iReport video

This week we were to upload a fictitious video to iReport (a website where the public can instantaneously upload their news feeds from around the world). This website has the potential to turn anyone from the public into a journalist.

Sketch Cast

This website allows you to make a sketch (similar to paint) and it records you while you sketch.
http://www.sketchcast.com/create/

Here is mine:

Google Maps

I made a google map of my trip to Melbourne.

We fly out to Melbourne on 04th September then we drive to Echuca and stay for 5 nights. The we drive to Swan Hill to visit family, staying for 3 nights. Then we drive back to Melbourne city to catch our flight home.

http://maps.google.com.au/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&ll=-35.56798,144.997559&spn=6.307655,14.27124&z=7&msid=106474154147910966161.000472a12f8c8948b698d

Enjoy :)

INTERESTING WEBSITES

This is a follow on from Jason's lecture in week 5 about different websites.

This website has an interesting section called the WayBackMachine. You type in any website such as, www.google.com and the website brings up a list of still shot images from that same website throughout history.
http://www.archive.org/index.php

This is a Wikipedia page listing dozens of different social networking sites. social networking groups from "CafeMum" to "Vampirefreaks"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites

This is yet again another website listing social networking websites, yet this site categorizes the sites into groups.
http://mashable.com/2007/10/23/social-networking-god/

This is an interesting website which takes a top 25 of the current most popular social networking sites.
http://blog.compete.com/2009/02/09/facebook-myspace-twitter-social-network/

This website features a map which displays current disasters and emergencies around the world.
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php

Week 6 Lecture

Today Josh took us through consumerism and production forms of entertainment.

Consumerism

Big Screen:

• cinema (shared)
• television (shared/private)
• personal computer (private/shared)

Small Screen:

• personal media player (ipod)
• mobile phone (smart phones, 3G)

Production

• Fan Film (http://www.thetrailermash.com/)
  
• Mash Ups
• Fan Edits
• Phantom Edit
• mobile production (www.ireport.com)
  

For our tutorial task today we have to find 3 different short films and embed them into our blog.


This first film I found on YouTube and is an animation from Pixar.



This is a great film about a man who make an unsuspecting discovery at a job he hates.



This is part two-

Week 5 Lecture

Today we had the pleasure of Jason Nelson's presence.
Although slightly odd, he is a intriguing man.

His lecture was great, yet I'm not entirely sure what his point was. I'm almost certain that he was leaning towards the fact that many internet sites such as social networking experience dramatic rise and falls of popularity.

All in all, I really enjoyed this lecture and am looking forward to Jason's next lecture in a few weeks.