This week we explore the importance of copyrights and Creative Commons, as well as exploring the new tool Animoto. Animoto is a slideshow tool that allows you to create quick slideshows. I really liked exploring all the different templates the website provided, and how easy it was to navigate all the different features. However, I did not like that each slide had a character limit- this made it difficult for me to get my point across about copyrights. I wish that I was introduced to Animoto earlier because the only slideshow tool that I use is PowerPoint. This tool tool is much more appealing and I find more professional than PowerPoint. In my original PLE, PowerPoint was listed under my educational tools, but I will definitely add Animoto to the list as I find this slideshow tool to be more more effective and creative than the features PowerPoint provides.
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Article of the Week
This week's article on my Feedly refers to copyright infringement that has occurred in the music industry. The famous song 'Blurred Lines' by Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams violated copyright laws by using elements of the 1977 Marvin Gay song 'Got to Give it Up.' Read more about it here: What’s Wrong With the ‘Blurred Lines’ Copyright Ruling.
Until next week,
Heidi Fung
Hey Heidi,
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed using Animoto also. Convenient and easy to use! I agree that it could definitely replace PowerPoint in my PLE.
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