week 9 - Is this really the end? Or just the beginning ...

wow, didn't think I would make it this far and with time...

Reflect on your learning journey
What a great programme, however i now have about 10 accounts with different user names and passwords, but a great exercise to see what other services are uot there to share and store information.

At least one thing that stood out for you and how you will use it in your role.
I use most these applications already, but I think getting my head around the application from web to daily life is useful. I also think the programme will help my share with friends, family and customers how to move through the digital word and share information will be useful.

Week 9 - eBooks, eAudio books and downloadable media (or "The end is in sight ")

Last night I downloaded a few e-books onto my iphone, all free calssic books from the applications. Watching a few funny videos on youtube about the new ipad! does make a good point about reading a screen to paper (how bad it is for your eyes). Lets digitise paper and not turn books into computers. I hope that made sense. We are about the material touch, not the adaption of thousands of years of evolution into a digital interface, which is probably only 10 years away :)

Check out this video .. a fun take on the ipad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKAm1OmdFfU

I visited http://www.netlibrary.com/ and clicked on ebooks of the month, that's great, wuold have been great to have a top 25 list.

At http://auckland.lib.overdrive.com/66607D03-1B91-443F-8A1D-9EDD8DCDDDD7/10/443/en/default.htm that's much more attractive and inviting site with more search options.

Week 9 - Podcasts (You don’t need an iPod!)

I haven't really got into Podcasts YET! but have just got an iphone and will be learning new languages, listening to the best radio stations in the world and listening to the latest news and current evens on the cycle into work. Have a few musci podcasts at the moment, really great to have foreign music being shared away from the commercial add driven content that is usually playing on the radio.

I looked at www.podcastdirectory.com/podcasts/5571, a topic I really enjoy, so will add to my new iphone, I see there's an iphone app, sweet.

Week 9 - Discover YouTube and a few sites that allow users to upload and share videos.

My favourite video, 48 views in 5 days, not bad.... one of two videos



The sites amazing can't say enough about it, important to connect with large audiences, but you need a good editing, has to be short and quick witted. Libraries coudl do well in this space.

Week 8 - Discovering Web 2.0 tools

What did you like or dislike about the tool?

I had a look at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/. There wasn't any info on Auckland upcoming events, but it had a few auckland bars listed. So I searched for New York.

What were the site’s useful features?

Wow, there are heaps. I really like the category searches, different options you have for searching, the most popular options and searching via friends attending etc.

Could you see any applications for its use in a library setting?

No, because it doesn't ahve NZ events being used. However the searching and category topics might be good for the Library website.

Week 8 - taking a look at some online productivity (word processing, spreadsheet) tools.

My computer crashed on the weekend and should have backed up my files on google, if only i had seen google docs last week.

Have created a file in google docs and published, I like the tempaltes you get:

http://docs.google.com/View?id=dfpzmzps_0ctn6dgdw

Week 7 - Playing around with PBWiki

My blog is added ... not sure I'll have time to finish the rest of the course today :(