Amy Gelert
Chapter 10 - Videos.doc
Section 40536
May 11,
2010
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/1776614
The audience would be beginner bloggers because my search for the video
was
from the subject, "how to begin a blog." I had heard that this
source, problogger, was one of the best resources on the subject from a
few
other blog pages that I read, so I included their name in the
title. As I read more into their site, I found that the
information
is at both a beginners and professional blogger level. He talks
more
about the content of the blog rather than the basics of where, what,
and how to
start a blog, so even though it's for beginners, it is only one aspect
of
starting a blog, not the technical skills to get the blog
started. I
think all ages and sexes could use the information he gives.
I learned a lot about ways to keep a blog interesting and fresh.
It made
me realize that blogging is probably a lot harder than I am thinking it
is. Because he talks more about content and how to customize your
site to
get people to keep coming back to your site, I learned that content is
probably
the "main task" in keeping up a successful blog. He actually
makes it seem like it's a job. I learned a few tips on how to
organize a
blog and keep content relevant to your audience.
I would recommend it to other people who are looking to start a more
professional blog. Not all blogs are as focused on bringing
people to
one's site, that seems like a very "professional blogger" way of
looking at it. Many people I know just have a blog for their own
personal
thoughts and invite friends to view it every now and then. The
way this
tutorial is geared towards is for a person who is looking to make their
blog
more widely known.
We probably couldn't watch all of this video in class as it is very
long and
not quite at the beginners level that the class denotes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CkyE4Qskn4
This video was very well produced, so I believe their audience is not
only new
people looking for videoconferencing, but also for people who subscribe
to
their online channel. The audience would definitely be Mac users
rather
than pc. It's instructions are very basic so amateures to
computer
programs and even older computer users would like this video.
Both men
and women would benefit from the video.
The video was very effective. I learned all about the skype
program
without even having downloaded it. It also gave me tips on how to
quickly
start up videoconferences and how to complement the conference with
file
sharing and keyboard chat (which would work for translating
things). The
commercials were a little annoying but I guess I learned more about
other
programs too.
They also gave Mac shortcuts at the end so again I think that it would
be a
good video for Mac users because they could surf through the different
channels
and see what other similar programs could be used too. I would
recommend
this video and its series to anyone who is interested in learning how
to use
Mac applications, or who has a Mac and would like to use the program
skype for
business meetings or pleasure.
We could watch this video in class. Its graphics are great and it
goes at
just the right pace for walking through the skype program.
Unfortunately
the computers in the lab are Windows OS rather than Mac, so it would be
impossible without some kind of dual OS installation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG15HHwAtwU
This video was produced for people who are wanting to learn how to use
html
language for website programming. It goes over the very basics of
what
html is and how to use it. It is probably intended for more guys
than
girls as he talks in a very monotone voice, which makes me think there
aren't
any "nurturing/emotional-coloring" overtones to help catch more
attention to what he's saying. It also goes pretty quickly, so I
believe
the video is geared towards people who are at least a little bit
familiar with
programming. He does explain it very well in detail so I think a
beginner
would be able to use this video, but probably have to pause or replay
certain
parts of his tutorial.
I did learn a lot from the video. At my workplace I have had to
learn
html on the fly as needed (and they promoted me to webmaster;). I
think I
will use quite a few of these operations for changing the site just a
little
bit. Plus it gave me the basics for creating new pages out of
existing
page codes. I have been wondering how to do tables for a Long
time now.
I would recommend this video to others. I think he had great
explanation
of what he was doing and the importance of why. It also covered a
lot of
basic html operations and told new people how they could find a website
space. AND he explained what the website protocols were, servers
and
clients how you are incorporated in that relationship. It could
be used
for anyone who is new to web coding and who needs to learn the basics.
I think this video would be great to show in class, when the time is
right for
us to be creating websites. Like the comments said, he explains things
"so
clearly." It also looks like this is part of a video blog, so the
author could have more sites to share. Also it doesn't require
purchasing
any expensive web building program, so it's great for us students on a
limited
budget!
