3. Integrating Collaborative Media
Flickr, YouTube, Slideshare
College and high-school students regularly share
audio and video via the Web. Sites like flickr and
YouTube allow users, in a few clicks, to easily post and
share media files. This demonstration will show you
how to get started, and offer some examples of
course-based uses.
4. What’s what
• Flickr = photo sharing
• YouTube = video sharing
• Slideshare = presentation (such as powerpoint and
keynote) sharing.
5. Flickr
• http://www.flickr.com/
• Main Purpose:
» Post and share your photos on the web
• Copyrights:
» Range from “all rights reserved” to “creative commons”
• Privacy:
» Range from no-one [accept you] to world.
6. Flickr
• Tools:
» Tilting, describing, noting, tagging, grouping photos,
geotagging, collaging, and printing
• Community:
» Internal:
• Groups (common interest) & Contacts (like a buddy list)
» External:
• Code help to add it to your individual site, blog, etc.
• Limitations/issues:
» Minimal ; mostly with preset view issues (sizes, background,
cropping)
7. Flickr
• Not the only option
» http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Photo_sharing
• Review of service
» http://connect.educause.edu/blog/StuartYeates/
reflectionsonayearof/2513
• GREAT example (using the tool to show what you can
do with the tool!)
» http://flickr.com/photos/cogdog/265279980/
» when you get there be sure to roll mouse over the image.
• More info
» http://flickr.com/photos/cogdog/265764063/
8. YouTube
• http://www.youtube.com/
• Main Purpose:
» Post and share video on the web
• Copyrights:
» Range from “all rights reserved” to “creative commons” (quite
liberal)
• Privacy:
» Broadcast: Public (world), or Private (specify up to 25 users)
9. YouTube
• Community:
» Internal: Groups and Contacts
» External:dis/allow and control: comments, video-replies,
ratings, embedding
• Tools:
» Tagging, geomapping, remixing
• Review of Service
» http://www.edutopia.org/teachers-tour-you-tube
• Other options:
» http://www.teachertube.com (specifically educational focused)
» http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_video_services
10. SlideShare
• http://www.slideshare.net/
• Main Purpose:
» Post and share presentations on the web
• Copyrights/Privacy:
» Must be public
• Community
» Groups
• Tools:
» Sync recorded audio with slides of presentations for web
viewing (slidecasting) [Audio must be in a different location]
» Tagging
• Other options:
» google docs (no audio)
• Example
» http://www.slideshare.net/warters/harnessing-the-interactive-web/
