Blog Blunders # 5 - Digital Storytelling Pod, Vods, Videos and Web 2.0

Module 5 - Digital Storytelling Pod, Vods, Videos and Web 2.0

Using digital media to create different formats of broadcast can be of great use in the classroom.

• Podcasts - audio file you listen to or watch. 
• POD = Portable, On-Demand file
• Cast = sent out over the internet, published
• Vodcasts - audio + video file or content

Before creating a digital presentation, it is great to follow a scaffold:

1. Outline story idea
2. Find/create media to use
3. Pick a tool to build your story

The importance of VISUAL, DYNAMIC, SOUND... create the perfect learning environment. Children demand to be motivated and challenged in their learning. The use of Podcast/Vodcasts/Digital Storytelling enable for this challenge to be met.

Are you meeting the challenge? Or am i meeting the challenge? Trying!

Blog Blunders # 4 - Holiday Web 2.0ing - What's Happening To Me?

Module 4 - Exploring Photos and Videos on the Web

Time: 9:43am
Date: 1/10/2010
Venue: Home - 1 child @ Day Care, 2 children in front of Scooby Doo, 1 wife at work!

I cannot believe that i am @ home Web 2.0ing! If only people from my past could see me doing this now. I used to pride myself on having two weeks of down time - NO WORK!

MODULE 4 - Flickr
Flickr is a great tool for creative common's. We need to indoctrinate children in the use of royalty free material, understanding copyright issues, even at such a seemingly young age! Suitable royalty free images can be found on almost any topic - should be the first port of cal for an person publishing content.

It is a great way of also creating an online photo storage facility - i'm assuming however that there is a max. storage load however (i think i did see that somewhere!) Once again need to indoctrinate the children on acceptable use - uploading appropriate content, sharing issues...

Personally, i don't upload photos of anything, especially of my family, onto any site - over cautious maybe. Do want to have some sort of anonymity - not everyone needs to know/see/hear about oneself!