web 2.0 : my thoughts..

well.. i have really enjoyed this learning process and i have learned a lot ! i now appear very knowledgable when my partner asks me to help him set up bloglines, etc.. much of what i have learned i will continue to use.. i would feel confident explaining to customers how to use the things covered in this progamme.. has been great fun!

yay mp3 player here I come !!! :-)

netlibrary.. almost there!!

well i now have a netlibrary account and can access many e-books through this.. i have added several to my list of favourites in my netlibrary account! this "library" is full of study help and critical notes, and things such as the absolute beginners guide series on computer software.. there didn't seem to be much fiction - i could only see children's fiction among the first 5 pages.. to be honest i didn't realy find anything i wanted to read, but i will definitely be reccommending this site to students..

my podcast

looking for podcasts on podcast.net is really easy! it is a really good way to get info on just about any topic when you want it.. you can subscribe to particular podcasts too.i have added one to my bloglines account, called "Beneath The Beat: Hip Hop Rap and Lyrics", a podcast that "seeks to provide in-depth discussion exploring the authentic essence of hip hop culture".

I think I would use podcasts to have access to music i like, at my convenience.. is seems to me that podcasts are often just like a radio show that is not actually on the radio.. great stuff..

week 9 youtube, podcasts and more...

well, youtube is pretty great! you can find all sorts of video footage there, from your fave official music videos to clips of people doing silly/interesting things.. whatever you want to see, it will be here on youtube.

the video i have chosen is called "robot dance".. (link below)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSoVKUVOnfQ
it is very funny, just kids doing a hip-hop robot dance.. they are fantastic! in my opinion, this sort of stuff is what youtube is great for - things you would not normally be likely to see on tv etc..

as for how useful this could all be for library websites, i would imagine it would be useful to be able to link a little footage to an item's catalogue record, for example for books about world war two we could have links to sinppets of footage of famous incidents from this time?

it is week 8 - my pick of the web 2.0 awards is...

google maps! i have been using this for quite a while to find my way around, it proved very useful when I was in Australia trying to find my way from one side of surfers paradise to another.. and also trying to find the way to byron bay from the gold coast.. one feature i particularly like : you can get a map "from here to here", with the fastest driving route.

google maps will find your desired location and you can zoom right in to it or zoom back and see where it is in relation to other places. you also have the option to save your map which is great if you might need to go there again.it is top stuff.. !

zoho writer (not sure what week it is?)

After a brief trip to the gold coast I must catch up on my blog,i want that mp3 player !!

Zoho-writer is great! as with all web-based applications, the most fantastic thing is that you can access it anywhere - no need for expensive software when all can share on the internet. Basically it is a zippier version of word, with more options for colour, smileys etc. And as the site says, "tags are the new folders" - if in doubt of where to store something, you can tag the document with several tags and it will make it easy for others to find!

so.. it seems to do everything and more that microsoft word does. I just love all the free applications, some of them can make our (computing) lives much simpler, and they don't cost a thing!! :-)