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Week 5: Media Sharing

July 16-22

1. Definition of Media Sharing:

Wikipedia Definition of Media Sharing: Media sharing occurs in online social networks and digital communities… It is the interactive process of sending via email, instant message, text message, posting or linking to media on a website or blog and other methods of sharing media to a targeted audience. As media is shared it takes on a variety of different contexts and meanings. The same video posted on YouTube and on Digg will generate different communication outcomes as the same video being sent to a family member and a college buddy. Social commentary usually accompanies shared media. Media sharing sustains social networks, web based communities and other digitally supported relationships. It is a communication process that requires the participation of both the sender and receiver.

For the purposes of this course, we’ll focus on photo sharing (Flickr, Fotki, and/or Photobucket), video sharing (TeacherTube, YouTube and Google Video), and briefly explore music sharing (not the same as the mp3s you put on your iPod or mp3 player). We’ll also investigate CreativeCommons licensing.

To get started, watch the following videos. The first is from “Common Craft:” about Photosharing

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPU4awtuTsk[/youtube]

Creative Commons according to Wikipedia: The Creative Commons (CC) is a non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to legally build upon and share. The organization has released several copyright licenses known as Creative Commons licenses. These licenses, depending on the one chosen, restrict only certain rights (or none) of the work instead of traditional copyright, which is more restrictive.

This video is an advertisement of sorts for CreativeCommons (CC)

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=P3rksT1q4eg[/youtube]

This site does a good job explaining the details of Fair Use and Copyright as it pertains to educators.Fair Use and Copyright for Teachers

2. Reasons to use Media Sharing:

The reasons to use Media Sharing are similar to the reasons for blogs, podcasts, and wikis:

As a means of Communication

  • Media sharing can be used to complement your wikis and blogs
  • Photo sharing can be used to post pictures from class activities or a field study to share with parents
  • Store images throughout the year to use in your end of the year evaluation or ABC
  • Multiple teachers contribute to store end of year slideshow online

Teachers use them as part of lesson

  • Use as Engage/Excite portion of your 5E model
  • Use photo, music, or video as a writing prompt
  • Virtual field trips
  • Store media that you use in lessons on a collaborative site
  • Examples of past students’ work – not taking up space in your cabinets

Students use them

  • Multimedia project instead of PowerPoint
  • Complement their blog or wiki
  • Maintain an online portfolio of their work to use at parent conferences
  • Create school news
  • Publish final project for classmates to view and comment

Other uses

  • Archive bulletin boards
  • Teachers collaborate with eachother
  • Fundraising activity (create calendars, allow parents to purchase pictures)

What other ideas can you think of?

3. Examples of Media Sharing in Education:

Ideas from other teachers, librarians, and professionals

Media sharing websites

4. Assignment:

  1. Complete comments on 3 other blogs – see Weekly Comment Rotation.
  2. Learn about shared media, fair use, and CreativeCommons. First read through the materials and articles included in the post above, looking for definitions of shared media, fair use, and CreativeCommons in these and other resources you may come across. Create a personal “working” definition of shared media that incorporates the aspects of fair use and CreativeCommons. Include your definition as part of your blog for this week.
  3. Investigate three free photo sharing sites. Use the table below to help you choose the one that best suites your needs.
    Site Hosting/Bandwidth space Privacy Options Photo Printing Video Maximum File Size Other Cool Features
    Photobucket 1 GB Public, Private, Guest Password 3rd Party QOOP Yes Image=1 MB
    Video= 5 min
    Slideshow= 30 images    		 Slideshows
    Photo-editing
    Create an avatar
    Flickr 100 MB per month Public, Friends, Family, Private Several 3rd party options Yes, members only Image=10 MB
    Video= 90 sec    		 Geotagging
    Fotki 50 MB Private Home vs. Public Home $0.09 per print plus shipping No Resized to 500 x 500 Rotate, flip, add borders to pictures
  4. Create a photo sharing account (you can choose the provider that best suits your preferences). We are in no way endorsing one site over another, there are MANY photosharing sites available… these were chosen by popularity and ease of use.
  5. Learn how to embed TeacherTube Videos and YouTube Videos on your blog and wiki pages.

    6. How-to Video: Embed a video on your wiki
    Embedding a YouTube Video with Blogger
    Embedding a YouTube Video with Edublogs
    These directions work for TeacherTube and Google Video as well.

  6. Choose a video to blog about. It can be from TeacherTube, YouTube, or GoogleVideo. Embed the video in your blog and write a post about it.
  7. Put together a five song playlist and embed it into your wiki.

    8. How-to Video: Create a playlist
    How-to Video: Embed playlist to Wikispaces

  8. Complete Reflections on your own learning blog.
    • What did you learn?
    • How will you use what you have learned?
    • How did you feel about this tool?
    • What do you not want to forget about this tool?
    • How can this be used in the classroom or in your educational role?
    • Would you use a shared media like playlist.com?
    • Should you use this in the classroom or your educational role?
    • What questions do you still have about these tools?

5. Software/Hardware Used in this Module :

Photo-sharing sites

Video-sharing sites

Other Media Sharing Sites

6. Supplemental Reading/Viewing:

Articles from Edutopia

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By orteganic – July 16, 2008

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  1. CindyB says

    I may not use Playlist with students, but I sure do like it for my blogging efforts. I found it to be an easy way to find music and upload it to the web so I can share my musical interests with my friends….I think this is the essence of the social media aspects of blogging!

    September 30, 2008, 11:04 pm



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