{"id":507,"date":"2015-09-21T06:44:13","date_gmt":"2015-09-21T06:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/bootcamp2\/?p=507"},"modified":"2015-09-27T21:17:47","modified_gmt":"2015-09-27T21:17:47","slug":"week-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/bootcamp2\/week-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Blogging Bootcamp Week 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As usual there will be 2 Glow Meets of Tuesday 2:00pm and 4:15pm<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/meet.glowscotland.org.uk\/bootcamp\">https:\/\/meet.glowscotland.org.uk\/bootcamp<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>The powerpoint files and recording will be added to this post after the event.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/meet.glowscotland.org.uk\/p3ae5ld82d2\/\">2pm Meet &#8211; watch again<\/a>\u00a0|<a href=\"https:\/\/meet.glowscotland.org.uk\/p1mhk2cq8fc\/\"> 4:15 Meet &#8211; watch again<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/bootcamp2\/uploads\/sites\/2912\/2015\/09\/week-4-pupils.ppt\">Slide Week 4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This weeks Tasks:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Technical<\/strong>:\u00a0We are focusing on media. Using Photo Galleries, Audio and Video<\/li>\n<li><strong>Discussions:\u00a0<\/strong>Why would you use different media in blog posts, what are the advantages and disadvantages of text, images, audio and video?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Challenges: <\/strong>Photoblitz<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Create a photo Gallery in response to at least 5 of 10\u00a0ideas listed below.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Technical<\/h3>\n<p>We will look at Galleries in a bit more detail, captioning images and using\u00a0featured images\u00a0on posts. We will also look at how featured content works in the twentyfourteen theme.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/how-to-wordpress-4\/adding-an-image-gallery-wp4\/\">Adding an image gallery &#8211; \u00a0Glow Blog Help<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/files\/2014\/12\/Adding-an-Image-Gallery.docx\">Adding an Image Gallery MS docx<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/files\/2014\/12\/Adding-an-Image-Gallery.pdf\">Adding an Image Gallery PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 474px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-507-1\" width=\"474\" height=\"296\" poster=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/bloggingbootcamp\/files\/2015\/03\/galleries-features-images.png\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/bloggingbootcamp\/files\/2015\/03\/Galleries-Featured-Images.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/bloggingbootcamp\/files\/2015\/03\/Galleries-Featured-Images.mp4\">https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/bloggingbootcamp\/files\/2015\/03\/Galleries-Featured-Images.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>From the Glow Blog help,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/how-to-wordpress-4\/adding-media-wp4\/\">Adding Media<\/a>: Download:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/files\/2014\/12\/Audio-and-Video.docx\">Audio and Video MS docx<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/files\/2014\/12\/Audio-and-Video.pdf\">Audio and Video PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 474px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-507-2\" width=\"474\" height=\"296\" poster=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/bloggingbootcamp\/files\/2015\/04\/glowblog-audio-video-splash.png\" preload=\"none\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/bloggingbootcamp\/files\/2015\/04\/adding-media-bootcamp.mp4?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/bloggingbootcamp\/files\/2015\/04\/adding-media-bootcamp.mp4\">https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/bloggingbootcamp\/files\/2015\/04\/adding-media-bootcamp.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<h3>Discussion<\/h3>\n<p>Why and when would you use text, images, audio and video? What are the good and bad points of each, both from a creator and consumers point of view?<\/p>\n<h3>Challenges<\/h3>\n<p><strong>1. Photoblitz<\/strong>:\u00a0Create a photo Gallery in response to at least 5 of the following ideas.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Take a photo in which a mirror is a major element<\/li>\n<li>Confusion &#8211; Take a picture of confusion.<\/li>\n<li>Make a beautiful photo of something rusted or crushed.<\/li>\n<li>Let&#8217;s play with movement. Get a shot of something in motion.<\/li>\n<li>Make a photo containing stone, water and clouds.<\/li>\n<li>Take a photo that makes use of converging lines.<\/li>\n<li>Create an interesting photo that includes looking through one<\/li>\n<li>object to see another<\/li>\n<li>Make a silhouette by aiming the camera into bright light.<\/li>\n<li>Make an ordinary object look more interesting, almost<\/li>\n<li>supernatural.<\/li>\n<li>The theme is blue. Blue Monday? Blue bird? 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