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Animoto

My Animoto is about our trips to the 1000 Islands to visit my Mom, The child is my granddaughter. This was really fun. I have some ideas to use it in my web page.

Learning Module 5 - What I learned

This Learning Module was very fun. I learned how to use a few web2.0 websites. I liked Kizoa, it was really easy to use, but you really can't do a lot of extra stuff with it. It was very basic. I, being a graphic designer, am used to being able to do whatever I like with my pictures and making a really cool, not so jerky slideshow. I guess I am pretty particular with my projects. I liked doing the Voki too. It was fun picking out all the details of it. I wish there were more to choose from. I really learned alot about p2p and the illegal uploading of music. I knew it was a problem in this country, but I didn't realize how much of a problem it is all over the world. I think that it has really become an addiction. Kids especially just can't seem to quit doing it, even though they know that it is illegal, and could have real consequences to it, like a huge fine, and being kicked out of school. Some new terms I learned were: 1. Folksonomy - practice and method of collaboratively creating and managing tags to annotate and categorize content. The good thing about this is that you can use your own tags - use your own language. 2. Mashup - A web application hybrid that combines data from multiple sources. There are two types: A) Presentation-centric - Widgets, Gadgets, Embedding, Etc. and B) Data-centric - News Feeds (RSS, Atom), stock tickers, maps and forms. 3. Vodcasting - a video podcast. It is a podcast in a compressed movie format. It will often contain a combination of animated sequences, moving images and sount. 4. Podcasting - an audio recording (like a mini radio show). It can be very short, or 30 minutes long. It is an MP3 file that anyone can download.

WL12 My Voki

I found Kizoa easy to use. I am not happy with the way the transitions stop before the slid changes though. I couldn't figure out how to stop this from happening. This is the first time I have used anything like this site. It was fun, and I probably will use it again.

Trip To Florida - free slideshow maker with music

WOW! This has been one great Learning Module. I have learned a lot! I never thought I would ever get into Twitter, Now I check it everyday. I really like it. I am following a lot of companies, Magazines, blogs, etc.  in the Graphic Designer field. It is great.

We did a glog which is a graphic blog. We had to choose a web 2.0 that we wanted to learn about and do a glog on it. That was very fun, but I was frustrated when I couldn't move the type around to fit better in the shapes I chose. Working on designing ads for so many years, I am used to doing what ever I wanted with the text. I did my glog on Twitter. I find it fascinating that Twitter has that backchannel that can be used in education. During a lecture in a large lecture hall, the teacher can have a hashtag for the students to tweet messages that can be read in real time. If the student is shy, and has a question, it can be answered without even raising your hand.

I learned that Wikis are not just Wikipedia. On Wikia.com you can create your own wiki page on anything you want.

The video in cyberlesson 6 taught me a lot. I wanted to embed it here, but couldn't figure out how.

I learned more about drop box from Ryan Kneeppel's glog. Very interesting. It might have been handy where I used to work. Ad reps always gave us jump drives or emails with photos and graphics for their ads, If we had a drop box account we might have been able to find them more efficiently.

I had never heard of Yugma before I saw Alex's glog. It sounds very useful for the business world today.

New Terminology:

glog - A blog poster made with video, pictures, etc.
backchannel - online conversation about a topic or speaker. It can be used in conferences, lectures, etc. You can use Twitter for this.
microblogging - A combination of blogging and texting. It can only have 140 characters or less. Follow conversations, network with people in your profession, share information.
folksonomy - a combination of the words folk and taxonomy. Social bookmarking and websites like Twitter and Facebook are examples. It is when users tag, share and comment on information.

I have included some pictures of a few of the glogs I learned from

Learning Module 3: 21st Century Skills- : Efficient and Effective Searching

This was a very interesting learning module for me. I learned quite a few things about searching the web that I did not know before. I am so glad I learned about the deep web. I now know that there are trusted sites I can go to for information, and know that the information I get is correct. I love that! Thank you for incorporating that in the lessons.

Actually I have to tell you the truth, I have googled myself before, and found all this info. I am glad you found a way to get our info off of Spokeo though. I think that the public record info should only be on the original site(s), I don't think that other sites should be able to use that info, and make it readily available to anyone who is looking for it.

I learned how to use certain keywords and to enclose them in parenthesis if you want a more targeted search. If you don't include the parenthesis google and some other search sites automatically puts an “or” in between them, so it will search for the first word, then it will search for the second word, and so on.

I also learned that I should be using more than one search engine because they all search a little differently, so I will get different sites on different search engines. The two I use the most are google and dogpile. I have used them for a long time.

I used the book and your lectures and exercises as resources this time, I did try searches on different search engines and came up with different lists. I tried searching for the same thing on the same search engine but on different computers, and came up with different lists. Interesting.

I hope this is OK, but I am going to use wordle again for a list of my terms That was really neat!

Life and Carer Skills for the 21^st Century. These are really good skills for the workforce. I have used all of them from one time or another.:

• You have to be able to adapt to any changes – Media changes quickly!!!!!
• Manage your time wisely
• You have to be able to work independently because there isn't going to be a teacher or manager there telling you what you have to do. You have to be able to do your job without a lot of guidance.
• Demonstrate that you are willing to learn
• You have to be able to interact with your co-workers and bosses effectively.
• You have to be able to manage projects and produce results

Media & Technology Skills for the 21^st Century:

• Access and Evaluate Information
• Use and Manage Information
• Analyze Media
• Create Media
• Apply Technology Effectively

Terms I learned:

Deep Web – web based resources not indexed by web crawlers. They are usually dynamically generated by a search query, unlinked to other pages, or private or password protected.

Web Crawlers – Software that search engines use to browse the web and automatically add the URLs and other information about the web sites to an index that is searchable. Also called bots or spiders.

Boolean Operator – a conjunction used in a logical expression (AND, OR, NOT). You can use these in your searches (make sure they are in all caps) to narrow down your list of results.

Stop Words – Small unimportant words in a search query that are ignored in the query. Examples: where, is, the, of, in, etc.

Learning Journal Blog Entry #2

Learning Journal Blog Entry #2

I have learned quite a few things in this learning module. I learned how to change the settings on Google Chrome and make a screencast of the process (that was fun). I already knew the different types of connections to the internet. I did learn that I don't have many close wifi connections.

I learned more about Google Chrome. I knew and have used the other browsers. I do like Internet Explorer and Firefox and Google Chrome the best I think. They all work about the same, I like the tab feature.

I really liked the videos on the Did You Know Facebook discussion. They were really eye-opening. Especially the one on how the US is falling behind in the amount of smart kids. I really think that NCCC is tayloring its curriculum to the way kids learn now. Technology changes so fast, but I think that NCCC is keepin up. Especially the teachers I have had so far.

I really liked the part on security. I have always been really paranoid about suspicious emails and popups, and music and other media downloading sites, so I really didn't learn much that was new. I did learn of a few sites on where to report breeches in security to, such as smam@uce.gov, and ftc.gov. I also didn't realize that some anti-spyware programs actually contain spyware. You really have to be careful what you buy and investigate it fully, like end use agreements, and privacy policy. The icons for security are easy to spot on a website, but even they can be forged. I liked the info on the OnGuardOnline.gov website. Very informative.

I learned more about how the internet works, how information travels through the internet. I liked the little 2 part movie about it.

I already knew about domain names and that they cost money, but I really didn't know the trusted sites on where to get one. That was informative. They are: Register.com, Network Solutions.com. NameSystem.com, Safenames.com. I am going to keep them in mind when I eventually get my website up.

I have actually taken part in web conferencing, and virtual meetings at work.

Some terms I learned:

1. Data Switch – An intelligent device that filters and forwards packets to other network segments.
2. Hub – a device that connects multiple nodes on the same network.
3. Router – a specialized computer that connects LAN (local area network) segments, two or more LANs on a WAN (wide area network). They all transmit at different speeds and use different protocols.
4. Hop – Is when a packet is forwarded to the next Internet Router.

I feel I did not put as much time as I wanted to into this module. Unfortunately, there was an illness in the family and I couldn't get into as much depth as I wanted to. I am grateful to you, professor, for your help.

Learning Journal 1

I have actually learned a great deal in this first week. I learned alot about the "cloud" and what we can do on it. It is very interesting, and amazing to me that we can create documents online and that we don't need to have the software on our computer. As I said in my discussion, I am still a little hesitant because you always hear about hackers, and people who steal your identity, I would still be afraid of putting my personal info up and pictures in there.

I learned a lot about the way the Internet started. I can remember when I was young how a computer would take up a whole room, and it had to be climate controlled. I remember the punch cards when I was in high school. It is amazing how far technology has gotten since I was young.

I learned about Voicethread. That was pretty painless to sign up for and do the exercise. I found it rather fun. I am really looking forward to learning more!

Terms I learned this Module:
1. ARPA - Advanced Research Projects Agency was created by the Department of Defense, the US Government wanted more scientific advances.

2. Packet Switching - separating data from a sending computer into small units (packets) sending these packets over cables independently, then putting them back together on the receiving computer.

3. Microblogging - sending short messages throughout the day.

4. Cloud Computing - users can access computer services like data storage, word processing software, spreadsheet and presentation software, all without owning or running these programs. They can share with coworkers, friends, family, etc.

I really liked the YouTube movies you had for the web. I had a problem getting them to work at first. I had to open them in YouTube in order for them to play properly. The first one when I tried to open it only gave me audio, no video, and the second wouldn't open at all.

I learned about Dragon naturally speaking program on the discussion on Facebook. That sounds really interesting, and it would help so many people.

I also learned about Trafiradar that would keep a light at yellow to let you go through. That sound very promising.

I learned more about the cloud through the discussions, and also about HTML5. HTML5 sound really promising! I am really interested in that because I want to be a web developer.