends and family, such as showing pictures from a vacation. These tools might be easier to use than other tools such as moviemaker. I think that they can also be used within the classroom as well for similar presentations.

Along with learning about these learning tools, I also learned more about Copyrights. Copyright laws are created to protect someone’s original work that they create and publish that may be written, videos, images etc. All users have the right to be given credit if their work is used or shared. Part of being a Digital Citizen means giving credit to others for using their original work. As discussed by Media Smarts, consumers do have certain rights/instance where they can use copyrighted material without permission or a license from the owner through the Copyright Act. For example when being used for research, private study, criticism or review, news reporting, parody and satire, or education one does not need to give credit. However when copyright laws are not taken into consideration, it becomes copyright infringement and the one who commits it may receive penalties such as having their online account banned or taken down.

This week on Feedly, I read an article titled: A man who spent 5 years studying self-made millionaires found a commondaily habit could be keeping you from getting rich. The daily habit that holds people back is procrastination, and by making daily to-do lists and prompt deadlines for things can greatly help to remove procrastination from one’s life and could improve their job performance or any other aspect of their life.

Talk with you next week,

Jordan