I’ve heard so much about Second Life but never signed up for an avatar.
However the process was extremely frustrating. This was my last assignment and I thought everything was going well until the Second Life site caused extreme delays with my system. I could barely move from one screen to the other. I tried to [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Week 15: Gaming and Virtual Worlds
Posted in Learning 2.0, tagged avatars, second life, virtual on May 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Week 14: Online Applications and Productivity Tools
Posted in Learning 2.0, tagged folders, google docs, tools on May 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Google Docs is an excellent resource. It was fun exploring all the options available to the user for creating various documents and employing the various tools. You can find my document here:
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ddkk24gq_0gbzrcv4b I shared this site with a friend of mine to see if they ahd any trouble accessing it. The only issue they had with [...]
Week 13: Podcasts & Video
Posted in Learning 2.0, tagged podcasts, videos, youtube on May 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have been a big fan of You Tube for a couple of years now. I love finding not only interesting videos but its a great site for songs and TV shows and commercial clips, especially for a nostalgia buff like me. I searched for the video Darcy created and his Donald Trump impression is [...]
Week 12: E-books and E-Audio Books
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged e-audio, e-books on May 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
OverDrive: Romeo and Julietby William Shakespeare : BBC Radio Collection, starring Douglas Henshall and Sophie Dahl.
NetLibrary: The Penderwicks: A Summer tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits and a Very Interesting Boyby Jeanne Birdsall : Random House
I found the process for downloading e-audio books for both OverDrive and Netlibrary faily easy. I noticed that depending [...]
Week 11: Introduction to Electronic Database Services at HPL
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged databases, HPL, RSS on May 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I chose the Canadian Reference Centre and did a search for Stratford Festival. As I was behind, I only had the opportunity to subscribe a few days ago and as such, only received one update for the following article:
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TO LOOK LIKE YOU KNOW ABOUT… LUNCHING WITH SHAKESPEARE 04/26/2008
(AN Q4K304772305108)
Canadian Reference [...]
Week 10: Catch Up – Part Two
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Nothing to see here..move along to the next post!
