LitLovers focus is on books (funnily enough!) and book clubs - anyone who wanted to set up a book club would find all the info they could possibly need to get started in the LitClub section. If you don't know what books to focus on, you can have a look at LitClub's most popular books and reccommended lists. You can look up a recipe to match a book and check out some icebreakers to get book club started. There are blogs to read, courses to take and lots of fun activities.
The book I would choose for a book club is No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy. There is no search engine within the site- this would be a useful feature. In the LitGuides section I found reviews, info about the author and also a list of book club discussion questions.
Although there were a few other books I looked for here and couldn't find, for books that are inculded there is a great deal of information.
Monday, February 16, 2009
Sunday, February 8, 2009
genealogy, week #2
license to play is off to a great start, could spend so much time on these sites.. my heritage and geni are fantastic tools for people to create their own family tree !
when I think about doing a family tree, I have images of people up to their armpits in old dusty papers and paraphenalia- the sort of thing that could become confusing,and easy to lose track of where you are up to. But doing it online eliminates so much of this ! being able to add photos so easily is fantastic too. I love how these new web technologies are able to access photos from flickr, facebook, etc - these sites are all interconnected and working together. You can save a lot of time here, not having to dig around the depths of your computer for photos.
my heritage has a strong focus on photos - once you have uploaded someone's photo and labelled them, my heritage will recognise the face from then on. some impressive facial recognition software at work.
geni is my favourite of the two, I found the site a bit more intuitive, easier to navigate, and simpler to use. I could go for hours on this site ! I like the way the tree looks on the page too. Now lets see if I can embed my tree on this blog... and there it is! top right corner, yay.. :)
when I think about doing a family tree, I have images of people up to their armpits in old dusty papers and paraphenalia- the sort of thing that could become confusing,and easy to lose track of where you are up to. But doing it online eliminates so much of this ! being able to add photos so easily is fantastic too. I love how these new web technologies are able to access photos from flickr, facebook, etc - these sites are all interconnected and working together. You can save a lot of time here, not having to dig around the depths of your computer for photos.
my heritage has a strong focus on photos - once you have uploaded someone's photo and labelled them, my heritage will recognise the face from then on. some impressive facial recognition software at work.
geni is my favourite of the two, I found the site a bit more intuitive, easier to navigate, and simpler to use. I could go for hours on this site ! I like the way the tree looks on the page too. Now lets see if I can embed my tree on this blog... and there it is! top right corner, yay.. :)
Friday, February 6, 2009
License to play !!
Well, here we go again !
Indeed, I am resurrecting my old blog. As you can see I haven't touched it since we did the web 2.0 stuff last time. I have, however, commented on other blogs in this time, for which I needed to log in to my blog - so it was really no trouble finding my blog and remembering passwords, etc.
Looking back, I can remember how much I enjoyed doing the web 2.0 exercises, especially setting up my RSS feed reader - I now have the RSS feeder going straight to my gmail. I alos loved playing around with images and making mash-ups.
I am not sure what my blogger name is though!
Anyway, this looks great and I want to get started !
Indeed, I am resurrecting my old blog. As you can see I haven't touched it since we did the web 2.0 stuff last time. I have, however, commented on other blogs in this time, for which I needed to log in to my blog - so it was really no trouble finding my blog and remembering passwords, etc.
Looking back, I can remember how much I enjoyed doing the web 2.0 exercises, especially setting up my RSS feed reader - I now have the RSS feeder going straight to my gmail. I alos loved playing around with images and making mash-ups.
I am not sure what my blogger name is though!
Anyway, this looks great and I want to get started !
Friday, December 7, 2007
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 !!! :-)
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..
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?
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?
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