Animoto

Learning Journal 5

I enjoyed this module very much, probably because it was somewhat familiar. I have had experience optimizing images for the web in a previous class, Intro to Web Design. I am also familiar with Adobe Photoshop, so that part of the module was easier for me. I was not familiar with photobucket, I have used services like Flickr, Shutterfly, and Kodak Gallery, but photobucket was completely new to me. I found it easy to use and will consider it an alternative to the services I am already using. Finally, I have never really used avatars very often. I enjoyed using Voki, it was simple and would be very useful for collaborating online. I may use it in the future if I take another online class. I feel I did well in this module.

1).jpeg - Joint Photographic Experts Group
2)Webresizer - Alternative to using photoshop for resizing photos.
3)FTP-File Transfer Protocol
4)P2P - Peer to Peer
5)Vector Images - Use mathematical equations to create images, scale does not distort image quality.

My Project, Voki

Photobucket Slideshow

This is a slideshow of a photo shoot I did for Coop Productions earlier this year. The play, "The Taffatas" was supposed to be a oldies music TV show. The TV theme was appropriate.

1)I did like using photobucket, it was easy to sign up using my facebook account.
2)It was easy, it took me a little bit to find the create slideshow button under tools though. But it wasn't so difficult.

Learning Journal #4

I found this module very interesting, probably because it relates to my online life so well. I knew about using web technologies such as blogs, micro-blogs, virtual worlds, wikis, ect. for personal use. However, it was very beneficial to learn techniques for using these tools for education and professionally. I probably learned about wikis the most, I did not know much about them before. The "in plain English" video really shed some light on how wikis can be used. In addition, the virtual meeting was a pretty cool presentation. The presentation answered all my questions, it is a tool that can be very useful in the workplace. I have been using Skype to communicate with friends away at college, but Skype is limited and does not have whiteboard capabilities.

This module I felt I did well in, it was familiar yet I learned a lot of techniques and tools I did not know before. I'm looking forward to next module on image re-sizing and web 2.0.

New Vocab.
1)Back channel- A twitter feed used to ask questions at conferences
2)Synchronous Communication - real time peer to peer communication
3)Whiteboard - a virtual dry-erase board, used in virtual meetings.
4)Wiki - A webpage that anyone can edit, or anyone who has rights can edit.

While browsing CNN news on my iPhone, I came across this link. It was a CNN iReport story on Second Life and education. I found it an interesting quick read and very relevant to the class.

http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-577597?ref=feeds%2Foncnn%3Fiphoneemail

Until next module
-Doug

Learning Journal #3

Reflection
Before this module, I had no idea what "if" was. I can see now that information Fluency is very important if I want to succeed in today's growing web-based work environment. Knowing how to search the deep web will put we a little bit closer to becoming a better candidate in the workforce. Knowing how to find and use information quickly and effectively is a big plus as far as employment goes. Time is money, the quicker I can access reliable information, the better. I feel like this module was very beneficial. One thing I keep wishing is that there was a way to search the deep web in a way that is as elegant as google, but the internet is a jungle, sometimes things have to get a little dirty.

Definitions
1) IF - Information Fluency
2) Information Fluency - “the ability to perform effectively in an information-rich and technology-intensive environment.” (from UCF's website)
3)Spider, bot, web crawler - a program that fallows link trails and browses the internet for the purpose of indexing. Search engines use Spiders.
4)Information Literacy - the ability to recognise, locate, and evaluate information effectively/

Life & Career Skills
1)Adapt to Change
2)Be Flexible
3)Manage Goals and Time
4)Work independently
5)Be self-directed learners
6)Work Effectively in diverse teams
7)Manage Projects
8)Produce Results
9)Guide and Lead Others
10)Be Responsible to Others

Media & Technology Skills
1)Access and evaluate information
2)Use and Manage Information
3)Analyze Media
4) Create Media Products
5)Apply Technology Effectively

Web Artifact

Learning Journal #2

This module has been very interesting. Probably the coolest thing we learned was that you can either enter the domain or the ip address into the address bar and still get to the web page. Our one web lab covered this very well. Also learning about routing and the internet backbone was cool as well, the video we watched in class was very informative. I know it's technically module three but I'd also like to mention I learned a lot about the deep web today and will cover that in the next learning journal.

Here is a video on how to find an ip address through cmd prompt.

ip address - A numerical number assigned to a device on the internet.
tracert - a computer network tool for measuring the route path and transit times of packets across an Internet Protocol
packet - a formatted unit of data carried by a packet mode computer network.
firewall - part of a computer system or network that is designed to block unauthorized access while permitting authorized communications.

Reflection on Module #1

This week I learned a lot. Coming into this class I was somewhat familiar with the origins of the internet, ARPA, DARPA, ARPANET, and the like. However, after going through the learning module one I gained a greater understanding of the origins of the internet. I probably learned the most while creating our Google docs presentations in our respective groups (I love Google docs, been using it since my first semester). While I knew what ARPA was, I did not know who Robert Taylor, Larry Roberts, and J.C.R. Licklider where, or what roll they played in creating the internet. It was interesting to see how Licklider collaborated with Taylor and Roberts with their development of the ARPAnet.

I also found this video that seems to sum everything we learned up very nicely. As well as provide some new information. It discusses the ARPAnet, RAND CORP.'s network, England's commercial network NPL (National Physical Laboratory), and CYCLADES in France.



TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
ARPA - Advanced Research Projects Agency
DARPA - Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
HTTP - Hypertext Transfer Protocol
HTML - Hypertext Markup Language