Couchsurfing

Joined up.  Started a profile.  As this is the default state of our couch and the room that it sits in, and since my in-laws prefer a hotel to the cramped shoebox that is our ranch house, I don't think I'm going to be offering the couch at this time.  I do think the site is very interesting, and would definitely think about hosting in the future!

I don't know how to share a link to my profile - but my user name is jennyhbunn.

Final Project: Individual Project

I used Pixton to create a series of three comic strips that (in a very tiny nutshell) describe my experience in the class. I'm not a comic strip aficionado, but I thought this platform was a lot of fun and could be used in many different ways in the classroom and beyond. I also wanted to put all the comic strips together with a very short tutorial (longer one can be found in the group tutorial project) in an interesting way, so I used Prezi.

Hope you enjoy it!

Not REALLY a "Weekly Video," but -

Some of you guys have seen this from the other class, but I really like it, so I thought I'd post it here!

Project Planning

Fun Group Project: G+ Dogs
What happens when dogs use social media, specifically Google+ hangouts?

• Write script on Google Docs that is easily editable by classmates
• Set dates and times to rehearse and record
• Think through and acquire any costuming pieces
• Jason to record, Jenny records backup

Serious Group Project: Web 2.0 Tutorials

After examining many different platforms, I have chosen to do a tutorial on Timetoast.

• Brainstorm topic for timeline - To Kill a Mockingbird related? 
• Research events for timeline
• Create timeline and record tutorial
• Share tutorial on Youtube and send to Jason for class blog that will include tutorials from all classmates

Individual Project: CI5530 Comics

Using Pixton, I will create comics based on this class, as well as a tutorial showing how to use the program.

• Comic 1: use Pixton's basic model (includes everything but the text) for beginning of class - just getting started, learning the ropes, etc.
• Comic 2: use a set of three blank squares for middle of class - starting to feel more comfortable
• Comic 3: use a double line of blank squares for ending the class - feeling more confident and creative
• Film tutorial at some point along the way - maybe while creating Comic 2?  Maybe bits and pieces from all three?

The "Isn't This Cool?" Files: Flipsnack

I just thought this was super cool (and super easy), so I'm posting it!  I created a pdf study guide for an upcoming performance of To Kill a Mockingbird at Asheville Community Theatre and then put it into Flipsnack to get this:

Which License -

While poking around at the freemusicarchive.org, I found this track by Johnny Ripper:  



I like that he described it as "audio content for visualizing scenes in your head."  The only restriction on its use is a request from the creator that if the song is used in a video, to please contact him first.  It is licensed under the Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License, and conveniently, if you use this somewhere, you can just copy and paste the code on the page in order to attribute.  Like this:

"at the sea by johnny_ripper is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License"

I imagine that the artist made this track (and all the others on the album) available for free in the hope that the music might inspire someone else to create a visual accompaniment.  Or that by listening to Johnny Ripper's music, a filmmaker might understand his own images more clearly, or be able to edit and arrange them in a new way.

I think that if I were to create something - an image, a piece of music, a video - I would use the same license as Johnny Ripper. In a nutshell, it is described as one that "lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work non-commercially, as long as they credit you and license their new creations under the identical terms." That seems to open the door to encourage creativity without allowing anyone to make any money off the creation.

Wikimedia -

I reviewed Wikiquote and Wikimedia Commons.  I chose these two because I have used or have needed them the most out of all the Wikimedia projects.

With Wikiquote, I like that you can search for quotes in a variety of ways.  Hopefully, however, you know a little about the quote for which you're searching - Wikiquote is easier to use if you're looking for a quote from a specific person, or from a specific television show or movie (Arrested Development is especially well indexed) than if you're just searching for a general quote about baseball or women's history (no subcategory exists for either of these - so while you can scroll through a variety of quotes about college football under the category "sports" or the Great Lakes Storm of 1913 under the category "history," you cannot do the same with baseball or women's history).

With Wikimedia Commons, I find the opposite to be true in searching.  It is easier for me to find and view many images on a general subject, even with a chosen parameter (ie: "coal miner black and white") than to find images from a certain source (ie: LIFE Magazine).  With Wikimedia Commons, it's very easy to end up in a place you never expected.  Like this.