Week 9 : #23 Is this really the end? Or just the beginning...

Yayyy- I have finally reached the end of Learning 2.0 It has been a fun, enjoyable program with a few frustrating moments. Our Webmarshall security was a bit of a hinderance for some of it but all in all I had a good time and learnt alot. It was good to find out what resources are out there and I was surprised about how much I actually didn't know or had never even heard of. I even managed to teach my daughter a thing or to. Hopefully some of the things we have learnt about will be implemented into future library programs as I can see a real benefit to our borrowers.

Week 9 : #22 Audiobooks (or the end is in sight)

I think downloadable audio books are a great idea, especially if you can find some free ones. I don't see this to an end to traditional library borrowing but just another extension of services we can offer our borrowers. Audio books are already popular with borrowers but some of them are recorded on up to 14 CD's. This can lead to CD's going missing or getting damaged, which is sometimes costly to replace. Being able to download books onto your MP3 players will get rid of these problems. I especially like the subscription services such as Netlibrary and Overdrive which also gets rid of library fines for borrowers by simply deleting the audio file once the loan period expires. Fantastic!

Week 9 : #21 Podcasts, Smodcasts!

I had a look at some of the podcast directories and I liked the ease of Podcastalley the best. I use iTunes alot at home to search and download music. I can see that using podcasts in the libraries would be a good service to offer. Borrowers could download book or movie reviews, students could download lectures, the list of things to download seems to be endless these days.

Week 9 : #20 You too can YouTube

YouTube is a fantastic time waster. You can get lost for hours watching videos, each one linking you to another. YouTube could be used in libraries in various ways- educational, tutorial and for fun. I didn't attempt to upload a video to my blogthis time as there were to many favourites to choose from.

Week 8 : #19 Discovering Web 2.0 tools

I had fun looking at the award winners from the Web 2.0 Awards. I few sites I looked at and liked were : Cocktail Builder (yum), Lulu, One Sentence and LastFM.
http://www.lulu.com/
http://www.cocktailbuilder.com/
http://www.onesentence.org/
http://www.last.fm/

Week 8 : #18 Web-based Apps : they're not just for desktops

I found using Zoho quite easy and fun to use. I can see why some people see this as a big threat to Microsoft office. I managed to write, insert a picture, change background colors, font colors, font sizes and styles. I also had a go at publishing my post to my blog which you can see below.

first try

This is my first go on Zoho writer.  I like the idea and can see why Microsoft would be a bit nervous about this sort of free software.   

Will try to insert a picture now :

 

 

Will also try to insert a table:

easy	easy	easy
easy	easy	easy

 

Nowtoplaywiththebackgoundcolors....

 

andfontcolors....

Fonts andsizes....

Emoticons....

1. bullet
2. points

and I think that's enough!