This week we explored many presentation tools as well as gained knowledge on the idea of copyright. I will first talk about an article that was of interest from my Feedly reader, then discuss my use of Animoto as well as my personal learning environment.
Feedly
I apologize in advance as I have chosen another article from 'The Brock News' as I am very interested in learning about what goes on at school.
This past week, my friend attempted to break a world record by erging (another term for a rowing machine) for 24 hours straight and beating the past record of 271km. Jacob Thomas is a varsity rower at Brock on the lightweight mens team. Midway through his new record attempt in which he was on track to beat, his erg shut off and all record of his rowing for the first 8 hours was lost.
This is unfortunate HOWEVER, Jacob continued and raised money for the Canadian Cancer Society as his girlfriend's dad recently had just died.
I know I cannot imagine exercising consistently for 24 hours!
Give this article a read as I promise it will show you the true meaning of an athlete:
http://www.brocku.ca/brock-news/2016/03/badgers-thomas-looking-to-break-individual-24-hour-world-record/
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Slideshow Tools
For my slideshow video, I used Animoto as it was a quick and efficient way to create a slideshow about copyrighting.
In the future, I can use Animoto to create a multimedia presentation for presentations or personal activities such as making a memory slideshow about someone. Using Animoto for a presentation is a good way to get the audiences attention as it is mostly pictures and music with little text. There is not much time spent on each slide as well so the audience does not get bored quickly.
Compared to other tools, Animoto is an easier tool to use as all you have to do is insert pictures and a song and the slideshow is done. On other programs, there is a large space for text or other features that must be edited therefore it can get boring. Google Docs for Example is just a big wide open page where text and media is usually implemented.
Please check out my video that I made about avoiding copyrighting below!
Personal Learning Environment
I will definitely be adding Animoto into my PLE as it is an essential tool in developing slideshows. I will not only use it in my educational environment, I will also use it in my personal life. I like to create nice videos for family on their birthdays or for celebrations. Animoto is such an efficient tool to use as it requires such little work.
Have a great week everyone,
Thanks Sammy
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