- Images
- Audio
- Video
Let's look at each media individually and then select one for further investigation.
IMAGES
Basically, the message I received from working with images are that they can be very powerful, thought-provoking teaching tools. They are easy to work with in that they are so accessible and easy to share as long as legal and ethical practices are adhered to. Images are not just photographs, they can and do include drawings, digital creations, concept maps and the list goes on.
This week I looked at photographs as images and used Mobaphoto to resize and upload a batch of photos previously taken on my camera and saved to my computer. I uploaded the photos to my wiki which you can view here.
I found the process very simple. By resizing the photos they uploaded as a batch very fast. I also believe that there has been no noticeable loss of detail in the images as compared to the originals.
I also uploaded images direct from a google search into my wiki with attribution. If you first have a look at the image on my wiki you can then see the beginnings of how an image may begin to be used within my TPACK learning design. This area of my wiki is still in the fledging stages of starting to develop my own personal learning design principles but you can see how the beginnings of teaching content knowledge, for example changes to the local economy in a business context, can start with an image.
It is also important to note that images need to be correctly attributed to the owner or source from where they came. I have included a link below the image in my wiki to show where that image was sourced from indicating that it is not my creation. This is also important to teach students to do the same when using technology in learning.
This week I looked at photographs as images and used Mobaphoto to resize and upload a batch of photos previously taken on my camera and saved to my computer. I uploaded the photos to my wiki which you can view here.
I found the process very simple. By resizing the photos they uploaded as a batch very fast. I also believe that there has been no noticeable loss of detail in the images as compared to the originals.
I also uploaded images direct from a google search into my wiki with attribution. If you first have a look at the image on my wiki you can then see the beginnings of how an image may begin to be used within my TPACK learning design. This area of my wiki is still in the fledging stages of starting to develop my own personal learning design principles but you can see how the beginnings of teaching content knowledge, for example changes to the local economy in a business context, can start with an image.
It is also important to note that images need to be correctly attributed to the owner or source from where they came. I have included a link below the image in my wiki to show where that image was sourced from indicating that it is not my creation. This is also important to teach students to do the same when using technology in learning.
AUDIO
This was a surprising form of media for me. I believe that my personal learning style tends toward visual learning and as such I personallly find listening alone boring. I did believe that audio as a media tool would be boring and difficult to integrate into my personal teaching learning design.
However, I have been proven wrong. Audio was actually quite fun to do and although creativity is not my strong point my mind is starting to wander on ways that I can integrate it into a TPACK learning design.
Starting firstly with my audio experience, my first attempt at creating an audio file was through voki. I used a voki to record my voice in two different ways and then embedded the voki on my wiki. Please check out the audio files in my wiki here.
To start with I created a voki and recorded my voice directly through the voki. This is the first voki embedded in my wiki. I found it fantastic that firstly, I didn't sound that bad and secondly that there was a talking head with my audio which I found kind of cool. It was just plain fun. However, the playback from the voki was a bit disjointed.
So, I had a look at recording my voice through Audacity and embedding just the sound file into my wiki. It did sound better than the voki and I was left with the feeling that because Audacity made it so easy to record an audio file that the accessibility of audio for teaching was fantastic.
Going back to my voki, I decided to create another one and upload my audacity audio file into my new voki. I then embedded this second voki into my wiki. I think this voki sounded much better than the first. It did have a bit of background noise but I think with a bit more experience in Audacity that could be fixed.
In summary, I would be the type of student who would cringe if my teacher told me I had to record an audio file using my voice. However, I actually found it fun and have had a hard time not going back to audacity and playing around some more with it, purely due to time restraints and making sure I experience everything in this course.
That being said I now believe the use of digital audio in teaching and learning could be very beneficial in a number of areas. I think it would require a degree of creative scaffolding by the teacher to ensure that the focus is on learning and not on student insecurities in using the technology. Obvious choices for using audio may be recorded interviews incorporated into learning experiences, but I think it can move further than that. Audio doesn't have to be a voice, it can be meaningful sounds, music and creations. Audio can also be integrated into visual experiences as well, possibly making both richer.
Going back to the exercise of using a voki, there are other options such as typing in the audio. I haven't had time this week to venture into podcasts but that is another door obviously that opens when integrating audio into learning.
In summary, I would be the type of student who would cringe if my teacher told me I had to record an audio file using my voice. However, I actually found it fun and have had a hard time not going back to audacity and playing around some more with it, purely due to time restraints and making sure I experience everything in this course.
That being said I now believe the use of digital audio in teaching and learning could be very beneficial in a number of areas. I think it would require a degree of creative scaffolding by the teacher to ensure that the focus is on learning and not on student insecurities in using the technology. Obvious choices for using audio may be recorded interviews incorporated into learning experiences, but I think it can move further than that. Audio doesn't have to be a voice, it can be meaningful sounds, music and creations. Audio can also be integrated into visual experiences as well, possibly making both richer.
Going back to the exercise of using a voki, there are other options such as typing in the audio. I haven't had time this week to venture into podcasts but that is another door obviously that opens when integrating audio into learning.
DIGITAL VIDEO
I have decided to investigate digital video further and have provided a separate reflection on this.
1 comment:
Hi Jackie, I checked out your movie in your Wiki, it is fantastic!! Your music is perfect sounds like you had a tough journey with the music. I also found that part difficult. You have raised some great points which I need to consider in my movie and audio about copyright so back to drawing board I go!!
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