Posted in Learning 2.0, tagged avatars, second life, virtual on May 1, 2008 | No Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in Learning 2.0, tagged folders, google docs, tools on May 1, 2008 | No Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in Learning 2.0, tagged podcasts, videos, youtube on May 1, 2008 | No Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in Learning 2.0, tagged facebook, HPL, social networking on April 30, 2008 | No Comments »
In the process of catching up, I discovered that the Social Networking’s two activities had issues. Jen and Bridie let us know that Facebook had shut the Ima Reader site down. However, when I went to do the second activity - the HPL Learning 2.0 social network, I received the following message:
Maintenance
We apologize for the [...]
Posted in Learning 2.0, tagged social bookmarking, tagging on April 30, 2008 | No Comments »
After a few problems with getting de.icio.usto co-operate, I finally managed to save some favourites with accompanying tags! I still think though that I prefer just regular bookmarks and folders. For me it just makes things a bit easier when searching for a link I need. The Librarything site was quite easy and I am [...]
Posted in Learning 2.0, tagged I Dream Of Jeannie, television, trading cards on April 30, 2008 | No Comments »
I really enjoyed using the Trading Card Maker. As I’ve already declared my love of all things science fiction and am an admitted TV junkie, I decided to make a few cards reflecting this hobby. Nostalgia anyone?
It was fairly simple to locate and save some images, create the description and titles and then save the [...]
Posted in Learning 2.0 on April 28, 2008 | No Comments »
I’m wondering if I’ll be able to catch up with only a few days left. Looking at the clock, I realize it’s 1:00 am Monday morning. It’s been quite a few hectic weeks, as I recently bought my first home! All my free time has been spent with the mortgage broker, on the phone with the lawyer [...]
Posted in Learning 2.0, tagged convention, wikis on April 28, 2008 | No Comments »
I’m really glad that the warm weather has arrived - I was beginning to think I needed to book a trip to Waikiki beach!
It was extremely interesting to review the Library Success: Best Practices Wiki. The amount of information is considerable and the topics detailed is quite diverse. Of course, there is quite a lot [...]
Posted in Learning 2.0, tagged rss feeds, websites on March 15, 2008 | No Comments »
RSS feeds is one area that is new to me, as I have many of my favourite sites bookmarked and tend to check the latest updates that way. So it was interesting to go to some of those sites and discover whether or not they offered RSS feeds. Remarkably, there were some I thought would [...]
Posted in Learning 2.0, tagged activities, blogs on March 13, 2008 | No Comments »
…do you think I can catch up? I realize I’m terribly behind but between life, work and fighting off a nasty cold and flu for two weeks, I am finally trying to ensure that I try my hand at the various activities. So off I go!
