Week 10 - Blog Post #10 - Weekly Report & Reflection

Hello Everyone,

This week’s session allowed us to work with those tools that can be used to create our own expressions of knowledge and share that learning with others.  More specifically, we were introduced to different presentation tools, as well as taught important lessons on copyrighting.  To my surprise, there are many different presentation tools out there in the digital world that I have not yet heard of. These opportunities to explore the different tools have really helped me expand my knowledge in the digital world.

As I mentioned above, copyrighting was a very important topic introduced this week. A copyright, which I am sure many of you have at least heard of in the past, is the exclusive legal right, given to an originator or an assignee to print, publish, perform, film, or record literary, artistic, or musical material, and to authorize others to do the same. With that being said, you can see that understanding what exactly a copyright is proves to be very valuable in the digital world; especially when you are creating a presentation where copyright laws come into context!

Elena, P. (2014, January 12). Magnifying Glass [Online Image]. Retrieved from http://www.cricketanalytix.com/life-analytix

The tool I used to create my presentation this week was called Animoto. Animoto is a cloud-based video creation service that produces video from photos, video clips, and music into video slideshows. I found Animoto to be yet another interesting resource presented through this class! Animoto strays away from the standard ‘boring’ slideshow format in ways that really add value to your presentations. It is quite realistic to say, ‘Animoto brings your pictures to life’. I say this because Animoto turns your photos and other sources of media into a captive video.

Griffin, E. (2013, October 18). Animoto Logo [Online Image]. Retrieved from http://resourcemagonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Logo-V2_Full-Color1-e1382125340276.jpg

However, Animoto was not the only presentation tool I took a closer look at this week! I also explored the presentation world offered through Prezi. Prezi is just like any other PowerPoint presentation you have made in that past except, it adds the fun factor! Prezi is a presentation tool that can be used as an alternative to traditional slide making programs such as PowerPoint. Instead of slides, Prezi makes use of one large canvas that allows you to pan and zoom to various parts of the slide show to emphasize the ideas presented there. Prezi is also cloud-based, allowing for you to work on and present your presentation from many platforms such as your browser, cell phone, and desktop!

Keszthelyi, C. (2015, February 24). Prezi Logo [Online Image]. Retrieved from http://www.bbj.hu/images2/201411/prezi_logojp_20141106093539331.jpg

Both of these tools I have mentioned above, Animoto and Prezi, will prove to be useful for myself in other educational activities outside of this course. Both tools offer similar capabilities while maintaining their differences. My favorite aspect about both of these tools is that it makes your presentation feel more interactive and captive.  Of course, standard PowerPoint is valuable in very formal settings. However, with more of a relaxed crowd, I think that both of these tools would do a better of a job in maintaining audience interest.

My RSS Feed Reader…

The post that I am sharing from my Feedly reader this week is about…you guessed it, hockey! More specifically, this post is about a new suspension handed out to a player of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Nazem Kadri, for a head-shot hit on Edmonton Oilers player, Matt Fraser. In this article there is a video with commentary that completely explains the hit and why a suspension was handed out. However, for those leaf fans out there, I am sure you may have your own explanation to this incident. As if things could get any worse for the Leafs! I am curious to see what others think about this play. Feel free to leave a comment and discuss!

For those of you who would like to read more about this story and watch the video, visit the article, “Nazem Kadri suspended four games for head-shot on Matt Fraser.”

Guillet, R. (2013, January 23). Nazem Kadri [Online Image]. Retrieved from http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/Sports/AP_NHL/201301212138778973339-p2.jpg

I hope you enjoyed this weeks post!

Take care,
Chris