In this section, probably more than almost any other, I have the most experience when it comes to accessing and viewing photographs and videos posted online. I absolutely love Google Images because one can find almost any photo every taken, especially the ones from history. For one project for Dr. Trotter while I was his teacher assistant (T.A.), I was to assemble a PowerPoint presentation which consisted of photos of various artwork from the Renassiance time period. It was extremely easy because all it required was a simple Google Image search, copy, and paste into PowerPoint. I assembled well over sixty photos for him to use. For almost all of my presentations in class, I have used some photograph from the internet. Photos just make presentation more appealing. As for videos, I have used them very often as well. Youtube is a great place to waste time and learn about important events. I have watched on Youtube anything from President Obama's speech at Georgetown a few months ago to little children getting hit in the face with a basketball. Plus with Youtube (also owned by Google), it is so easy and quick to view videos. I have used video clips in various presentations while at Johnson. I remember showing a video for a Middle School Methods presentation about "10 ways to lead a classroom discussion" or something to that nature. It went over well and gave me a break from speaking. I have always really enjoyed my experiences with both of these sites (Images and Youtube). I must add, however, a disclaimer at this point. Some of the content could be inappropriate. Teachers (and parents) just have to be careful when allowing children to surf the web.
I do have experience with uploading and sharing photographs and videos to the web. Facebook and Twitter have been the main avenue for me to share photos, and Youtube has been the place where I upload my videos. I have roughly ten videos on Youtube, and all of them have been made by myself. My purpose in uploading and sharing photographs and videos has been basically so other people can see them. I am proud of my work and would like other people to enjoy it as well, especially concerning videos. Also, another reason I like putting them on the web is that it's a great place to store them, once again, especially for the videos. I can pull up Youtube from almost anywhere if a principal wants to see one of my videos (I do put some of the ones with students to private viewing); whereas, a video stored on a flash drive occupies so much memory it would be hard to show many videos if necessary.
Creative Commons is an organization that allows users to share media and it helps them find a legal way to go about that sharing (http://creativecommons.org/). This impacts teacher and student use because everyone wants to become a good digital citizen. We don't want to steal other people's work, and we want to give proper credit where it is due. This organization is impactful because it helps teachers and students stay out of trouble when using videos in the classroom. This is also impactful because it seeks to provide "universal" access from the internet for educational purposes. Education is important, the law is important, and we must find a collaborate way to make both sides happy. Creative commons issues licenses that helps educators with the copyright laws placed upon so many pieces of photography and video. This is certainly an interesting concept and I will most definitely learn more about it in the future.
I really do enjoy videos and photographs online. It is such a better way to view them than having to carry around a flash drive or computer.
Good report!
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