This learning 2.0 has really helped me engage with a lot of applications that I can use in the future. There a lot of organization skills that are required to successfully use all of the different features and I think that I am beginning to see the way to implement a lot of new technology to keep up on what interests me and how to further my self in the digital age.
I really liked some of the applications a lot especially the ZOHO writer. I've been needing a really awesome program like that and now I can write anywhere and anytime I'm online. The greatest thing I've gained from this training is the ability to think in and out of the box simultaneously. I need to utilize this great technology but there a lot of ways I can use these new concepts to accomplish things away from the computer, like organization, communication skills, searching for media. I am open to access different functions of my logical brain.
The concept is very sound. There are a few things that could be worked on to make it a little smoother but I think the overall program is a really great way to learn about all of the current technologies that are being implemented across the world.
I think it would be really fun to participate in another WEB2.0 training program. I would like the chance to be able to talk to my coworkers about all of the fun and interesting things that I've learned about the website and Libraries in general.
Friday, September 19, 2008
#22 Overdrive
Well I felt like the JPL site was a little too cluttered for me to actually easily enjoy downloading Overdrive. All of the links took me to different pages or different places on the page. I like to get in there and actually use the program instead of worrying about System Requirements. It makes the use of the program itself seem a little daunting before I even begin.
I did find a book that I've been interested in by Brian Herbert, the son of Frank Herbert, entitled Sandworms of Dune. I'm sure it's an interesting read but it should be even more interesting on an audio book!
I do think downloadable books are a great way to get people interested in the library without even having to search for them on the shelves. Ebooks could eventually become as popular as their predecessors as we breeze through the age of Electronic Enlightenment.
The Jpl website could use some serious revamping to make it easier to navigate and more pleasing to the eye.
I did find a book that I've been interested in by Brian Herbert, the son of Frank Herbert, entitled Sandworms of Dune. I'm sure it's an interesting read but it should be even more interesting on an audio book!
I do think downloadable books are a great way to get people interested in the library without even having to search for them on the shelves. Ebooks could eventually become as popular as their predecessors as we breeze through the age of Electronic Enlightenment.
The Jpl website could use some serious revamping to make it easier to navigate and more pleasing to the eye.
#21 Podcasts
Podcasts are really interesting ways to get constant feeds of video. I can subsribe to a podcast of a radio station for example and every time they have a live band in the studio I can stream and watch the performance for free. I downloaded juice which is a podcast aggregator so that I could watch some different podcasts to get a feel for how they can be utilized.
It's a great way to create your own type of exclusive web television that people can watch for free live on the internet or whenever they feel like catching up to what they've missed. I would use it for interviews with film makers and bands as well as streaming video of live music from shows that I have booked. You can go through an entire live tutorial using a podcast. Let me show you how I created this visual effect or wrote the chorus of this song are some Ideas that I like.
I can add feeds to several different podcasts and I could use a video converter to watch them on my big screen tv at home. Essentially you could educate yourself or entertain friends with this kind of technology in your home.
It's a great way to create your own type of exclusive web television that people can watch for free live on the internet or whenever they feel like catching up to what they've missed. I would use it for interviews with film makers and bands as well as streaming video of live music from shows that I have booked. You can go through an entire live tutorial using a podcast. Let me show you how I created this visual effect or wrote the chorus of this song are some Ideas that I like.
I can add feeds to several different podcasts and I could use a video converter to watch them on my big screen tv at home. Essentially you could educate yourself or entertain friends with this kind of technology in your home.
#20 I can youtube
Create a blog post about your experience. What did you like or dislike about the site and why did you choose the video that you did? Can you see any features or components of the site that might be interesting if they were applied to library websites?
OPTIONAL: Try placing a video inside your blog. After you've found a video in YouTube you want to place in your blog, copy the code from the "embed" field on the right of the video into a new blog post.
I like ease in which you can embed and share videos. I can copy and paste a video into a comment on a site or into my blog very easily. If I had a decent video camera I could also upload movies and clips that I have created.
As you collect favorite video clips youtube starts to recommend clips that it thinks you will like. This can be good and bad. If you go through a night where you save a lot of clips of the same thing, for example a car chase. Youtube will continually recommend car chases for you to watch.
The video I chose was very simple. It's about what makes something funny or considered comedy. It's very interesting to think about what can make something that is very tragic in real life extremely funny as comedy.
The video is of a cartoon character falling from a great height to an eventual death and by adding different elements to the characters predicament it makes it funnier and funnier. It lampoons several genres of comedy but also asks the question "What is Comedy?"
Youtube could be used really in conjunction with any website and especially with a library site. People love watching moving pictures so why not add a little flavor to our pages. We could add trailers to movies that we have on the shelves, interviews with authors, instructional videos on how to get the most out of the library or even how to use new WEB 2.0 technologies.
In summary, Youtube has revolutionized what we watch and also what we record with our cameras. There are a lot of people that do a lot of crazy things on film and almost all of them are on youtube.
OPTIONAL: Try placing a video inside your blog. After you've found a video in YouTube you want to place in your blog, copy the code from the "embed" field on the right of the video into a new blog post.
I like ease in which you can embed and share videos. I can copy and paste a video into a comment on a site or into my blog very easily. If I had a decent video camera I could also upload movies and clips that I have created.
As you collect favorite video clips youtube starts to recommend clips that it thinks you will like. This can be good and bad. If you go through a night where you save a lot of clips of the same thing, for example a car chase. Youtube will continually recommend car chases for you to watch.
The video I chose was very simple. It's about what makes something funny or considered comedy. It's very interesting to think about what can make something that is very tragic in real life extremely funny as comedy.
The video is of a cartoon character falling from a great height to an eventual death and by adding different elements to the characters predicament it makes it funnier and funnier. It lampoons several genres of comedy but also asks the question "What is Comedy?"
Youtube could be used really in conjunction with any website and especially with a library site. People love watching moving pictures so why not add a little flavor to our pages. We could add trailers to movies that we have on the shelves, interviews with authors, instructional videos on how to get the most out of the library or even how to use new WEB 2.0 technologies.
In summary, Youtube has revolutionized what we watch and also what we record with our cameras. There are a lot of people that do a lot of crazy things on film and almost all of them are on youtube.
Discovering Web 2.0 Tools
I chose the book publishing site Lulu. I really love writing poetry and short stories and have always wanted to publish my own work without having to work with editors and publishers telling me what I can and cannot do. So the easiest solution to that problem would be to publish a books my self.
Well by taking advantage of the services LULU provides I can now publish and print my own works without the hassle of deadlines and editing. I can choose my own price and sell my hardback or paperback on the site itself or even get it distributed in retail stores with it's own ISBN, or bar code. This means I can track sales of my book right from home without ever having to leave the computer.
The site offers inexpensive printing of almost any type of book you can imagine, from manuals to comics. I can print a lengthy novel in trade paperback or a hefty biography or memoir in a classy richly bound hardback. This is extremely exciting to me. There is nothing more gratifying for an artist than to have a completed piece of work in their hand ready to be given to the waiting world.
So I can work on my manuscript using Zoho Writer and then publish my work using Lulu! There is an endless supply of extremely applicable programs that you can download and begin using right away. This Web 2.0 experience has given me a lot of ideas about what I can do with whats available for free on the internet.
Well by taking advantage of the services LULU provides I can now publish and print my own works without the hassle of deadlines and editing. I can choose my own price and sell my hardback or paperback on the site itself or even get it distributed in retail stores with it's own ISBN, or bar code. This means I can track sales of my book right from home without ever having to leave the computer.
The site offers inexpensive printing of almost any type of book you can imagine, from manuals to comics. I can print a lengthy novel in trade paperback or a hefty biography or memoir in a classy richly bound hardback. This is extremely exciting to me. There is nothing more gratifying for an artist than to have a completed piece of work in their hand ready to be given to the waiting world.
So I can work on my manuscript using Zoho Writer and then publish my work using Lulu! There is an endless supply of extremely applicable programs that you can download and begin using right away. This Web 2.0 experience has given me a lot of ideas about what I can do with whats available for free on the internet.
Thursday, September 18, 2008
#18 Web Based Apps
This online word proccessor is amazing. It's better than the one I have on my old laptop at home. This is the perfect program for anyone who spends alot of time writing or hasd to show others there work so that revisions can be made.
In school you won't have to every bring you teacher a disk, you simply email the link to your work and your teacher can revise he work and comment on what needs to be worked on.
If you are using this app for work your boss can have you draft something then go back later and pull what they need from it for whatever project you're working on. I recently started writing my first scifi/fantasy short story for a local zine. Now I can show the editor my work and see what style she thinks is best fitted for the representation of myself and the publication. We can find a meeting place so that we can reach a harmony that others may not be able to employ.
Very Cool.
In school you won't have to every bring you teacher a disk, you simply email the link to your work and your teacher can revise he work and comment on what needs to be worked on.
If you are using this app for work your boss can have you draft something then go back later and pull what they need from it for whatever project you're working on. I recently started writing my first scifi/fantasy short story for a local zine. Now I can show the editor my work and see what style she thinks is best fitted for the representation of myself and the publication. We can find a meeting place so that we can reach a harmony that others may not be able to employ.
Very Cool.
#17 The PBWiki
The PB Wiki is Wikid. It was really easy to add my blog to the list of other participating Learners and it was hard to not put myself on the very top of the list. It seems that wikis are so popular because they are so easy to edit and use.
I'll be adding lots of superfluous information about one Chase Capo in the next few days.
I'll be adding lots of superfluous information about one Chase Capo in the next few days.
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