Week 16 - at last!

Have had look at the web 2.0 directory and the web 2.0 award winners. It is really amazing what is available. I would really like to be more disciplined and set aside some time to investigate further but.....

I have really enjoyed doing this course and if nothing else I now have a much greater awareness of some of the we 2.0 technologies. What did I like most? igoogle, rollyo, del.icio.us, google tools especially maps and earth, and the image generators. I will do some more work on RSS feeds, wikis and letterpop as I would like to incorporate these into my work.
This has has been a great learning experience and thankyou to Leslie and Lynette for their support and guidance.

One thing I have definitely learnt is that I have no interest in blogging - reading or writing!

Week 15 Flow charts

I quite like the idea of mind maps to help in decision making but after numerous attempts I could not get my head around these sites. I am sure it is reasonably simple but after spending the whole day on a computer my mind seems to stop functioning at 5 pm- if I could maintain my concentration I am sure a mind map might prove useful. If nothing else, at least I am aware of these sites and what they can offer and at another time I might try again

Week 12 Youtube

How could you not like this site. Such amazing stuff! I easily found a clip of the drumming at the opening of the Olympics, which I had not seen. I can now understand why everyone was raving - follow the link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28pPsDU_F8c

On a more professional level. A couple of months a go we video taped a professional development session we ran and placed it on googlevideo so our country members could access it. On the whole the concept worked but we need to refine the technology and camera skills. We are definitely thinking about using it again.

Week 13 e-books and audio books

I was quite amazed at the number of titles available. Personally as I like reading in the prone position whether it be bed, bath or beach I much prefer the idea of a real book. I also like the idea of selecting real books from libraries and book shops. I didn't find the search mechanism particularly good.

I liked the idea of the audio books and may introduce my partially blind mother to them - at the risk of overloading my Father's download limits! On the couple of segments I listened to I found the voices very irritating and not sure if I could handle 8-10 hours of listening

Week 14 LetterPop

How easy was that. I can see all sorts of possibilities for letter pop - especially invitations. All I need is to get some suitable photos to upload. I also might try to design a Library newsletter but will need to play around with the graphics and work out the content and how best to present it to the masses

Week 11 podcasts

As indicated there are podcasts on every topic. Had a look at podcastalley.com but really couldn't make head or tail of it so just did a google search - what else! and also checked out the ABC site. Set up a feed using the 'add a gadget' function, which worked except the links aren't live - which probably indicates it didn't work! not sure what else I can do to get the live links.

Week 10 Rollyo

I really like this resource and will certainly be returning to play a bit more. You could do so much with it both personally and professionally. I plan to demonstrate this resource to many of my colleagues and I expect they will be equally impressed.