So, Challenge 5 focused on wikis. While I have used wikis with students occasionally over the past couple of years, I never really had an interest in editing on Wkikpedia before now. As I mentioned at the beginning of this blog though, sometimes you have to do things just to show you know how. So I edited the "Stomp dance" article, specifically the Ceremony and Dance grounds sections. I wasn't sure if there would be an article on the topic at all, but I wasn't especially surprised to find that there was. As an active participant in that tradition however, I figured I might be able to contribute at least a little bit to it, and I think I did manage to enhance it somewhat. For comparison purposes, here are links to both the version as I found it and the version after I edited it.
Our Tech Facilitator, Science Specialist and I have talked about possibly setting up a science study wiki, in which students could add content about what they learn throughout the year, and then use it to prepare for the EOG in May. In the meantime though, here is a link to a wiki I used with students as we went through the steps of the research process (Big 6).
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Where the CEU Meets the Job that Requires It
Well, as I kind of expected, when school started in mid-July, the time I had been spending on this Technology Challenge quickly dried up in the face of actually running the library. Fortunately I remembered it before the completion deadline though, so I am going to slide these last two items in under the wire, to get that all-important CEU credit.
Challenge 4 was to (a) share the product of Challenge 3, which I already mentioned in the July 8 post, and (b) use Creative Commons licensed images in an online presentation. So I used SlideRocket to create a book trailer for Grace Lin's Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, with video clips I created on my own iMac with iMovie. Except for the book cover illustration, the other images were all gleaned via the CC-enabled Flickr search. Since some of the CC licensed images required attribution, and the end credits go by pretty quick, those details (including links to the Flickr photostreams) are listed below the presentation. Obviously the book cover itself is not CC licensed, but I decided to use it anyway based on my own understanding of Fair Use provisions, which mostly coincides with the explanation of Dr. Mark Geary (College of Education at Dakota State University). I am posting the trailer video below but, if the author or publisher happens to come across it, and asks me to remove it, I will of course comply.
Image Credits:
Challenge 4 was to (a) share the product of Challenge 3, which I already mentioned in the July 8 post, and (b) use Creative Commons licensed images in an online presentation. So I used SlideRocket to create a book trailer for Grace Lin's Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, with video clips I created on my own iMac with iMovie. Except for the book cover illustration, the other images were all gleaned via the CC-enabled Flickr search. Since some of the CC licensed images required attribution, and the end credits go by pretty quick, those details (including links to the Flickr photostreams) are listed below the presentation. Obviously the book cover itself is not CC licensed, but I decided to use it anyway based on my own understanding of Fair Use provisions, which mostly coincides with the explanation of Dr. Mark Geary (College of Education at Dakota State University). I am posting the trailer video below but, if the author or publisher happens to come across it, and asks me to remove it, I will of course comply.
Image Credits:
- Photo of girl alone on the street- by Chris@APL (http://www.flickr.com/photos/chriskueh/); CC license to Share & Remix for non-commercial use, provided attribution & share alike licensing is maintained
- Photo of ancient Chinese landscape painting- by King Lum Lam (http://www.flickr.com/photos/34877773@N00/); CC license to Share & Remix, provided attribution & share alike licensing is maintained
- Photo of ancient Chinese family painting- by Zsolt Bugarszki (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zsoolt/); CC license to Share & Remix for non-commercial use, provided attribution is maintained
- Photo of girl lost in the woods- by Koen Cobbaert (http://www.flickr.com/photos/koencobbaert/); CC license to Share & Remix for non-commercial use, provided attribution & share alike licensing is maintained
- Cover illustration- by Grace Lin; assumed to be Fair Use.
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