Some considerations in selecting a social sharing service (please add your thoughts as comments)
What are your goals & objectives?
Are you prepared for your works to be used without attribution?
Free or Fee, or both
Ease of Use
Is that service popular? (why do you think this matters?)
Who are the main users of that service?
What's the popular image/ branding of that service?
What's your preferred degree of control of your content? (e.g. private Vs. public access, moderation)
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The podcasting workshop (Day 2) would be held at the Singapore Management University, Executive Media Theatre, Administration Building.
The video was recorded with my digital camera (so the video quality isn't that great).
After I went home, I did a minor edit with the video by cutting out the walk down the passage way. I save the original clip as two files and merged them together in Apple iLife '06 iMovie.
Next, I wrote a brief script and recorded the voice over with the Audacity audio editor and recorder (which I'll be showing the participants how to use). Then saved it as a MP3 file.
The MP3 file was imported to the iMovie clip. Cuts on the audio was done in iMovie.
For the background music, I selected "Saturday In May" (a song I composed in May 2006, when I was learning my way around GarageBand). Adjustments was also made to the track volume in iMovie.
Finally, I added the transitions and titles.
Took about 45 minutes (excluding the recording of the video).
Synopsis: In 2006, TIME magazine voted “You” - producers and consumers of new media content - as its Person of the Year, and gave YouTube its much-coveted “Invention of the Year”. Yes, the age of new media has arrived, even as it evolves into an intricate social web of community and collaboration.
What opportunities do new media offer to organisations seeking to further their communications objectives and target new audiences and stakeholders in this increasingly networked world? And just how does someone new to this fast-evolving landscape take the first steps to participate in its dynamism?
The Civil Service College is pleased to launch a 2-day course that adopts an interactive and hands-on approach to explore key issues related to using new media as a communications tool. Day 1 provides an overview of Singapore’s new media scene, and features industry practitioners and public service agencies that have implemented new media communications initiatives. Day 2 takes a hands-on approach in helping participants understand the culture of new media through the process of creating content for new media platforms such as blogs, YouTube podcasts, and Wikipedia.
Objective: At the end of the course, participants will be able to:
Learn about current culture and trends in new media
Understand key issues on use of new media for communication and information sharing
Find out how other public sector organisations have implemented new media initiatives to engage stakeholders
Create content for new media platforms
Course Outline:
Day One
New media culture & trends: Singapore’s new media scene
Incorporating new media into your communications plan
Case studies:
Old Stories, New Media - The Tale of Yesterday.sg
Using new media in public communication (NLB)
Using new media as an organisational tool for internal communication
Measuring New Media Return on Investment
Day Two - The programme for Day 2 consists of hands-on sessions on the internet.
Programme Category: Public Administration - Communications
Course Title: Talk on "Overview on the "W & H" of Blogging and New Media"
Synopsis: This introductory talk gives us an overview on blogging in the new media landscape. The Internet space has created a global village for spirited and borderless communication, information sharing and learning. The advent of new media has renewed the dynamism of the cybersphere, particularly in the use of blogs.
Join us for this talk and learn how to use blogs and the basics of other new media tools. Understand the impact these new communication channels have created in our social and work environment and also learn where and how to explore their use further. Keep yourself up to date with the latest in communications.
Objective: By the end of the talk, you would be able to:
understand the differences between traditional media and new media, with emphasis on blogging
gain insights into the latest trends in blogging, the use of other new media tools, the reasons why people express themselves using new media and how blogging can be applied in the context of public communications
Course Outline:
Traditional Media vs New Media - impact on the social environment and the public sector
What are the new media tools?
Blogging
How do blogs differ from traditional websites and other online communications tools?
What is blogging and why do people blog?
Basic blogging etiquette
Latest trends in blogging - how blogs are being used by organisations and individuals
Overview of other new media tools:
Podcasting/vodcasting
Online videos
RSS
Wikis
Virtual worlds
Trainers/ Facilitators: Ivan Chew
Schedule Information: 21/09/2007 Time: 2.30pm - 4.30pm Course Fee: Complimentary Additional Fee Info: A new initiative by CSC, IPAM to bring new media tools to our public officers.
--------------------------------------- Trainer Details Ivan Chew has been trained as a professional librarian. Ivan graduated with 1st Class honours from the University of London in Information Systems and Management. Subsequently, he pursued a MSc (Information Studies) from Nanyang Technology University. He is in charge of Adult & Young People's Services in NLB where he manages a team of librarians in delivering services, organizing talks, workshops and outreach programmes to schools, organisations as well as local and overseas community partners. He has been training on Blogging and Podcasting workshops on numerous occasions. Currently he has 6 blogs and 1 podcast. A man of many talents, he can draw, paint as well as play guitar for an amateur band. He also counts blogging, poetry writing and playing piano as his interests. Ivan has also taken a keen interest in Library Services for People with Disabilities.
Links for the MOE ExCEL FEST 2007. The resources listed here are highly selective and far from exhaustive. I'm focusing on what I think would be those that are immediately applicable, popular and most practical for a school teacher in Singapore. If you've more to add, you're most welcome to leave a comment.
