WEEK 10 - SUMMARY

The time has come the Walrus said to talk of many things.... to view a video on you tube,just a few--then on to blogs and blings! This has been a very interesting program. Some lessons I liked more than others. Some things I will use, and others never want to view again. All in all the exposure to new technology was at times, fun exciting, and some stuff was downright painful, but never once boring.

FLICKR - This was probably my most favorite lesson, and probably the hardest to figure out. This took me some time to master, but once I got the hang of it was fun and I have used it many times since. Before IHCPl I never even knew it was out there!

DOWNLOAD MEDIA/PODCASTS - This is one thing I have used before, but on the podcasting I had never used the rss feed, and now found some new sites to subscribe too. I look forward to new postings.

YOU TUBE - was fun, never really looked at it before now. It's amazing how many creative videos there are. You can see a video about anything you can imagine, and some you wouldn't want to imagine.

AVATARS - This was a fun lesson, and my second most favorite posting. Don't know if I will ever have the need to use avatars in any way, but it was fun, like playing with dress up dolls... change hair, change clothes, change everything with a click of the mouse.

There were so many things I've learned about 2.0 over the past several weeks, and would like to have more time to practice what I have learned so I don't forget. I am hopeful that I can share what I have with others.

WEEK 9 POST # 22 - DOWNLOAD MEDIA

I have looked and tried the HCPL digital media. A while back our staff was fortunate to have a tutorial on this site. I enjoy reading books more so than listening to them, and have down loaded books using Adobe reader. I like checking out on line cookbooks, and can copy recipes that interests me. At present I do not own an MP3 player so havent' used that medimum much. I did practice dowloading on the library's mp3 player. I have not tried checking out videos and watching them on the computer, but that is my next goal. I browsed HCPL'S electronic books and found a lot of interesing books, and right now most every one I wanted was able to check out right way. I think Libravox as a greater selection of material, but most of books that interested me was checked out. One thing about HCPL if enough holds are placed more copies might be purchased. I could place holds on these and have done so, but by the time the book became available, I was on to something else and lost my interest in checking it out. Of course this is all free and since it's a virtural checkout sfter two weeks it goes away and no overdue fees to pay. I also think Libravox wants too much personal information that I don't want to give. Libravox probably has a greater mass appeal, somewhat like Blockbuster, but for my money, I'll stick to HCPL for my books.

Week 9 Post # 21 PODCASTS - eat less weigh less

I was very happy with what I discoved about podcasts. What interests me is exercise and running, and one site was Podrunner exercise and music. It is fast music designed to motivate runners to perform better. Another was about running injury free. The third site I assigned to my bloglines account was exercise and diet. These ideas motivates me in my personal life and carry over in my work life. The great thing about adding these feed to my favorite bloglines, is that I am notified whenever something new is added.

mash up pics, cats n things - Optional exercise

Week 9 Post 20 YouTube - Cat

To view this kat flick click here

I had a little trouble posting it from the instructions listed on our exercise page. So did an alternate address. This was a funniest video I have ever seen on cats. No matter how many times I few always makes me laugh. YouTube was fun. I could see a need for it, not only can you be entertained, but also learn something. There is a lot of useful instructional videos too, such as learning how to make a chicken from a folded napkin. Great tip for the Thanksgiving holiday.

Week 8 post #19

This is a zoho practice. Today we are learning how to use this document writer. This works a lot like word. BUT the biggest and best thing about it is the ability to access this from any computer any where. This will be something I will use a lot. My dad does not own a computer and still likes letters in the mail, so now a can write a few words to him from time to time home or at a friends house and save my letter till a future date when I've run out of things to say.  I also like all the features it offers. I will enjoy exploring this site. Next step is to tackle excel! What next? Maybe a new color.  Now I can write my letter to Santa in seasonal colors.