Travellerspoint Map Tool

This tool is neat! I liked how it clearly mapped your points of travel by simply linking the locations. I don’t think users are able to upload pictures because the site does not require users to sign-up for the services, therefore it is a site more for convenience than making personal. Geotagging could be applicable to this map because think of the times that we take pictures on trips. “Hey, let’s take a picture by the Texas sign!” It’s almost another essential tool for documentation for life moments, geotagging is.

Non-Copywrite Content

I chose to research non-copywrite content of blogs on wordpress.com. Take a look at this blog. Most blogs hold non-copywrite content unless it is a blog owned by a nation or global organization (Fox, CNN, etc.). Blogs may hold credible information from credible sources, though blogs are form of expression or support of that credible information. Blogs, for the most part, are free, too. WordPress.com is free to use and the website is user-friendly and allows users to set privacy settings.

Geotagging Response

Boone Graffiti

Here is a photo that I took a few weeks ago for my CI 5740 Photography course. The photo holds elements of color, expression, and art. I geotagged this photo for Boone, NC.

Sea Dragon is incredible and fast-paced. I like the idea behind the application and how smoothly it works. This website appears cluttered, though is organized once you see how the photos are linked together. Not only are photos showing beauty, but where the photos are precisely taken.

I like the idea of geotagging at the discretion of the photographer. Once the photographer says its ‘ok,’ then it becomes neat for the viewer to not only view what a photo holds, but exactly where the photo was taken. That element (geotagging/location) also could play a small or large part of the picture.

Web 2.0 Reflection

The overall experience of Web 2.0 has been a positive experience. The communication between peers has been interactive and engaging, as well as diverse and interesting. The tools and applications explored were interesting and thought-provoking, and along-side fellow peers, different perspectives toward each tool or application were presented. I will use some of the applications and tools, whereas others I may not, but overall, the course was a positive and enlightening journey once I was organized. Congrats everyone on a great semester!

I ended up with 14 total videos created and uploaded. The videos are listed throughout my blog. Some are informational whereas others are more informal and fun. Also, some were created on YouTube and others were created on iMovie.

In-Depth Group Reflection

After reviewing my fellow peers’ work of tutorials on the YouTube channel, I have to say that I am impressed how everything came together! It is a job well done. Here are some thoughts about the project. I also had a friend who helped me with my projects as I made the trek of completing them each day.

Links to Final Individual Projects

The following are links to my individual projects, both fun and in-depth.

The fun project involves starting, exploring, utilizing, and building a Flickr account. The reason behind this was because I am also in CI 5740-Introduction to Photography and thought, “What better reason than to compile my photos I’ve taken over the past semester, display and organize each in a cohesive manner, and allow the public to view and comment for unbiased feedback. This tool is very user-friendly, allowing consumers to load, add information, tag, organize, add to a set or gallery, or “favorite” pretty much any photo on Flickr. My photostream is under “Attribution-NonCommerical-NoDervis Creative Commons” security settings. What that means, is what each photo is uploaded, another consumer of Flickr must give credit to the original creator of the image, may not use the image commercially, or may not transform the image in way, shape, or form.

The in-depth project involves the topics of Couch Surfing and tying the social media network to the purposes and principles of Media Literacy. With an emerging and growing social media network on society’s hands, I wanted to see the correlations between the network and Media Literacy. I decided to also take a step further outside of my comfort zone and use the presentational tool, Prezi. This tool was tough at times, but overall I really like how my presentation of information, statistics, videos, and correlations flow. I think this tool may be useful to some of you guys. Let me know your thoughts.

I hope you guys enjoy viewing the two projects! As always, feedback is welcome. Thanks for a great semester and all the help that was given. We work collaboratively and well together.

Sheena Nelson-Edmodo Tutorial Review

I found the Edmodo tutorial to be similar to AsULearn, only simpler. I would be eager to explore this if I were hired as a teacher at a community college or small four-year college. The audio of this tutorial was a little spotty at times, though overall I think the listener could follow. Thanks for a great semester of thoughtful feedback, Sheena!

Jennie Sizemore-LibraryThing Tutorial Review

LibraryThing was a great tool of sharing of a user’s library with others. Something that popped into my head was how this could be used for research projects or papers for high school or college students. This centralized point of gathered information is well organized and detailed.  LibraryThing is not only a place of research and information, but a place for sharing a passion of reading, sharing, and cataloging. Neat project, Jennie!

Lauren Abe-Evernote Tutorial Review

I liked this Evernote tutorial because of the organization of the layout and personal usage of information on a computer. This feature is great because a consumer is not limited to an at-home, personal computer. The accessibility of this tool makes it very appealing. Great job!

Review of Dustan’s Tutorial

When I initially read that Dustan was exploring Facebook, I was a little let down. Once I saw the the tutorial, I was enlightened so much that it caused me to search and explore numerous applications on Facebook that I wouldn’t have before. This tutorial is not just telling consumers about Facebook, but informing consumers of all the applications, where to explore them, and how to use them. After all, Facebook has a strong element of fun and personality, why not see what all the social media network has to offer? Job well done, Dustan!