Thursday, June 01, 2017

SleepTrackCam

A video created for an assignment in CS875


SleepTrackCam


Utilizing the Animoto web site a simple video was created (Animoto, 2017).   The default music utilized was royalty free. Clipart used in the video was retrieved from a royalty free clipart collection website (Openclipart, n.d.).  The approach utilized was to tell the story of a fictions Internet of Things (IoT) device named SleepTrackCam.  The idea is that a device with a camera, microphone, and various sensors would monitor sleep.  To avoid privacy and security concerns processing would occur locally (edge computing).  The video has been published to my blog  http://alandennis.blogspot.com/2017/06/sleeptrackcam.html for those who are interested.
Having used Animoto, it raises questions regarding how presentations should be done.  Typically, a PowerPoint presentation has a great deal more text on each slide than Animoto allows.  Perhaps that is beneficial.  The use of images and simple text slides may transfer knowledge in a more succinct way.  The process requires considerable thought, comparable to expressing a complex idea in a tweet.



References
Animoto. (2017). Animoto.   Retrieved from https://animoto.com/dashboard

Openclipart. (n.d.). Clipart - High Quality, Easy to Use, Free Support.   Retrieved from https://openclipart.org/




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