This week we worked with several media annotation programs and studied oral history recording and transcription processes.<\/p>\n

MEDIA ANNOTATION<\/p>\n

Thinglink<\/a> provides a handy means of annotating media for free, at least for the basic features.\u00a0 It’s especially useful because the files users create easily shared or embedded in a variety of platforms (WordPress\u2014as seen below\u2014Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Google+, Tumblr, Edmodo, Tackk, email or the Thinklink Facebook app).\u00a0 Beyond sharing capabilities, it also allows users to create channels, which essentially creates a ‘playlist’ of media (either image or video) that can be shared for play or educational purposes.\u00a0 One of the more education-oriented features is group annotation, thus facilitating group projects in which users other than the owner can collaborate on contributing annotations of various types\u2014text, images, links and video.\u00a0 JJ also mentioned a small museum that incorporated the embedded files as a means of making their collection more interactive online.\u00a0 The site is a supremely useful on that I would strongly recommend.<\/p>\n