Multimedia Tools

Sending messages have become way easier now that there are numerous methods and applications.  The use of multimedia has helped to illustrate those messages to the receiver or audiences.  By joining blogs and signing up for certain applications, one can gain information from a source daily and even hourly.  With this free application, http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html, you are able to record up to five minutes of video.  The site allows you to easily capture what you can see, record up to five minutes of anything that you find important and share the screenshots and videos all over the web quickly.  This is not the only site that can be used for this purpose; there are also others that will allow anyone to subscribe for a fee with unlimited recording.  For example, camtasia, the information for this site can be found at http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.html.  Both of these sites can be used on either a Mac or a PC. 

                iMovie is also a good source to record videos that you would like to post, the only difficulty with using this method is that you can only use it on a Mac computer.  On many older models this application is already added to the computer.  This tool allows you to record and edit the information that you are trying to share with ease.  The link to the information and download for this application is http://www.apple.com/mac/imovie/.  For those of us that do not have a Mac computer, there is a Windows Movie Maker, http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/features/movie-maker  which is free or Adobe Premiere Pro, http://www.adobe.com/products/premiere.html that allows you to use e resource for a fee.

                The most familiar source and easiest to edit in my opinion is PowerPoint.  This is something that has been a part of Microsoft Office for many years and has evolved to allow you to add music or audio to any sideshow.  There is not continuous motion, like there would be in a video clip or movie, but it has the same impact.  This source is free and is already included on most computers with Microsoft Office.

                I think that iMovie, Windows Media Player and PowerPoint are the most used sources to share information.  There are plenty of tutorials to explain how to use each of them and use the latest technology.  If I were trying to share information to a wide audience I would use one or more of these methods and share it on YouTube or post it to a blog or website.

References

Adobe Systems Incorporated. Adobe Premiere Pro CC (2014). Retrieved from Website: http://www.adobe.com/products/premiere.html

Apple Incorporated. iMovie (2014). Retrieved from Website: http://www.apple.com/mac/imovie/

Educational Technology Resources. Multimedia Tools (2014) Retrieved from Website: https://aartechresources.wikispaces.com/Multimedia+Tools

Microsoft. Movie Maker (2014). Retrieved from Website: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/features/movie-maker

TechSmith Corporation. Jing (1994-2014). Retrieved from Website: http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html

TechSmith Corporation. Camtasia (1994-2014). Retrieved from Website: http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.html