Loving Web 2.0 tools

Does loving a Web 2.0 tool require research, reflection, and recall?

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Research: Brooks-Kirkland shared criteria used for "scoring" the OSLA Great Web 2.0 Face-Off at the 2011 OLA Superconference during a recent webinar I participated in. 
Identified as Types of Learning Boosts from Technology Peterson (2011) lists:

• motivation
• learning how to learn
• efficency
• creativity and content creator
• deep understanding of content knowledge
• assessing what we really value
• teaching strategies; techniques and organization

Reflection: What do I think about the selected tools?

• ease of access  (registration, login)
• learning curve
• tech support
• availability using school network
• intuitive interaction
• multiple applications: personal, professional, educational
• student engagement
• product

Recall: Think back-how did it go?

• Diigo (LOVE/LOVE)
• toolbar to capture, highlight, sticky note, bookmark, annotate, share and send
• group membership and creation
• tagging
• PLN! at your finger tips
• multiple applications professional, personal and educational

•  Blogger (LOVE) 
• simple to learn 
• gadget gallery and embeddable options
• tagging
• searchable
• no school access for student use

• Flickr (LIKE/LIKE)
• absolutely worth the time
• multiple teaching possibilities
• flickrcc - great source of digital images
• tagging

•  Thinglink (LIKE)
• simple to learn
• multiple applications

• PodOmatic (LIKE)
• simple to learn 
• recording and hosting
• tagging

• Masher (like)
• drag and drop timeline
• simple to learn
• limited length of video
• glitches in final frames, embedding

My 3 Video sharing hats

My Learning:

-professional development topics

-YouTube "how to" video
-to help my nieces with their education and life choices

Teaching:

-engage visual learners

-video production for a variety of purposes

-promote books with book trailers

-video storytelling

-background knowledge for curriculum topics (natural disasters)

-YouTube "how to" (Khan Academy)

Personal:

-step by step watercolour instruction

-create more storytelling video files

-create video files of family events

Preparing to Mash: Step Two

Camera in position

 Ready

Action!

Over a few days I was able to capture digital images of some activities in the school library in preparation for creating my video.
Note: In September our school requests a standard student permission form be signed by parents. This year the form included a statement that photographs could be taken and used by teachers in the classroom, on school websites, school blogs and in professional publications. I asked all student subjects if their parents had agreed to allow photos to be taken and used. 

I have decided to create Lougheed Library: the movie and publish it to YouTube. "YouTube is where more and more of our students go to publish the artifacts of their lives" (Richardson, 2009) and there is the possibility of engaging students in library use through a video on YouTube. 

I realized when reviewing my video that I would have to edit the content before uploading my video to Masher. I have access to Movie Maker through the Microsoft Windows operating system on my home computer. Movie Maker is downloadable from the internet for those who need to add it to their computer. Student use may be limited without Windows bundles and if school systems are frozen to downloads. I watched the YouTube Masher.com tutorials again and decided to collect still images as well. Masher.com is downloaded and ready for my edited video.
I am ready for step three!