Well I have finally finished the course. I feel that I have learnt so much but also feel these is so much more to go. I'd heard of most of the programmes and used a few of them but had not really had the opportunity to explore them in depth. I enjoyed the hands on approach and also enjoyed the interaction with my fellow participants. I found some programmes more challenging than others. I also feel that some of the programmes perhaps could have had more specific instructions , probably because I'm a little computer literate ...but I learning. I think that I'll have to go back to a few and refresh my memory of them...easy to forget when not actually using them regularly.
My sister-in-law is a teacher co-coordinator and was very impressed with the course and has herself signed up to do the course. She thinks it will be invaluable for teaching the teachers and is looking into organizing to have the teachers do the course. Also my craft group teacher who owns the largest tapestry store in Victoria was very impressed when I showed her the LibraryThing programme, as she has a vast collection of books she wanted to catalogue but did not know how...she will also use this programme to catalogue here collection for her shop...glad I could pass on some useful information.
Many thanks to Fiona for her many helpful hints, and also thanks to my fellow participants for their thoughts and input.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Back to Podcasts
I finally managed to work out how to work with the various podcast directories thanks to my work colleague Laura. I searched in Podcastalley under Swine Flu and found found one called Infectious Flu Updates. I copied the URL and then opened my Google reader and pasted the URL into add a subscription. I then had all the updates listed and listened to the most recent one. I also had a look in Mypodcast, Odeo and iTunes. I suppose I became confused with this one because the instructions were not really given, I guess you are just expected to know but for someone not that computer literate it can be daunting.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Week 12, E-Books and Audiobooks
Had a look at the World EBook Fair site and had a look through the Gutenberg Project and opened up some free e-books to view..didn't actually download any and probably there are not many that I would be interested in.
I also explored some of the "free book sites". Found a book in Academic Library ..Questia by Andre E Lejard on French Tapestry. Although I think it's great that I found the whole publication (all 110 pages ), I don't think I'd read or print it, I like to snuggle up at night with a good book rather than a good computer (difficult to view in bed).
Some of the e-book sites I found you had to register for as well.
I think there is a place for E-books, my library does subscribe to a few trainee syllabus books and there is definitely a use for e -books, although they are quite expensive.
Audio books could be good for the visually impaired and for me personally I like to listen to novels when driving long distances.
I also explored some of the "free book sites". Found a book in Academic Library ..Questia by Andre E Lejard on French Tapestry. Although I think it's great that I found the whole publication (all 110 pages ), I don't think I'd read or print it, I like to snuggle up at night with a good book rather than a good computer (difficult to view in bed).
Some of the e-book sites I found you had to register for as well.
I think there is a place for E-books, my library does subscribe to a few trainee syllabus books and there is definitely a use for e -books, although they are quite expensive.
Audio books could be good for the visually impaired and for me personally I like to listen to novels when driving long distances.
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Week 10 Podcasts
Well.. I'm thoroughly confused with trying to load the ipod subject that I found, I had a bit of a play around with the podcast directories given, I eventually used MyPodcast to search for swine flu.. It came up with 32 so I selected "infectious flu update"..from here on I wasn't sure what to do ...I wanted to place a RSS feed onto my google reader and blog but couldn't find any instructions...oh well I think I'll go and make myself some lunch
Week 10 YouTube
I found this funny video on YouTube and tried embedding it to my blog but it would not work...telling me my HTML could not be accepted, I wasn't quite sure what to do so scraped this idea. I then copied the URL and and went to link in the posting area, pasted the url in the url area and away I went, hoping that it would work and it did.. I had used YouTube but never knew how to get the picture as well as the link, its simple really when you know what to do.
Friday, May 29, 2009
Week 9 Wikis & Rollo
HOORAY, I have my home computer back.
Although I have used Wikipedia before I had only skimmed the surface. On further inspection I found that there is a vast array of information stored. I did a quick search on Debra Byrne (I'm reading her autobiography at the moment), from here it leads you onto other subjects which in turn lead to further subjects and so on.
I also checked out some of the "sister projects", proverbs, quotations, species, etc.
I also had a look at some of the library wikis, these appear to be a good way of sharing information for both users and staff. I couldn't open the NZ Police Act Wiki, but did have a look at the NZ Government Wiki.
It appears that you need a special programme to create a Wiki, perhaps in a one person library it could create a lot of work, as it would need to be kept very up to date but would probably be very useful.
It also appears you need to create an account to add/up-date in Wiki, my question is how accurate is the information given, I'm assuming that if you have access you can add any information, anyway I'm still having a play around with Wikipedia.
I also created a Rollo account and started to play around with my favourite urls. So far it looks great being able to narrow my search to my favourite and most useful web pages.
Anyway, again I am going to go back to have another play around with Rollo. (phew...I'd forgotten how different using my laptop computer was..making lots if errors when typing but must press on)..Jenny
Although I have used Wikipedia before I had only skimmed the surface. On further inspection I found that there is a vast array of information stored. I did a quick search on Debra Byrne (I'm reading her autobiography at the moment), from here it leads you onto other subjects which in turn lead to further subjects and so on.
I also checked out some of the "sister projects", proverbs, quotations, species, etc.
I also had a look at some of the library wikis, these appear to be a good way of sharing information for both users and staff. I couldn't open the NZ Police Act Wiki, but did have a look at the NZ Government Wiki.
It appears that you need a special programme to create a Wiki, perhaps in a one person library it could create a lot of work, as it would need to be kept very up to date but would probably be very useful.
It also appears you need to create an account to add/up-date in Wiki, my question is how accurate is the information given, I'm assuming that if you have access you can add any information, anyway I'm still having a play around with Wikipedia.
I also created a Rollo account and started to play around with my favourite urls. So far it looks great being able to narrow my search to my favourite and most useful web pages.
Anyway, again I am going to go back to have another play around with Rollo. (phew...I'd forgotten how different using my laptop computer was..making lots if errors when typing but must press on)..Jenny
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