Reading Assignment (book): Chapter 7 in Grabe and Grabe.
I like to use the terms tools and tactics to differentiate the skills involved in using technology apps or services and the skills involved in teaching/learning with these tools. Chapter 7 & 8 might be described as the tools (chapter 7) and tactics (chapter 8) chapters.
I want you to familiarize yourself with tools for collecting, modifying, and sharing images and video.
First, here is a rationale offering some suggestions for the potential value in engaging students with the processes listed above. We will discuss how images might fit with expectations that students address different content areas.
Here are an exploration and tutorials related to the use of Flickr (Smugmug). You should note that Flickr just changed many of the characteristics of the site and the pricing model (more space now for the free version). I have not had the opportunity to redo this tutorial - the same features still exist but you get to them in a little different way. You should also acquaint yourself with Photos (Google - create photo albums, sharing and security, modifying images).
An interesting characteristic of photos taken with many phones is the storage of geolocation data. You may not have known this was the case and it is relatively simple to locate the images on a map (I guess this would be a simple form of GIS). Here is a sample project completed with a mobile GPS (the kind you might move from vehicle to vehicle), but the project could just as well have been completed with a camera. You might want to upload photos from your camera to one of the online sites we describe and see if you can geolocate the photo (certain features of your camera and the site may have to be turned on as some are sensitive about locating sharing).
Academics should be aware of how they can capture an image of the screen (still and video) for use in creating tutorials. You may have done such things in other IDT classes, but what would you suggest in the $0 category. Be able to suggest how you would do this from different devices, not just the equipment you use daily. This technique will likely be necessary for many of the wiki tutorial project required later in the course.
I predict learning to edit content using YouTube will become popular. You are likely familiar with YouTube, but have you edited content with the free tools YouTube makes available. Again, cross-platform power at no cost. I am not going to require that you obtain an account and put together a product, but an awareness of this new service may be useful.
Your task for the week will be to create an account using one of these services, upload images, determine how to make some images public and keep some images private, and find a way to offer me (and classmates) access to your public images. To be concrete, send me a link I and your classmates can use to view a small set of images. (e.g., Enchanted Highway)