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.

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.

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