Using Photo and Video Sharing

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Subject: [PD 4879] Using Photo and Video Sharing
From: Jackie A. Taylor
Date: Fri Jul 16 10:15:59 EDT 2010

Good day or evening, all,

Kathy, great segue for introducing today's topic of using photo and video sharing in teaching and PD!

Sharing photos and videos have so many possibilities for enriching the learning experience by tapping different learning styles, such as audio and visual, as well as adding the hands-on learning component of creating and posting images online.

Integrating photos and videos also has applications in what's called "mashups" - or the blending of elements from different sources to create the service you want. Examples include embedding photo slide shows or video feeds directly onto web pages or blogs, like here: www.aalpd.org.

If you choose photo sharing or YouTube as your small group, you'll have the opportunity to explore ways in which you can use photos or videos online for instructional and professional development purposes.

Tell us about how you've incorporated - or would like to incorporate - online photo and video sharing in your work. What have been your successes? What are the challenges?

Looking forward,

Jackie

Jackie Taylor
PD List Facilitator
Jackie at jataylor.net

Subject: [PD 4888] Re: Using Photo and Video Sharing
From: Steve Quann
Date: Fri Jul 16 12:45:20 EDT 2010

Hi all,

I’ll never forget helping students with their writing by using the old comment feature in Word 97. (Hard to believe that was over a decade ago!) I would leave audio messages about their writing embedded in the Word document they gave me. Students would click on the comment and since we would be in a lab, students would turn around and with a huge smile on their face, thank me appreciatively. Now of course I could have given the feedback to each student face-to-face, or in writing, but there was something about listening to the comment that made it personally engaging for my students.

This engaging presence using multimedia, whether it involves the instructor or the participants, is one reason why I think multimedia should be considered when it is possible (keeping in mind the bandwidth capacity of the audience’s computers or other devices used). An example of this in PD was with a panel discussion offered using Webex. (For those that might be unfamiliar with this web conferencing program, here is a quick demo of Webex of YouTube: http://tinyurl.com/37seqb9) Panel members were together in the same room. Instead of having them only refer to their PowerPoint presentations, we hooked up a video camera (instead of a web cam) so that I could zoom in on each panel member as he or she spoke. Participants made unsolicited positive comments about the addition of video.

I’d like to end this post with a link to a video mail message I created using Eyejot.com. You might try one.

http://tinyurl.com/2bsuuch

Best,

Steve Quann

Subject: [PD 4890] Re: Using Photo and Video Sharing
From: Richard Sebastian
Date: Fri Jul 16 13:13:11 EDT 2010

One awesome use of shared video is video embedding. I'm sure you've seen this on a site before. You can add any video from YouTube, Vimeo, or other video sharing site to your own blog, wiki or web site by copying a small piece of code and inserting on a page of your site. Most blogs and wikis support this. It is simply a matter of copying and pasting.

This really allows teachers to add lots of rich video content to a class site for students to view, or to easily share student created videos.

Richard

Subject: [PD 4898] Re: Using Photo and Video Sharing
From: McNutt Jr, William R
Date: Fri Jul 16 15:10:28 EDT 2010

Has anyone address liability concerns regarding posting video of students? Here at UT, they're more than a little paranoid about posting student images except under VERY controlled conditions due to liability concerns. I had to take down all of my classroom-based video as we did not have comprehensive model release forms on file.

Bill McNutt
UT Center for Literacy Studies

Subject: [PD 4899] Re: Using Photo and Video Sharing
From: Isserlis, Janet
Date: Fri Jul 16 15:18:23 EDT 2010

not just liability as such, but real risk to people who may wish or need - for any number of reasons - to keep their identity hidden. or at least not on line.

It's REALLY important for people who may not be aware of the ubiquitous nature of the internet to know that they have NO control over what happens to their words or images -- if they're trying to avoid a former abusive partner, lacking documents - whatever-- people need control over what it is they post or don't.

Janet Isserlis

Subject: [PD 4900] Re: Using Photo and Video Sharing
From: Richard Sebastian
Date: Fri Jul 16 16:08:46 EDT 2010

I agree completely and would never advocate posting a student video without their permission or them understanding the potential consequences of sharing videos. Again, a foundation of digital literacy should undergird all of our students' interaction with media tools.

Also, to clarify, a student created video does not necessarily have to include an image of the student. Students could assemble a digital story from copyright-free images and only narrate. Or create a mash-up of other images and videos. Or they could film a documentary of someone for a project. There are lots of ways of allowing our students to use these tools and keep them safe as well.

Richard Sebastian

Subject: [PD 4902] Re: Using Photo and Video Sharing
From: Susan Gaer
Date: Fri Jul 16 16:27:18 EDT 2010

I agree completely. The one project which I loved using with my class was, " Favorite Clothes" In this project, students took a picture of their favorite piece of clothing with their cellphone and described it . You can see these stories at http://www.susangaer.com/esl2009/favorite_clothes.pdf

The one photo on the cover of the complete class was done via a permission form. Those who didn't want to be in the cover photo could opt out.

We also did one with Inappropriate use of the Cellphone. The photo activity was to taking a picture of all the students' cellphones and making a collage with it in Picasa for the cover. It is located at:susangaer.com/esl2009/cellphonestories.doc

Both of these projects used photos without compromising student privacy issues.

Susan Gaer
Google Certified Teacher

Santa Ana College School of Continuing Education

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