Category: digitalstorytelling
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More Highlights from Glacier National Park
Yesterday was another spectacular day for my Dad and I as we continued to explore Glacier National Park in Montana. Since our hotel last night in Kalispell had a much faster Internet connection, I was able to upload all our photos from day 1 and day 2 of our GNP explorations to Flickr and organize…
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Include Geo Location Info for iPhoto Exported Flickr Images
If you want to include automatically saved geo/location information with photographs you take with an iPhone or other camera when you export the photos from iPhoto on a Mac and publish them to Flickr, you need to make several changes to your preference settings in both iPhoto ’11 and on Flickr. First, change the default…
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Transformative Personal Connections in a Hyperconnected World #blackfootETC
Since arriving in Missoula a few hours ago, I’ve noticed some slight climatic differences between Montana and Oklahoma this month. Tuesday I’ll be sharing the opening keynote at the 2011 Educational Technology Conference, “Building Human Connections in a Digital World.” Use the Twitter hashtag #blackfootetc to follow the conference the next three days. A number…
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Explaining Telecommunications Convergence and Its Opportunities via Video
What’s the untold epiphany that inspires your project? The Internet is the ideal platform for sharing experiences. These and other messages are included in the 4.5 minute video, “How the Internet Is Changing Advertising” by Epipheo Studios. This video isn’t just about marketing. It’s about technological and communications convergence, the ways we’re increasingly processing digital,…
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We SAW the International Space Station Fly Over Oklahoma City!
Thanks to a Twisst alert I saw last night in my Twitter replies on Hootsuite for iPad, my girls and I saw the International Space Station fly over central Oklahoma early this morning. I’ve highlighted the pass we saw in this screenshot of the NASA Human Spaceflight Live Tracking site, taken about 30 minutes after…
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17 Embedded Videos and Screencasts in Playing with Media EPUB eBook
One of the coolest things about the EPUB eBook format is its ability to include “embedded” videos within the eBook which are playable directly. It is NOT necessary to have a “live” Internet connection to view these. They do not stream. The videos play as part of the eBook. Together with images and hyperlinks, I…
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Remembering the Days of Kodachrome
Paul Simon’s song, “Kodachrome,” is an old favorite of mine. Last week during a lunch conversation, someone said “I’ve got a Nikon camera” and that was all it took to start another person at our table singing the first verse and chorus: When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school…
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How to Talk to Your Students About Copyright
Because of the importance and relevance of clear copyright and fair use guidelines for ALL learners “playing with media,” I’ve provided a free, updated version of my chapter on Copyright in the eBook, “Playing with Media: simple ideas for powerful sharing.” Access it on: http://playingwithmedia.com/pages/copyright I hope this chapter helps provide you and your students…