Work Fast, Play Hard

Dedicated to the forth street balloons 5th May - 28th May

This video was made by myself and three other class mates. the idea was to reflect an aspect of participation. As this was quite a broad topic and we basically just wanted to play in the balloons at my flat we decided to keep as much video time as possible for this activity. In retrospect we would have given the photos more time to flick through as they go too fast for our liking. But the balloons were fun.

Tut Four and Five Technical Description

Tutorial Four and Five: Video Production Sessions

Task One: Follow instructions and work in a small group to plan and produce and edit a 30 second short.

Task Two: Set up a U Tube account

Task Three: Follow instructions to posting your video on U Tube.

Task Four (Blog Posting): Provide a brief summary of the services offered by U Tube. Information can be drawn from the week five tutorial hand out. YouTube is a video sharing website where users can upload, view and share video clips. Unregistered users can watch most videos on the site, while registered users are permitted to upload an unlimited number of videos

Task Five (Blog Posting): Provide a brief account (1-2 paragraphs) on how the use of planning (storyboarding and scripting aided your groups short film. Storyboarding and scripting helped my group to decide what the theme and path our story would take. We were able to talk through and document all of our ideas and then put the together in a reasonable order. From that we were able to look at what clips would be still frames and what would be short movies. For the movie piece we wrote what would be said and when. We also wrote a story line for the still frames even though these would not be seen visually in the film itself, but by doing this we were able to make sure our pictures followed each other in a logical order.

Tut Three Technical Description

Tutorial Three: Blog Creation Tasks

Task One: Follow instructions to set up a account with Blogger This will involve setting up a Google account (make note of your user name and password)

Task Two: Follow instructions to complete the following Blog construction tasks Choose a Blog Template (this can be changed later if you wish) Provide a Blog title (this will need to incorporate your name and the course title Participation in Occupation 1) Provide a Blog outline. This is a short statement outlining the purpose of the Blog (this information should come from the course outline and assessment guidelines for Participation in Occupation 1). Complete your Blog profile (you need to include your age, gender, industry, occupation and location) Up load a photo to your Blog profile

Task Three: Follow instructions to start posting content. Your first two post should be taken from the technical descriptions for tutorials one and two.

Task Four: Provide a brief summary of the services offered by Blogger (this will be your third posting. Information can be drawn from the attached hand out). In addition to this name one other Blog host. Blogger is a site that enables people to keep an online diary. It also enables people to collaborate all of their links to other sites. For example links to their photos on Flickr and videos on You Tube. It enables other people to follow them through whatever route is displayed through their blog.

Task Five: Upload 5 photos from tutorial 5 onto your flickr account.

Any remaining time can be spent · Exploring Blogs hosted by Blogger and other services (e.g.myspace) · Setting up a personal Blog · Organising your flickr account into groups

Tut Two Technical Description

Tutorial Two: Digital Camera use and applications

“A new technology is rarely superior to an old one in every feature”. Briefly discuss this statement in relation to digital camera technology. What would you consider to be some of the pluses and minuses digital camera technology holds in relation to more traditional film based cameras? Newer cameras have the ability to be multifunctional, for example they are able to take still pictures as well as movie frames. However in some digital cameras the technology used to zoom, and transfer onto computer or file cause a loss of definition, although on the other side of that they are able to zoom further.

List some of the ways that digital images can be stored transferred and manipulated using other communications technology. Images can be stored either on the memory card of the camera or transferred to a file in a computer. From the computer you are able to zoom, distort, change colours and increase or decrease the overall size and look of the image.

Given the prevalence of image capturing devices, and thinking about the issues discussed in tutorial one, consider what sort of ethical issues may arise with their use. Due to their prevalence and the ease of use these devices may overtake conventional methods of data gathering and storage of information. For example, when an interview is taped rather than the interviewer having to pay attention and write information down and also using computer files to store information rather than having hard copies. The danger there of course is if the system crashes and data is not backed up somewhere or no hard copy was made.

Briefly discuss some of the ways that digital images could, or are, being used in occupational therapy practice. To document a home visit in order to show proof in a report of what changes need to be made. To document trips or special moments in a client’s therapy, in order to create a diary of their progress. To capture images of ROM or something similar to compare with later in treatment.

Provide a brief summary of the services offered by Flickr.com Flickr is an image and video hosting website, web services suite, and online community platform. In addition to being a popular Web site for users to share personal photographs, the service is widely used by bloggers as a photo repository. Its popularity has been fueled by its organization tools, which allow photos to be tagged and browsed by folksonomic means. As of November 2007, it hosts more than two billion images. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flickr: Retrieved 26 May 2008

Name one other photo storage website which offers a service similar to Flickr.com Photobucket is also a site which allows photos to be stored and shared via the internet.

Explain what the difference is between a digital and an optical zoom Optical zoom works just like a zoom lens on a film camera. The lens changes focal length and magnification as it is zoomed. Image quality stays high throughout the zoom range. Digital zoom simply crops the image to a smaller size, then enlarges the cropped portion to fill the frame again. Digital zoom results in a significant loss of quality as is clear from the examples below.

Explain what is meant by the term mega pixel A mega pixel is one million pixels. Pixels are what make up the picture. The bigger picture that is being printed then the bigger pixel count you are going to want in order for a clear picture to be produced

Tut One Technical Description

Tutorial One: Information Technology and Ethical Issues

Provide a definition of Information Technology/Information Communications Technology (APA reference required) Information Technology is the use of computers, telecomunications, etc in electronic processing, storing, retreiving, and sending information Allen, R. (consultant editor). (2004). The penguin english dictionary. London: Penguin Books

Consider the definition of IT you have provided. How is this form of technology prevalent in our society? How common place has it become? The use of computers and telecommunications has become common place in our society as technology has increased. It is now common place for every school, workplace and home to use computers as a way of storage (ie – photos), and most prominently as a way of sending and retrieving information in the form of email etc.

What IT devices or system do you feel comfortable and competent using? I feel competent using computers, most of the time. For example I am competent with the basics – word; internet; powerpoint etc. I am competent using video cameras and digital cameras. And of course cell phones. All these things are purely due to personal experiences.

Thinking about your own fieldwork experiences consider how IT is being used in Occupational Therapy practice? My main encounters with IT in fieldwork are computer systems used for taking notes and entering assessment data. Also digital cameras which were used to document ward trips. These provided the ward with something memorable patients could take away with them on discharge.

What ethical implications arise from the capturing, sharing and transferring of information via IT devices (e.g. mobile phones) or systems (e.g. internet) For fieldwork there is the worry about just how private it is and who the information can be accessed by. The internet has proven many times not to be as secure as people often think. The information provided about clients on the internet systems is personal and would be detrimental in the wrong hands.

Provide a definition of Computer Ethics (APA reference required) Computer ethics is a branch of practical philosophy which deals with how computing professionals should make decisions regarding professional and social conduct. Retrieved February 14, 2007, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_ethics

Provide a definition of Intellectual Property (APA reference required) In law, intellectual property (IP) is an umbrella term for various legal entitlements which attach to certain types of information, ideas, or other intangibles in their expressed form. The holder of this legal entitlement is generally entitled to exercise various exclusive rights in relation to the subject matter of the IP. The term intellectual property reflects the idea that this subject matter is the product of the mind or the intellect, and that IP rights may be protected at law in the same way as any other form of property. However, the use of the term and the concepts it is said to embody are the subject of some controversy Retrieved February 14, 2007, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_property

Provide a definition of Social Justice (APA reference required) Social justice mostly refers to an ideal of society, where "justice" refers to economic status rather than to the administration of laws. It is based on the idea of a society which gives individuals and groups fair treatment and a just share of the benefits of society, although what is "fair treatment" and a "just share" must remain unclear or subject to interpretation. Retreived Februry 14, 2007, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_justice

Provide a definition of Informed Consent (APA reference required) Informed consent is a legal condition whereby a person can be said to have given consent based upon an appreciation and understanding of the facts and implications of an action. Retrieved February 14, 2007, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informed_consent

In your own words briefly summarise why (or why not) a great understanding of ITC and the ethical issues it encompasses will help us in our practice and daily lives. Having an aweness of the ethical issues of ITC will help us as we will be able to make an informed judgement on what is appropriate to use the devices and systems for. This will minimise the risk of troubles arising in our practice and daily lives.