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This week and next we will be immersed in digital media. You will be using a camera to create digital images, a telephone to create podcasts, and your computer to create a screencast. You will learn about RSS as a means of accessing lots of interesting news, blogs, images, and other things. These are all ways that you can share what you see and what you know with other people. Review the Week Nine Class Links for great videos and tips. Read through the assignments carefully and ask lots of questions if you don't understand something. Think back to the Clay Shirky video we watched in the beginning of class. He talked about the shift from centrally controlled media access to user-generated content delivering the news as it happens. It used to be that you needed expensive equipment and access to a studio to create many of these types of media. Now, they have become so simple that you can post your message with a phone call!
There are three media projects listed for this chapter. You will have a choice and a chance to earn some extra credit. You can either do the screencasting (25 points) AND the podcast (25 points) , or do the digital photography (50 points) assignment. You can choose to do all three of them and earn extra credit for the additional work. It's up to you!
Consider the implications of altering photos that are presented as "real". We will continue to have that discussion over the next couple of weeks, considering what responsibilities consumers of information have vs producers of information. We have a strong First Amendment right in this country that guarantees freedom of speech. Does that mean we can produce anything we want and the consumer is responsible for determining the validity of what they see/hear/read? Or does the producer have any responsibilities as well? Watch the video below and ask yourself those questions... if you were the consumer (viewer), how would you know that what you are seeing is an edited version of reality? As a producer, are you just doing what it takes to sell a product (or tell a story, or make a case, or try to persuade people to your position...?). Something to think about!
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About Digital Media |
RSS |
Digital Photography |
Podcasting |
Screencasting |
Web Pages |
Open Source Software
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Last Updated: Monday, 07-Mar-2011