sunshine: 2007

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

#23 The End

Hurray, I finished. I've certainly learned a lot and wish to thank the State Library for organising this learning exercise and Kingston Library Service for registering us to participate. A few of the activities were a challenge but very rewarding once completed. I may not continue to blog but I will continue to use and hopefully expand on what I've learned.

#22 eAudiobooks

I had previously looked at eAudiobooks and I think it would be great if they were introduced in our library. Audiobooks are very popular with all our patrons and I think the same would apply to ebooks. So many sites offer free downloads chances are you'll find something to your taste. You can also subscribe and pay very little to obtain the latest titles.

#21 Podcasts

I looked at a couple of sites as suggested and found them quite interesting. Think of any subject and you'll be able to find a podcast. I managed to link a classical music feed from Podcast.net to my bloglines account.

Monday, December 3, 2007

#19 Discovering Web 2.0 tools

Wow, I didn't realise there were so many Web 2.0 tools available. I spend quite some time checking out a few that we haven't covered in this learning exercise. My favourite one is still "Library Thing". It's fantastic.

#18 Zoho Writer

WISHING EVERYONE A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR

Saturday, December 1, 2007

I wish ........

Thursday, November 29, 2007

#17 PBWiki

I've added my blog to the Australian Blogs. I will re-visit this site and add to the favourite books and favourite movies. Very interesting to read thru all the listings.

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

#16 Wiki

Learning more about Wikis was one of the easier tasks in this program. As always the YouTube video was helpful. By checking out some of the sites I can see how useful a Wiki can be. Princeton's Public Library Book Lovers Wiki is interesting. A great way for the library to communicate with it's borrowers and share ideas, reviews etc.

#15 On Learning 2.0

Well, so far I really enjoyed Learning 2.0, even though I found some tasks difficult at first. I think it's a great program, especially for someone like me who doesn't really explore the internet very much. I might not use everything I've learned but it's certainly good to know about all this new technology and how to apply it. My favourite sites are Library Thing, Flickr and Del.icio.us.

Thursday, November 22, 2007

Ottmar Liebert - Snakecharmer

Stuff

Had a look at site of the week howstuffworks.com. Very useful and interesting site. Will be one of my favourites.

#14 Technorati

Watching the videocast and listening to podcast made it easy to learn about Technorati. Great way to search and tag your favourite blogs. I found the "popular" home page interesting with links to Top Blogs, Top Movies, Top News, Top Videos etc. Have a look at Top Videos "Cat Talking" and "Cat Talking. Translated".

#13 Del.icio.us

Finding out what del.icio.us was all about was easy by watching the YouTube video. It's a great site to bookmark all your favourite sites. Just need to set up my own account now.

Thursday, November 8, 2007

Puccini & Co

Wednesday, November 7, 2007

#12 Rollyo

Setting up a search engine with Rollyo was very easy.

#11 LibraryThing

Great site!!!

#10 Play around with Image Generators

The Generator Blog and FD Toys are both interesting sites.

The attached is from www.fodey.com

#9 Finding Feeds

Could not access Feedster but found Technorati very easy to use.

Monday, October 15, 2007

#8 Bloglines

I've created my bloglines account today and managed to add a few feeds.
Here's my bloglines URL : www.bloglines/public/sunshine-sunshine

Sunday, October 7, 2007

#7 E-mail

I know this post was to be about new technology, but - where would we be without e-mail? Isn't it wonderful!!! To think that I didn't want to know about it when it was first introduced. Wouldn't be without it now, of course. So easy to stay in touch with my son who's currently touring Europe and my friend who lives overseas.