Embedding movies in blog posts
by Susan Delagrange on November 29th, 2007
This movie is a Quicktime version (.mov) of my Powerpoint presentation on Copyright and Fair Use. I put it on my blog in four steps:
1) I saved my Powerpoint presentation as a 320 px wide by 240 px high movie. If you are working in iMovie, you can do the same.
2) I uploaded it to my blog.
3) I changed the code to embed the file rather than link to it (see handout).
4) I added this introduction. Your introduction should speak briefly about your topic.
Audio goes live!
by Susan Delagrange on November 15th, 2007
Good news! Your Audio Essays have been uploaded to the web; you can now create a link to them in your blog so that other people can listen to your wise words.
Of course, you could just stick a link in and let it go at that:
Here’s my audio essay.
Or you could take advantage of the fact that your blog is visual and verbal: write a few sentences about your topic and why you chose it, then add a small image about your topic.
Link to your audio using the following URL syntax:
http://www.susandelagrange.com/269/audio/LastnameAudio.mp3
Creative Commons
by S_Delagrange on November 6th, 2007
Here’s a link to today’s presentation on Open Access and Creative Commons licensing for digital texts and media. You will find it useful to refer back to this periodically as you collect your assets for your Campaign Videos.
Creative Commons Powerpoint
Copyright and fair use
by S_Delagrange on October 30th, 2007
As you begin to think about your multimedia campaign videos, you will undoubtedly be planning which images - photos, videos, drawings, charts, etc. - you hope to use. One thing that determines whether you can use an image is who “owns” it, who has the rights to its distribution and viewing. Sometimes owners are willing to let you use their work for free as long as you give them credit. But other copyright owners strictly control their media.
To complicate the issue, as students and teachers, we are allowed to use some things under the rubric of “Fair Use,” but it’s not an easy concept to interpret and apply. The following links (to information at the University of Texas at Austin) contain thorough discussions of both copyright and fair use. Please look over the Fair Use section for class on Thursday.
Fair Use of Copyrighted Materials (part of the larger course)
On editing audio…
by S_Delagrange on October 30th, 2007
John Solomon, co-anchor of the NPR program On the Media, described his surprise in learning that interviews that ended up on NPR were edited. Listen and learn a bit about the process.
Embedding and linking to video on YouTube
by S_Delagrange on October 18th, 2007
This multimedia video by anthropologist Micheal Wresch explores the connections between students’ real and virtual lives.
A Vision of Students Today by Michael Wresch
Here’s a link to an alternative view of Web 2.0 life by a student of Wesch’s titled “Are We Producing Reality?”
Importing images test
by S_Delagrange on October 18th, 2007
This is the flag of Macedonia that created a controversy in 1995. To help normalize relations with Greece, the Macedonian parliament changed the design of their flag in 1995 to the one below.
Audio Shortdocs
by S_Delagrange on October 16th, 2007
Got an e-mail from a friend today about “short audio.” Seems WBEZ in Chicago sponsors an audio storytelling contest called Third Coast International Audio Festival. In 2006, the topic was “99 Ways to Tell a Radio Story” and this year it was “Dollar Storeys,” in which each story began with a purchase at a Dollar Store. Listen to some of these, and start thinking about ways to turn your OpEd audio piece into a work of “creative non-fiction” with more or different audio, sound effects, music….and images and/or video.
(Just a hint of things to come with our final project…)
10 classes to take before graduating from OSU
by S_Delagrange on September 24th, 2007
Check out #4 on this list!
Day One
by S_Delagrange on September 20th, 2007
Enjoyed meeting everyone today, and look forward to our ongoing digital explorations. The most important thing to keep in mind from today’s discussion is that the medium you use to communicate (text, audio, video, website, blog, etc.) really matters.
If you are thinking that all these new media possibilities are overwhelming, perhaps this video will help put things in perspective.
Medieval helpdesk with English subtitles
Wecome to English 269!
by S_Delagrange on September 19th, 2007
Composing with digital media (making meaning with words, images, and sound) will be the focus of our inquiry this quarter. We will look at the formal properties and social implications of digital media texts (visual arguments, audio essays, and digital video). We will investigate the practical (”How do I do that?”), rhetorical (”When could I do that, and why?”), and ethical (”Should I do that?”) principles of digital communication. Although no experience with digital media is required for this course, by the end of the quarter, you will have your own web site where you will publish examples of your digital work.
From that point on, you will be ready to continue developing your skills in designing and composing with digital media. Glad to have you here!