Module 10

Module 10

Fair Use

As a fledgling web-site designer I can see that most of my fair-use materials will be in Category 2 (Illustration or Example) and Category (Five) Launching a Discussion). Above is a Creative Commons image that  I think I'll use this on my website later. Usually to avoid music copyright issues I use the Scorefitter  feature in Pinnacle or Fayette County subscribes to a music site we can use for free, but I think I'm going to use more Creative Commons audio . As a member of the Kentucky Antique Phonograph Society, their Cylinder Recording Digitization project was especially interesting to me. Here's a clip.

Tahitian Field Recording

As per the wiki assignment my cropped photos/ commentary and avatar have been posted there.

Digital Video Assignment

My big computer where I had the video editing program installed fried so this assignment had to be done "in the cloud" as it where. I used xtranormal.com to generate original animation, animoto for a slide show of relevant images and the YouTube video editor. The YouTube Video editor is really just a system to "glue" videos together or add music. You can't make any cuts or change timing. Very bare bones. Here it is

The last time I posted this video in this blog, the blog froze and would not save, publish or preview so here I am rebuilding this post..

This video is in keeping with the Fair Use guidelines. It has original animation obtained through a licensed site. The music is provided by the sites. (xtranormal and animoto.) The images are from Google Images and Wikipedia. In another editing system it would have been easier to credit the sources, but they are being used for Illustration or Example (Category Two) and for Launching a Discussion (Category Five). Usually when I make a video for class I write in the credits that it is for classroom use only.

Recording/Audio

I don't know if the blog crash was the result of downloading Audacity and the LAME encoder or not, but I did manage to record myself doing an actor's warm-up. I can really see where this tool would be great for foreign language teachers. As there is no "insert MP3" button, I'm using a Dropbox URL link to post.
Acting Warm-up

Finally Web Rubric

This has been a very ambitious project that I can see myself working on for the next 6-8 months. As the site stands now I would give myself a "2" for graphics as most of the graphics on my site are clip art and not user-generated. For multi-media, I would give myself a "3" as I have generated the majority of the videos/slideshows etc. for the site.

I hope to take another equally challenging course with you in the future if possible, Dr. Peach. I never learn so much as I do under your tutelage. Thank you- Valerie Powell