According to a wikipedia defintion, the term “digital mashup’ is defined as:

1. Digital media content containing any or all of text, graphics, audio, video and animation drawn from pre-existing sources, to create a new derivative work.

I have a background in video and cable television production, radio, disc jockey, theatrical and live event production and have been focusing on how to incorporate each of these elements into my social media teachings.

Here is one recent example:

This video, uploaded to YouTube, is made up primarily of photos taken by my kidlets (some captured as individual screenshots taken from video footage shot on that day), and voice-over (air-check) recorded live from that day. I edited using AVS Video Editor 4 (which was recommended to me last year by a Twitter follower), with white titles added over black background generated by the software.

This took several months for me to figure out how to best edit this together, through trial and error.

Could it be better? Sure.

Is it OK for now? I think so. I’ll use it as a case study, when I start teaching again in the Fall at OLLI-Rutgers.

The take-home point: The more ways you can reach and connect with your audience, through various media, the better.

Teach yourself, learn from others, share what you know. That’s my philosophy. If that’s your philosophy, let’s talk.

Questions? Comments? Feel free to send an email to eva {at} evaabreu {dot} com or connect on Facebook or Twitter.

Thanks for reading / viewing / listening / commenting.

Talk to you soon,
Eva