Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Week 9: # 23 In Summary...

My journey throughout Learning 2.0 has been a mixture of... interesting, fun & STRESS!

There were favorite exercises & many hiccups with Webmarshal. Due to this difficulty many hours were spent at home late into the night trying to get through and complete tasks. There were just not enough hours in the day to get through each exercise at work. There were many interruptions!

I must admit that I am more knowledgable after discovering Learning 2.0 and it was an experience to blog!

Week 9: # 22 Downloadable audio


Since becoming a dad for the first time in February this year, my whole world has changed!
Now having audio books make my life much easier because I don't need to read my son a story when I have had a long day, instead we can listen to audio books together. This is wonderful technology at it's finest!


Monday, October 22, 2007

Week 9: # 21 Podcasting

Podcasting allows you to listen or view just about anything. I am always catching up on shows that I have wanted to listen to or watch. It is so easy to podcast & I really enjoy using this gifted technology. The following link is one that I use- Podcast.net ; Podcastalley.com ; Yahoo Podcast




Week 9: # 20You Tube - Kiera Chaplin in Guca

Thursday, October 18, 2007

Week 8 : # 19 Discovering Web 2.0 tools

For this discovery exercise I have selected a couple of sites from list of Web 2.0 Awards nominees and I explored it. I found a things which interest me and I was impressed with results. I selected 2 different category :

  • Photos & digital Images / tools : picnik.com/

  • Travel / tools : realtravel.com/

With Picnik you can quickly edit your online photos , remove red-eye , fix underexposed photos or apply effects to photos. Link to this site is :



http://www.picnik.com/


With Realtravel site/travelblog you can get real advice , real experience from real people. You can plan the trip with a free advice and save with travel deals . This site was voted as one of the best of Web for trip planning. Link to this site is :


http://realtravel.com/



I could see those sites use in library webzone (public computers) settings (desktop shortcuts) as a quick and easy way for library patrons to upload their photos or to get free advice for their future travel plans.

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Week 8 : # 18 Web- based Apps / Zoho Writer


I have created a account with Zoho Writer and did a few test documents . Lots of options and templates and I had fun exploring it especially with Template library... This is a link to Zoho Writer account :
https://accounts.zoho.com/iam/u/h
And , also I have opened an account with wiki-zoho and a link is:

Monday, October 15, 2007

Week 7 : # 17 Playing around with PBWiki


Prior to inputting URL of your blog under Australian Blogs you are actually asked to give your name & email & password first (so be aware of this.) . I have played around and completed this and my blog post is on Favorite Blogs page under Australian Blogs.

Week 7 : # 16 Wikis

I enjoyed searching & looking @ library wikis . SJCPL subject Guides' was one that had a lot of useful information - ie Educatin ; Computer classes ; Family history etc ...
The types of information wikis that might work well within libraries can be ' Information & sharing education ; Reference Services and Information Literacy :
Online Reference (IM, Web-based, etc.)
Free Online Reference Resources
Future of Reference Service
Information Literacy
Online Tutorials
Radical Reference
Subject Guides
Traditional Reference Services

Thursday, October 11, 2007

Week 6 : # 15 On Library 2.0 & Web 2.0

John Riemer's perspective on library 2.0 is interesting . He says " Through RSS feeds , libraries can package and push their content to users' preferred working places. The data can be customized and offered for a wide variety of parameters , including classification ranges , allowing users to compile and subscribe to the sources they find most useful."

Although library 2.0 is an advanced change to library services , I think that many library patrons may not be positive about this change. Many people do not like change - not just older patrons.

Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Week 6 : # 14 Technorati

I had a look at Technorati and tried to do a keyword search for " Learning 2.0" in blog posts and had a surprising and interesting result (message) : " Access to this site was blocked by the rule ' Block pornography' ; Your attempt to access this site has been recorded . - WebMarshal !!!
Once again I had a hassle with webmarshal . It's very frustrating !
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Monday, October 8, 2007

Week 6: # 13 Tagging ; Del.icio.us

Still in process .... Well , I had a look around Delicious and Tagging , I created an account , uploaded some things .. I can see some benefits but I'm not so impressed as I was with Rollyo .
This is a link to my account :

http://del.icio.us/blueberlina

Week 5 : # 12 Rollyo


Rollyo is the quick and easy way to explore and find the informations you want by using the websites that you already know. I created a search roll and included some of subject I like .

Enjoy using my Rollyo !

Monday, October 1, 2007

Week 5 : # 11 : Library Thing


I created Library Thing account( catalog) and included a list of books
about ' The man who invented the twentieth century - Nikola Tesla - forgotten genius of electricity !


http://www.librarything.com/catalog/blueberlina





Week 5 : # 10 Play with Image Generators


I had some fun playing with different image generators ( Letter James , FD toys .. ) Again I had a bit of hassle with webmarshall.
This is a link to the image generator :