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Video Production Sessions

• The services offered by YouTube are:
  - able to post own video clips, view others' video clips (broadcast yourself)
  - access arrange of video clips from films and programmes' to educational clips
  - can become a member
  - YouTube Help Forum, a place where users can share questions, answers, and ideas
  - advertisements: advertise brand channel
  - Google business channel
  - Google channel
  - Google TV ads channel
  - Movies
  - music clips
  - news
  -shows
  - YouTube Channel
  - mobile upload service
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• My group produced a short film and used a number of techniques to plan the story line. These are so follows; brain-storming and storyboarding. Initially we brain-stormed our ideas and selected one that was appropriate and realistic in the time we were given to plan and produce a video clip. Our storyboard included a sequence of pictures given us a guideline to follow when filming. Because our film had no audio and only background music there was no need to write a script.
  
  My group found having a storyboard extremely useful during filming as it gave us all an outline of what we should be filming. Another important part of our planning was delegating each team member a specific task/role, this organised us and we were able to work on different aspects of the video production and have a sense of contribution to the overall video clip. These roles were; camera crew, props, actors and director. Collectively we edited our video clip.
  
  
• The video that follows is one my group produced, title: "Parking on Campus"
  

Assistive technology

Assistive technology refers to the "board range of devices, services, strategies and practices that are conceived and applied to the problems and difficulties faced by individuals that have disabilities" (Cook & Hussey, 2000, p. 5.).

• One particular piece of equipment that was talked about in the assitive technology tutorial was standard keyboard. This piece of technology allows for both one handed and two handed touch typing. By holding the space bar down accesses the alternative keys that mirror the other half of a standard keyboard. The one-handed typing capability can be switched on or off by the user, therfore can be used as a two handed keyboard- very useful in a working environment and within the home for those who have acquired an injury resulting in the loss of a hand extremity. USB connection for PC and MAC operating systems.
  


• One handed typing keyboard increases functional capacity by:
  increases speed and decreases fatigue, for example could be used by a person with a CVA.
  Give people independance who wouldn't nroamlly be able to use standard keyboards.
  
  

Internet and online communites

Online community: http://twitter.com

The focus of this community is networking and connecting people with one another.

The services Twitter provide are: messaging, activities- quizzing, finding people, connecting to twitter via cell phones, allows people to comment on others' pages, post photos, engage in conversation.

The site is very interactive allowing people to communicate with others, comment on photos and posts, updates people with what their friends are currently doing, and involves and keeps the person interested - by having quiz', games, and groups to join.

People choose to contribute to this community as it is a form of communicating and keeping in contact and updated with friends and family, especially if they live far away. This is also a community in which people meet, make new friends.

Potential ethical issues that may arise in this community are that people can access anyone's account, view their friend's account, limited privacy.

This community holds over traditional notions of community are:

- it involves all types of people

- geographical location does not matter

- can engage in conversation when it suits you - ie at night, in the morning and the person replying is the same

Although though this community has benefits, it lacks face to face communication that that of traditional communities can. In today's society people getting used to communicating with others via technologies.

Services Offered by Blogger:

The services offered by blogger are:

- opportunity to post blogs, which can range from updates to general information

- able to view others' blogs and comment on their posts

- post links to other websites

- post video clips

Another blog hosts are "The Onlice Diary" found on http://www.my-diary.org/, myspace http://www.myspace.com/.