Nintendo's Wii console is the new exciting home entertainment system out there. Wii is fit for all ages and families and brings a revolution of motion controlled gaming. Discover a range of different games from Wii sports, Wii Fit, and the new Super Mario Bros. Connect your Wii to the internet to download new games, tv episodes, or just to browse the internet in your living room.
Nintendo's Wii can also be used to improve sequencing, reaction times, hand-eye coordination, spatial awareness, memory , muscle strength, and balance. Wii can be used for rehabilitation (wiihabilitation) as a motivational skill.
1. Why do you think Wii gaming has appeal to people who are not traditionally video game players?
As showen in the video clip, Wii is not a regular gaming system. It enables you to get up from the couch and play the game like you are really there. It is also an alternative exercise to the regular exercises taught by physios and OT's post surgery. The participants in this clip say "its tremendous in what it can do for you". Wii allows them to engage in sports they once played but can no longer like bowling, golf, and boxing.
2. The relevance of Wii to OT
Wii is relevant to OT practice as it can be used as an alternative interventions that can help clients to improve functional and cognitive ability. Wii is a good hands on approach which is fun, exciting and a bit different for clients to participate in.
Check out this website! its all about Wii
Wii Gaming
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Tutorial 7: Youtube & Flickr
Embedding YouTube Videos on to your blog
Embedding You Tube Videos:
Step 1: Find the You Tube video that you want to embed into your Blog.
Step 2: On a separate page, Log into your Blog.
Step 3: Click on "New Post"
Step 4: Add a title for the You Tube video in the "Title" box.
Step 5: Click back to the You Tube page.
Step 6: At the bottom of the video, Click the "Embed" button. The address highlight in blue.
Step 7: Now go up to the address bar at the top of the page and click (the address will highlight in blue) and click to copy.
Step 8: Go back to your Blog page. Click in the posting area so that the curser is flashing.
Step 9: Go up to the Edit button, drag down to Paste and click.
Step 10: Then click on "Publish Post."
Hot to upload your FlickR Badge to your Blog
FlickR Badge
Flickr is a site where you can store all your photos online. It is an easy way to share your photos with all your friends and family.
To create a Flickr Badge on your Blog, follow these instructions:
1. Go to www.flickr.com and follow the prompts to create your account.
2. Load your photographs into your Flickr account from a file or email account.
3. Enter www.flickr.com/badge.gne
4. Choose an HTML badge or a Flash Badge. A Flash Badge requires you to have Adobe Flash, otherwise choose HTML which can be viewed on all home computers.
5. Choose the photos you want to include in your Blog.
6. Click on Layout.
7. Choose how many photos you want to display at one time, the orientation and the size of the photos.
8. Font - personalise your text style, border, background and links....there is lots to choose from!
9. Copy and paste the code for your Flickr account into your Blog.
10. Well done, you can now access your Flickr photos from your Blog.
Embedding You Tube Videos:
Step 1: Find the You Tube video that you want to embed into your Blog.
Step 2: On a separate page, Log into your Blog.
Step 3: Click on "New Post"
Step 4: Add a title for the You Tube video in the "Title" box.
Step 5: Click back to the You Tube page.
Step 6: At the bottom of the video, Click the "Embed" button. The address highlight in blue.
Step 7: Now go up to the address bar at the top of the page and click (the address will highlight in blue) and click to copy.
Step 8: Go back to your Blog page. Click in the posting area so that the curser is flashing.
Step 9: Go up to the Edit button, drag down to Paste and click.
Step 10: Then click on "Publish Post."
Hot to upload your FlickR Badge to your Blog
FlickR Badge
Flickr is a site where you can store all your photos online. It is an easy way to share your photos with all your friends and family.
To create a Flickr Badge on your Blog, follow these instructions:
1. Go to www.flickr.com and follow the prompts to create your account.
2. Load your photographs into your Flickr account from a file or email account.
3. Enter www.flickr.com/badge.gne
4. Choose an HTML badge or a Flash Badge. A Flash Badge requires you to have Adobe Flash, otherwise choose HTML which can be viewed on all home computers.
5. Choose the photos you want to include in your Blog.
6. Click on Layout.
7. Choose how many photos you want to display at one time, the orientation and the size of the photos.
8. Font - personalise your text style, border, background and links....there is lots to choose from!
9. Copy and paste the code for your Flickr account into your Blog.
10. Well done, you can now access your Flickr photos from your Blog.
Tutorial 6: Online Communitites
FACEBOOK ..
www.facebook.com
"Facebook is a social networking website launched in February 2004 and operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc.[1] Users can add people as friends and send them messages, and update their personal profiles to notify friends about themselves. Additionally, users can join networks organized by workplace, school, or college. The website's name stems from the colloquial name of books given to students at the start of the academic year by university administrations in the US with the intention of helping students to get to know each other better. Anyone over the age of 13 can become a Facebook user, (Wikipedia,2010)."
Services Provided by Facebook
-Free online account
-Communication – Wall messages, private messages, status, news feed
-Can store your own Photos/ Videos – restricted or unrestricted photo albums
-Mobile face book
-Games, quizzes, birthday reminders/ calendars
-Advertisements/ Competitions
-Sharing links- youtube etc
Facebook is a very interactive site. Facebook offers interactive games, where you can invite your friends and play online with them. Facebook now has chat where you can instant message your friends when they appear online. You are constantly keeping in touch with your friends and family by your "Status" and the "News Feed" that appears in every individuals account. Everybody who creates an online Facebook account, contributes to this site. Facebook is a huge online community which is growing everyday.
So why do people use Facebook?...
Many people who join Facebook simply do it to stay in contact with friends and family. Facebook is a great way to simply say “Hi” to old school friends or to family who are living overseas. People choose to contribute to this community as it is a good way to express your personal thoughts and feelings to people all over the world. For some people this gives them a sense of beonging. People can also “Like” fan pages which gives them a chance to feel like they belong, as they are grouped with a range of different people with the same dislikes and likes as them. For example, “I love Edward Cullen group”.
Here is an example of a topic been discussed on Facebook about Free Will!!
http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=172484249794&topic=20297#!/topic.php?uid=172484249794&topic=20504
Ethical Issues...
Internet communities can be very dangerous if not properly informed on the risk that you are taken when singing up a account. Some of the ethical issues that can arise is privacy. As Facebook is viva the internet, people can access your personal information from all over the world if the privacy settings are not set at a restricted level. Some people take advantage of this free online facebook account and can create a false identity, pretending to be someone else. This can be dangerous as it may provide users with false infomation reagarding a persons personal infomation. Here are some more ethical issues that arise..
•Lack of real identity
•Identities can be stolen
•Misuse of telecommunication tools
•Copyright can be breached
•Information can be used or misused on the internet illegally, with little or no control.
The benefits Facebook holds over traditional notions of community..
Facebook provides instant free communication to friends and family all over the world. Facebook does this through instant chat, private messages, photos and wall posts, and ITS FREE!!
What this community lacks or can not provide which traditional communities can..
If the power fails or the computer breaks down, you are alienated from your online community leaving you isolated and alone. Online communities lack the personal interaction. Looking at a screen and talkin to some is very inpersonal, whereas going out and meeting someone in person is much more a personal activity. I truely believe that you dont really know someone untill you have met them in person.. Meeting someone in person lets you share a connection with them, from just a hand shake, or to just see them laugh or smile!
(Google Images, 2010)
www.facebook.com
"Facebook is a social networking website launched in February 2004 and operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc.[1] Users can add people as friends and send them messages, and update their personal profiles to notify friends about themselves. Additionally, users can join networks organized by workplace, school, or college. The website's name stems from the colloquial name of books given to students at the start of the academic year by university administrations in the US with the intention of helping students to get to know each other better. Anyone over the age of 13 can become a Facebook user, (Wikipedia,2010)."
Services Provided by Facebook
-Free online account
-Communication – Wall messages, private messages, status, news feed
-Can store your own Photos/ Videos – restricted or unrestricted photo albums
-Mobile face book
-Games, quizzes, birthday reminders/ calendars
-Advertisements/ Competitions
-Sharing links- youtube etc
Facebook is a very interactive site. Facebook offers interactive games, where you can invite your friends and play online with them. Facebook now has chat where you can instant message your friends when they appear online. You are constantly keeping in touch with your friends and family by your "Status" and the "News Feed" that appears in every individuals account. Everybody who creates an online Facebook account, contributes to this site. Facebook is a huge online community which is growing everyday.
So why do people use Facebook?...
Many people who join Facebook simply do it to stay in contact with friends and family. Facebook is a great way to simply say “Hi” to old school friends or to family who are living overseas. People choose to contribute to this community as it is a good way to express your personal thoughts and feelings to people all over the world. For some people this gives them a sense of beonging. People can also “Like” fan pages which gives them a chance to feel like they belong, as they are grouped with a range of different people with the same dislikes and likes as them. For example, “I love Edward Cullen group”.
Here is an example of a topic been discussed on Facebook about Free Will!!
http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=172484249794&topic=20297#!/topic.php?uid=172484249794&topic=20504
Ethical Issues...
Internet communities can be very dangerous if not properly informed on the risk that you are taken when singing up a account. Some of the ethical issues that can arise is privacy. As Facebook is viva the internet, people can access your personal information from all over the world if the privacy settings are not set at a restricted level. Some people take advantage of this free online facebook account and can create a false identity, pretending to be someone else. This can be dangerous as it may provide users with false infomation reagarding a persons personal infomation. Here are some more ethical issues that arise..
•Lack of real identity
•Identities can be stolen
•Misuse of telecommunication tools
•Copyright can be breached
•Information can be used or misused on the internet illegally, with little or no control.
The benefits Facebook holds over traditional notions of community..
Facebook provides instant free communication to friends and family all over the world. Facebook does this through instant chat, private messages, photos and wall posts, and ITS FREE!!
What this community lacks or can not provide which traditional communities can..
If the power fails or the computer breaks down, you are alienated from your online community leaving you isolated and alone. Online communities lack the personal interaction. Looking at a screen and talkin to some is very inpersonal, whereas going out and meeting someone in person is much more a personal activity. I truely believe that you dont really know someone untill you have met them in person.. Meeting someone in person lets you share a connection with them, from just a hand shake, or to just see them laugh or smile!
(Google Images, 2010)
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Tutorial 8: Assitive Technology
ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY
"Assistive technology (AT) is a generic term that includes assistive, adaptive, and rehabilitative devices for people with disabilities and includes the process used in selecting, locating, and using them,"(Wikipedia, 2010,pg. 1).
STAR- Special Technology And Resources
http://www.starmobility.co.nz/
Talking Photo Album
Talking photo albums are great fun!! The album pictured holds 24 4 x 6 inch photos and allows a 10 second recording for each photo. A record button allows you to record the message you want for each page. To listen to these messages all you need to do is push the “arrow” on each page and they will play the message associated with the photo. Talking photo albums come in various sizes (e.g., 24 photos, 36 photos.)
Talking Photo Albums, 4 x 6 inch photos cost approximately $85.00.
How does this photo album increase functional capacity?
- As a conversation starter: Insert photos of the individual engaged in various activities with relevant messages recorded (e.g., activities done at home over the weekend)
As a conversation starter: Insert photos of preferred or favorite activities that can provide a basis for a conversation
To share information about what happened at school: Insert digital photos and messages about school activities
To provide directions for completing a task: Insert photos representing the sequence in which the activity is to be completed; a verbal instruction or cue can be recorded for each photo
Talking photo albums can be used as a great communication aid for individuals who have limited verbal communication skills.
"Assistive technology (AT) is a generic term that includes assistive, adaptive, and rehabilitative devices for people with disabilities and includes the process used in selecting, locating, and using them,"(Wikipedia, 2010,pg. 1).
STAR- Special Technology And Resources
http://www.starmobility.co.nz/
Talking Photo Album
Talking photo albums are great fun!! The album pictured holds 24 4 x 6 inch photos and allows a 10 second recording for each photo. A record button allows you to record the message you want for each page. To listen to these messages all you need to do is push the “arrow” on each page and they will play the message associated with the photo. Talking photo albums come in various sizes (e.g., 24 photos, 36 photos.)
Talking Photo Albums, 4 x 6 inch photos cost approximately $85.00.
How does this photo album increase functional capacity?
- As a conversation starter: Insert photos of the individual engaged in various activities with relevant messages recorded (e.g., activities done at home over the weekend)
As a conversation starter: Insert photos of preferred or favorite activities that can provide a basis for a conversation
To share information about what happened at school: Insert digital photos and messages about school activities
To provide directions for completing a task: Insert photos representing the sequence in which the activity is to be completed; a verbal instruction or cue can be recorded for each photo
Talking photo albums can be used as a great communication aid for individuals who have limited verbal communication skills.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Tutorial 4&5: Video Production
Services offered by YouTube
YouTube is another service provide by Google that lets users upload and view videos that come from all around the world. This service lets uses rate, add comments, and subscribe to their favourite videos.
(Google Images, 2010)
http://www.youtube.com/
How the use of planning (storyboarding and scripting)
aided our short film
Storyboarding
The purposes a storyboard is to create a series of drawings of the film as how you think it will appear on the screen. This plays and important part in the film production as it is a plan of the end product and can referred to during production.
It is important that every scene in your film is planned carefully so everybody knows what has to be done and no time is wasted during production.
Scripting
The script is one of the most important parts in film production. “The script is the vehicle by which the thoughts and ideas of the author are transmitted to the audience” (PIO 1, 2010, pg. 4). The main things that are good script should include are:’
• Moods and expressions
• Facial expressions
• Vocal expressions
• Movement
• Interaction with other characters
• Special effects
• Sound track instructions
• Lighting
• Camera Angles and types of shot
• Background sound and setting
• On screen graphics and titles
For the director to create the visual and audio picture he wants, the script should include enough technical information to make this happen
YouTube is another service provide by Google that lets users upload and view videos that come from all around the world. This service lets uses rate, add comments, and subscribe to their favourite videos.
(Google Images, 2010)
http://www.youtube.com/
How the use of planning (storyboarding and scripting)
aided our short film
Storyboarding
The purposes a storyboard is to create a series of drawings of the film as how you think it will appear on the screen. This plays and important part in the film production as it is a plan of the end product and can referred to during production.
It is important that every scene in your film is planned carefully so everybody knows what has to be done and no time is wasted during production.
Scripting
The script is one of the most important parts in film production. “The script is the vehicle by which the thoughts and ideas of the author are transmitted to the audience” (PIO 1, 2010, pg. 4). The main things that are good script should include are:’
• Moods and expressions
• Facial expressions
• Vocal expressions
• Movement
• Interaction with other characters
• Special effects
• Sound track instructions
• Lighting
• Camera Angles and types of shot
• Background sound and setting
• On screen graphics and titles
For the director to create the visual and audio picture he wants, the script should include enough technical information to make this happen
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Work In Progress
Our short film is unable to upload onto the ULead programme.. but it is work in progress
Tutorial 3: The Services Offered By Blogger
Bloggerspot
BLOGGERSPOT is a website that allows you to design and create your own individual blog. You can add photos, links to your favorite sites, badges and have your own person diary!!
Engage your friends
Creating a blog is about sharing thoughts and ideas with your friends and family. With bloggerspot you can control who you can read and write to your blog.
Design your Blog
You can choose from a range of different fonts and coulours, you can ra-arrange your blog the way you like and choose from a selection of different templates.
Go Mobile
Blogger mobile ables you to send blogs and pictures straight from your mobile phone when your on the go. All you need to do is send a message to go@blogger.com from your phone. The message itself is enough to create a brand new blog and post whatever photo and text you've sent.
Remember
Bloggerspot is completely free!!!!!!!!!!!
A simliar sight to Bloggspot is Blogsome
Blogger www.blogsome.com/
BLOGGERSPOT is a website that allows you to design and create your own individual blog. You can add photos, links to your favorite sites, badges and have your own person diary!!
Engage your friends
Creating a blog is about sharing thoughts and ideas with your friends and family. With bloggerspot you can control who you can read and write to your blog.
Design your Blog
You can choose from a range of different fonts and coulours, you can ra-arrange your blog the way you like and choose from a selection of different templates.
Go Mobile
Blogger mobile ables you to send blogs and pictures straight from your mobile phone when your on the go. All you need to do is send a message to go@blogger.com from your phone. The message itself is enough to create a brand new blog and post whatever photo and text you've sent.
Remember
Bloggerspot is completely free!!!!!!!!!!!
A simliar sight to Bloggspot is Blogsome
Blogger www.blogsome.com/
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Tutorial 2: Digital Imaging
Digital VS Film based cameras
Digital Camera-pluses
-Uploads photos onto computer straight away
-Uploads photos to Facebook, flickr, on emails etc
-Ability to delete unwanted photos of camera straight away
-Can take 100+ photos
Digital Camera Minuses
-Lower quality of picture
-Keep photos on computer without getting hard copy.
If computer breaks can loose them all.
-Expensive Cost
Digtal images -Storage/transferred/manipulated
-Facebook, twitter, flickr, bebo
-Camera cellphone
-Photos can be edited easily - lighter/brighter,take out flaws
Ethical Issues
-Privacy Issues
-Technophobes
-Cost (Some people cant afford them)
Digital Camera used in OT
-To help prevent the therapist to remember what the clients house looked liked that needs equipment put in place or homing modifications
-Sends pictures to Enable NZ
FlickR
-lets people store as many pictures as you want on the internet privately or open
-can view photos as a slide show
Digital VS Optical Zoom
Digital
Simply crops image to smaller size then enlargers the cropped portion
Optical
Works like zoom lens on film camera. Lens changes focal length and magnification as it is zoomed in. Image quality stays high throughout zoom range.
Digital Camera-pluses
-Uploads photos onto computer straight away
-Uploads photos to Facebook, flickr, on emails etc
-Ability to delete unwanted photos of camera straight away
-Can take 100+ photos
Digital Camera Minuses
-Lower quality of picture
-Keep photos on computer without getting hard copy.
If computer breaks can loose them all.
-Expensive Cost
Digtal images -Storage/transferred/manipulated
-Facebook, twitter, flickr, bebo
-Camera cellphone
-Photos can be edited easily - lighter/brighter,take out flaws
Ethical Issues
-Privacy Issues
-Technophobes
-Cost (Some people cant afford them)
Digital Camera used in OT
-To help prevent the therapist to remember what the clients house looked liked that needs equipment put in place or homing modifications
-Sends pictures to Enable NZ
FlickR
-lets people store as many pictures as you want on the internet privately or open
-can view photos as a slide show
Digital VS Optical Zoom
Digital
Simply crops image to smaller size then enlargers the cropped portion
Optical
Works like zoom lens on film camera. Lens changes focal length and magnification as it is zoomed in. Image quality stays high throughout zoom range.
Tutorial 1: Information Technology and Ethics
Information Technology (IT)
"the study, design, development, implementation, support or management if computer based information-system particularly software applications and computer hardware." (Wikipedia, 2008)
Devices and Systems i use..
Computer/printer
mobile phone
Ipod
USB
IT is been used in Occupational Therapy practice all the time. In my fieldwork experience my OT used the computer to type up reports on clients, to research different diseases or treatments,to upload photos and to organize her information.
DEFINITIONS
Intellectual Property
"An umbrella term for various legal entitlements which attain to certain types of information ideas, or other intangibles in their expressed form." (Wikipedia, 2007)
Social Justice
"An ideal of society where justice refers to economic status rather than to the administration of laws. Based on an idea of society which gives individuals and groups fair treatment and a just share of the benefits of society." (Wikipedia, 2007)
Informed Consent
"Legal condition whereby a person can be said to have given consent based upon and appreciation and understating of the facts and implications of an action." (Wikipedia 2007)
"the study, design, development, implementation, support or management if computer based information-system particularly software applications and computer hardware." (Wikipedia, 2008)
Devices and Systems i use..
Computer/printer
mobile phone
Ipod
USB
IT is been used in Occupational Therapy practice all the time. In my fieldwork experience my OT used the computer to type up reports on clients, to research different diseases or treatments,to upload photos and to organize her information.
DEFINITIONS
Intellectual Property
"An umbrella term for various legal entitlements which attain to certain types of information ideas, or other intangibles in their expressed form." (Wikipedia, 2007)
Social Justice
"An ideal of society where justice refers to economic status rather than to the administration of laws. Based on an idea of society which gives individuals and groups fair treatment and a just share of the benefits of society." (Wikipedia, 2007)
Informed Consent
"Legal condition whereby a person can be said to have given consent based upon and appreciation and understating of the facts and implications of an action." (Wikipedia 2007)
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