Monday, October 27, 2014
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Week 6: Media Tools & Hosting
YOUTUBE:
I have used YouTube in one class before to make and post a video. I was familiar with creating a channel and sharing it with a community. What will be interesting later on in the class is making the video, I'm sure the way I made one before will be very different than we will be making them in this course.
TWISTED WAVE:
This was a new tool to me. I found it to be very cool. I like that you can make a sound recording without having to have a video as well. I personally do not like having a video of myself, so this was easier for me. It's also cool because if you have friends that are out of town it is a nice way to re-connect, to send them a voice recording rather than a generic text message.
PICTURE ALBUM ON GOOGLE+:
This was a hard task for me only because I have too many pictures to choose from! But I was sure that the Google+ community didn't want to see four million pictures of my cats:
Again, this is a nice way to keep in touch and see what people are up to on the Google+ community. It's a nice alternative to Facebook or other social media sites.
OVERALL:
This week was difficult for me (personal-wise, with the flu) but the actual work was pretty informative and I will definitely be using these tools learned outside of our coursework.
I have used YouTube in one class before to make and post a video. I was familiar with creating a channel and sharing it with a community. What will be interesting later on in the class is making the video, I'm sure the way I made one before will be very different than we will be making them in this course.
TWISTED WAVE:
This was a new tool to me. I found it to be very cool. I like that you can make a sound recording without having to have a video as well. I personally do not like having a video of myself, so this was easier for me. It's also cool because if you have friends that are out of town it is a nice way to re-connect, to send them a voice recording rather than a generic text message.
PICTURE ALBUM ON GOOGLE+:
This was a hard task for me only because I have too many pictures to choose from! But I was sure that the Google+ community didn't want to see four million pictures of my cats:
OVERALL:
This week was difficult for me (personal-wise, with the flu) but the actual work was pretty informative and I will definitely be using these tools learned outside of our coursework.
Monday, October 6, 2014
Week 5: File Management&Search/Research
Week 5:
Cloud?
No, cloud:
Cloud storage is a relatively new concept to me. To be honest I never understood how it worked. Essentially it's a free service anyone can use to store files or documents. There is no hardware or physical necessities. I will definitely be setting up an account with one of the many options for cloud storage, iCloud, Google Drive, and Dropbox.
The videos we watched about which is better: Google Drive or Dropbox? were very informative, explaining the benefits and downfalls to each. I think I've decided that I will open a Google Drive account so that I can use it for my school needs. I'm ALWAYS misplacing my thumb drive and it would be nice if I could have all my necessary documents in one place.
THE FUTURE:
I think this is only the beginning of what is to come in the future. I think we won't ever need any actual physical devices (except for the actual computer, phone, tablet, etc.) I believe all our storage will backup to the cloud, wifi will be available anywhere and we will never need to worry about losing important documents and files because they will be available anywhere and everywhere.
I think this is only the beginning of what is to come in the future. I think we won't ever need any actual physical devices (except for the actual computer, phone, tablet, etc.) I believe all our storage will backup to the cloud, wifi will be available anywhere and we will never need to worry about losing important documents and files because they will be available anywhere and everywhere.
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