The Questions:
What were your favorite discoveries or exercises on this learning journey? I really liked Utube and igoogle
How has this program assisted or affected your lifelong learning goals? : It's given me many more options and ways to search for stuff I like or for work
Were there any take-aways or unexpected outcomes from this program that surprised you? Yeah: as above with igoogle
What could we do differently to improve upon this program’s format or concept? Some of the links didn't work so maybe they need checking every now and then
And last but not least…
If we offered another discovery program like this in the future, would you again chose to participate? Yeah OK...sigh
Cheers and thanks
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Task 22
I already have a Facebook page so this was easy. Do I like Facebook? Not really. I was excited when I first created it by after a few hundred responses to be friends it wore off. I rarely go there but it was good for when my kids went on hols and I could keep up with their travels and photos.
It's good for reuniting with long lost pals. It's amazing who is out there googling your name.
Cheers
It's good for reuniting with long lost pals. It's amazing who is out there googling your name.
Cheers
Task 21
I had promised myself that I would never ever Twitter and 30 seconds ago I 'twittered' for the first time. Blah, hate it so don't make me do it again. BORING....
tutorial 20
As you probably know, the tutorial site is unavailable so I found another to go to: http://www.how-to-podcast-tutorial.com/
I liked this podcast: Library Geeks
Welcome to Library Geeks, where librarians, geeks, and geek librarians geek out about libraries.
I liked this podcast: Library Geeks
Welcome to Library Geeks, where librarians, geeks, and geek librarians geek out about libraries.
Task 19
Utube: Sigh...the video I chose to watch is the New Moon trailer
Questions:
What did you like or dislike about the site: Liked cause it's simple to use
and why did you choose the video that you did?simply because I am a huge Twilight fan (along with a billion others).
Can you see any features or componets of the site that might be interesting if they were applied to library websites?: Great for searching genres.
PS. Music was great too :)
Cheers
Questions:
What did you like or dislike about the site: Liked cause it's simple to use
and why did you choose the video that you did?simply because I am a huge Twilight fan (along with a billion others).
Can you see any features or componets of the site that might be interesting if they were applied to library websites?: Great for searching genres.
PS. Music was great too :)
Cheers
Task 18
I like igoogle especially the add ins. I added word of the day, quotes of the day:
(It's a lot like nature. You only have as many animals as the ecosystem can support and you only have as many friends as you can tolerate the bitching of. - Randy K. Milholland
Television is more interesting than people. If it were not, we would have people standing in the corners of our rooms. - Alan Corenk
Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person? - Francois de La Rochefoucauld, )
weather maps, and free sudoku puzzles. This'll be great for home too. Oh, the instant that I created this page, I had a friend ready and waiting. Spooky!
(It's a lot like nature. You only have as many animals as the ecosystem can support and you only have as many friends as you can tolerate the bitching of. - Randy K. Milholland
Television is more interesting than people. If it were not, we would have people standing in the corners of our rooms. - Alan Corenk
Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person? - Francois de La Rochefoucauld, )
weather maps, and free sudoku puzzles. This'll be great for home too. Oh, the instant that I created this page, I had a friend ready and waiting. Spooky!
Task 17
Google maps...gotta love em. I do feel a teensy bit of a voyeur though. But I bet I'm not the only one having a good look around our own neighbourhood. I use Google maps quite a bit and I'm sure everyone else does too so I won't keep waffling.
Google docs again was OK. Did the task and now on to the next one.
Cheers
Google docs again was OK. Did the task and now on to the next one.
Cheers
Monday, September 7, 2009
Task 15
Hello All
Wiki's...what can I say. First off, I really find libnet useful and of course we need to have passwords to get to the site. This is great. As for wikipedia...I remember this speech as a student and I have also given it to students: 'Do not use Wikipedia, do not cite it, do not go there for written assignments .' Wiki is great if you're using it just to find links to other sources or even as a starting point for research. I actually felt obliged to say that but in reality I love wiki. I use is quite a bit but I would never, ever cite it.
Last week I overheard two students discussing an assignment they had just got back. One of the gentlemen had failed and could not understand why. He said 'I cut and pasted the quote directly from wiki but I did cite it. I failed because it came from wiki.' He just could not understand why even though his friend explained that anyone can edit wiki entries.
The best thing about wikipedia though is the t-shirts. They have there own range but I found a couple that I really like.
Cheers all
Monday, August 31, 2009
Task 14
Hello all
The biggest differences in this task was in the responses to the searches. Blog posts resulted in mostly informative information, whereas in tags and search blogs, it was more like reviews. I can't say there were any great surprises but you can get rather bogged down with info. I watched a video for all of 1 minute only because I was surprised there was one.
There is just way to much info 'out there' and at the moment I think I'm just overloaded with WWW stuff. I also think that as a research tool, the Web is just making things a little more complicated. I seem to be spending more time learning the ropes than acturally researching. Never mind.
Cheers All
The biggest differences in this task was in the responses to the searches. Blog posts resulted in mostly informative information, whereas in tags and search blogs, it was more like reviews. I can't say there were any great surprises but you can get rather bogged down with info. I watched a video for all of 1 minute only because I was surprised there was one.
There is just way to much info 'out there' and at the moment I think I'm just overloaded with WWW stuff. I also think that as a research tool, the Web is just making things a little more complicated. I seem to be spending more time learning the ropes than acturally researching. Never mind.
Cheers All
Task 13
Woo Hoo, over half way!
Delicious was great. I'm impressed. All those times when I've lost my favourites. sooo frustrating. I didn't join but if I intend to travel or change my computer, I will probably create a page. Intersting to visit some other people's saved places.
Cheers
Delicious was great. I'm impressed. All those times when I've lost my favourites. sooo frustrating. I didn't join but if I intend to travel or change my computer, I will probably create a page. Intersting to visit some other people's saved places.
Cheers
Task 12
Hey there
Another fun one. Again, I wish I had more time to enjoy. I did listen to a couple minutes of P.G. Wodehouse's 'Death at the Excelsior'. It's good to know that whenever I decide to retire (not for a long while yet) I'll never be bored. Well onto the next...
See ya
Another fun one. Again, I wish I had more time to enjoy. I did listen to a couple minutes of P.G. Wodehouse's 'Death at the Excelsior'. It's good to know that whenever I decide to retire (not for a long while yet) I'll never be bored. Well onto the next...
See ya
Task 11
Hello All
I liked this one. Books that I added to my library are 'Vampires in their Own Words' and 'The Cowboy and the Vampire'. This will be a great one to revisit. Wish I had time to actually read them.
I liked this one. Books that I added to my library are 'Vampires in their Own Words' and 'The Cowboy and the Vampire'. This will be a great one to revisit. Wish I had time to actually read them.
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Task 10
Hello
Oh yeah, another account. This time it's really simple and quite fun. I would like to go back again to this one cause I am an avid reader. This is also a great research site for anyone doing research on a specific author/title. Here's my page.
http://www.librarything.com/home/j.lit
Well that's it for me today.
Cheers
J
Oh yeah, another account. This time it's really simple and quite fun. I would like to go back again to this one cause I am an avid reader. This is also a great research site for anyone doing research on a specific author/title. Here's my page.
http://www.librarything.com/home/j.lit
Well that's it for me today.
Cheers
J
Task 9
Hello again
I used the Technorati search tool for this exercise. It was fairly easy to use. Then surprise, surprise, I had to create another account. This time with Digg. They were real quick sending back an email so I could just power on from there. I subcribed to any feeds with Libraries Australia as the search term.
Just for a little fun for myself, I also wanted feeds for 'purple boots'.
I do know that RSS is quite useful but again, I just don't want to be bogged down with unnecessary emails.
Well, onto the next one.
Cheers
J
I used the Technorati search tool for this exercise. It was fairly easy to use. Then surprise, surprise, I had to create another account. This time with Digg. They were real quick sending back an email so I could just power on from there. I subcribed to any feeds with Libraries Australia as the search term.
Just for a little fun for myself, I also wanted feeds for 'purple boots'.
I do know that RSS is quite useful but again, I just don't want to be bogged down with unnecessary emails.
Well, onto the next one.
Cheers
J
Task 8
Hello everyone,
Glad to see a couple more online. So onto task eight...sigh
Well that was very interesting. There were no links on this tutorial. Nevertheless, I decided to teach myself and found useful directions. I am only suscribing to one feed as I am already on a list and there are one or two collegues who include me on lists. I really don't want to recieve any more emails during the working day.
The feed I subcribed to is Australian Screen at http://australianscreen.com.au/feeds/latest/
Glad to see a couple more online. So onto task eight...sigh
Well that was very interesting. There were no links on this tutorial. Nevertheless, I decided to teach myself and found useful directions. I am only suscribing to one feed as I am already on a list and there are one or two collegues who include me on lists. I really don't want to recieve any more emails during the working day.
The feed I subcribed to is Australian Screen at http://australianscreen.com.au/feeds/latest/
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Task 7: Techno Stuff, looking at other blogs
Hello there
I’m not really that much into techno gear…at least not the contemporary type. Even when I read ‘Librarian Blues’ blog about VCRs and PVRs, I started to go cross-eyed. When I want to buy something new, well, I have young adult kids to help with that. I’m not a complete Luddite though, I love to use new technology but I just don’t want to know all the details. Just show me how to work it and I’m happy. I am interested in the development of technology however. At present I have the good fortune to be working on issues of The Australian Journal from the 1920s. So rather than attempt to talk about ‘modern’ technology and embarrass myself, I thought I would share my favourite security technologies invented in the 1920s. Both inventions were used in crime prevention for Pharmacies. The first is quite reasonable: If a burglar entered the premises, the clerk would flick a switch under the counter and a sign made up of light bulbs and spelling out the word ‘police’ would light up outside. Sounds reasonable to me. The next one is a great lesson in stupid. In this instance, the pharmacist/sales clerk would wear a handgun which was strapped in under the arm. Some kind of wire/spring mechanism was attached to the trigger. The idea was that when the robber shouted ‘stick-em-up’, the pharmacist would lift his arms up and the gun would pop out at just the right height (apparently) and shoot the thief. I do hope no-one asked him/her to reach up and get something off a high shelf.
Cheers
I’m not really that much into techno gear…at least not the contemporary type. Even when I read ‘Librarian Blues’ blog about VCRs and PVRs, I started to go cross-eyed. When I want to buy something new, well, I have young adult kids to help with that. I’m not a complete Luddite though, I love to use new technology but I just don’t want to know all the details. Just show me how to work it and I’m happy. I am interested in the development of technology however. At present I have the good fortune to be working on issues of The Australian Journal from the 1920s. So rather than attempt to talk about ‘modern’ technology and embarrass myself, I thought I would share my favourite security technologies invented in the 1920s. Both inventions were used in crime prevention for Pharmacies. The first is quite reasonable: If a burglar entered the premises, the clerk would flick a switch under the counter and a sign made up of light bulbs and spelling out the word ‘police’ would light up outside. Sounds reasonable to me. The next one is a great lesson in stupid. In this instance, the pharmacist/sales clerk would wear a handgun which was strapped in under the arm. Some kind of wire/spring mechanism was attached to the trigger. The idea was that when the robber shouted ‘stick-em-up’, the pharmacist would lift his arms up and the gun would pop out at just the right height (apparently) and shoot the thief. I do hope no-one asked him/her to reach up and get something off a high shelf.
Cheers
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Picasa
Hello again. Fortunately I already have a Picasa album from my work on pulp fiction. Take a look if you like.http://picasaweb.google.com/home
Cheers
J
Cheers
J
Flickr
Wow. There were are a few accounts to remember now. And not all will accept the same account names. A big thanks to Joan K for the wonderful photo she let me 'borrow'. My flickr name is j.lit1 if anyone wants to place me in a group.
Cheers
J
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Hello all
I've just completed three of the tasks and am about to add my 'name' to the progress chart then I can 'cross' off the tasks.
I've listened to the 71/2 habits clip and I suppose the best bit of advise was 'view problems as challanges'. Hmmmm...I created this blog so I guess that's one problem out of the way.
Cheers
J
I've just completed three of the tasks and am about to add my 'name' to the progress chart then I can 'cross' off the tasks.
I've listened to the 71/2 habits clip and I suppose the best bit of advise was 'view problems as challanges'. Hmmmm...I created this blog so I guess that's one problem out of the way.
Cheers
J
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