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Week 12 Social Networks

2009-06-24T11:22:00.005+10:00

There's been a looooong gap since week 11 but I did keep looking at week 12. The problem has been the hours of availability for most of the links. Only a couple of things to look at and then I've finished. I'll need to do a revision of quite a few subjects, but overall it has been really interesting and informative. The pendulum is still swinging in some areas, as their usefulness is determined but the potential is enormous. I so like the idea of groups with specific interests being connected through museums etc on social networks.

Week 11 part 2

2009-03-18T15:45:00.003+11:00

Week 11 complete. So much in this week it was all rather overwhelming. Lots of places for collaborative online work. I'd like to see a listing (Tada list?)as the different forms are tried, including blogs, wikis etc, to see which work best, where and how within the library world.

WEEK 11

2009-02-13T09:50:00.002+11:00

I've not actually finished week 11 but have started to look at Google Docs etc. I can see they will be very useful. Something I have done is use my new ipod to download lots of missed ABC radio programmes as well as other podcasts. Wonderful invention! I can listen in the car, at home, on trains.

WEEK 10 Mashups

2008-11-19T17:14:00.003+11:00

This was a fun week. I was so busy playing that I forgot to think of serious applications in the work place. There would however be a lot of uses in the marketing area.

Week 9 Podcasting

2008-11-12T11:39:00.003+11:00

I was quite excited to see podcasting on the schedule as I've always wanted to listen to ABC radio national programs that I've missed all or half of. Now I need to acquire the equipment. So, personally, it will be wonderful as I look forward to lots of podcasting.In the broader picture there is so much potential for podcasts.

Week 8

2008-11-05T17:23:00.003+11:00

I found some of the social searching most interesting; Amazon has always been good at showing new titles to tempt me. The Librarians' answer board are a great idea and showed how much subjectivity went into the answers on other boards.

Week 7 continues

2008-10-28T17:42:00.004+11:00

I did it! Librarything is wonderful and I've found many books to look at in the future.

Week 7 Del.icio.us

2008-10-24T13:27:00.006+11:00

I am enjoying a look at delicious - a wonderful way to have easy access to my favourite websites. Also, so easy to have a look at the tags of other users with interests in common - quilts, textiles, books, and oh yes, libraries.
I still hadn't managed to post my delicious onto my blog. Keep trying.
Then, all I need now is the time to endlessly add to my delicious bookmarks and explore all those websites.

Week 6 Videos online

2008-10-17T12:03:00.003+11:00

I began this week once more wondering about its relevance but interested to find out. What great opportunities online videos offer. I can see their use for training especially but lots of other uses too. The quality range is enormous and a lot of time could be wasted sorting through them.

I like this video of The World Digital Library. Such an exciting idea. The video is informative, well-constructed and to the point

Week 5 Wikis

2008-09-30T18:03:00.005+10:00

Wiki time and although I thought the procedure manual wiki was a great idea, I expected I wouldn't find a lot of personal use for wikis. That is, until I googled wikis on one of my great interest, textiles. There's quite a bit of ground to cover if I wish to and it will be fun.

Week 4 RSS

2008-09-24T12:38:00.003+10:00

I thought I was getting the hang of this having added feeds to my reader but am stumbling at putting a feed on my blog. There must be something I'm missing but I will keep trying.

Week 3 flickr

2008-09-24T12:27:00.002+10:00

Week 3 and I could get quite excited about flickr except for the time element. Really enjoyed looking at pictures today of various places from my past. Then enjoyed having at look at pictures from some groups. That however was during the week I set up my own flickr and 3 weeks later I haven't been near it again.

Elveseter

2008-09-05T17:58:00.004+10:00

I wanted to upload a picture of Elveseter, Norway that I saw on flickr. However, photo sharing etiquette says I should not do so without permission. Nswpll learning suggests I do so in the next paragraph, so I did. I then deleted it. Thanks jahaha for the brief loan of your photo.

Week 3

2008-09-05T10:58:00.002+10:00

BM-SunSet, originally uploaded by magsness36.

Week 3 and it's been challenging. I still can't find the photos I've posted on flickr so will have to keep going there, to find out why. I'm hoping to get to a stage where I can help the photographer to set up his own flickr site.

Library 2.0

2008-08-26T17:29:00.000+10:00

Week 2. I wish I had read through the week's instructions before I started the activities. That way I would have understood that there could be more to my blog than the exercise of setting one up, and that it may even be used. The comments of others are particularly helpful.