Session 5: RSS Feeds
I found this session a little more challenging. Possibly because I started using my yahoo adress and then my g mail address but I started again and managed to add a few feeds. The sites I selected were About Animals/Wildlife; BBC News; The Courier Mail; EW.com Movie reviews; National Geographic News: Animals and Nature; and Scientific American. The good thing about RSS feeds is that you are notified about information that may be of interest to you. A person is more aware of what is going on as generally people don't have the time to aimlessly 'surf the net' to find relevant information. It's better if this information somewhat 'comes to them'. I couldn't do the Adventure section of Session 5. When I got to the page that had 'Add a page element' at the top I couldn't find the icon for 'adding a feed' so I wasn't able to do that. Anyone can help? Thanks.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Session 4: Social Networking
I've just finished Session 4 and realise social networking is a great way to find contacts, not just in a social setting but in working environments such as cultural institutions. It enables people with similar interests to 'find each other' through a mutual contact. I do have my own Facebook account set up but don't really use it that much. On it are just my friends and relatives. However, it would be great to set one up for contacts that share similar interests in a work setting. Then if they have found an interesting journal article, they can communicate it quickly and easily to all by posting it on their wall.
I've just finished Session 4 and realise social networking is a great way to find contacts, not just in a social setting but in working environments such as cultural institutions. It enables people with similar interests to 'find each other' through a mutual contact. I do have my own Facebook account set up but don't really use it that much. On it are just my friends and relatives. However, it would be great to set one up for contacts that share similar interests in a work setting. Then if they have found an interesting journal article, they can communicate it quickly and easily to all by posting it on their wall.
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Session 3: Wikis
I was familiar with the concept of a wiki but wasn't aware about the techniques of writing or editing on wikipedia. e.g. How to make the text bold or in italics, superscripts and subscripts etc. Now I do. I can see the value of a wiki for writing academic papers in which colleagues are needed for a collaboratively-produced article. Of course it's also good for the reasons as outlined in the videos, such as compiling a camping list or possible locations for a trip. I haven't set up my own wiki yet but I think I know how to do this now using Wetpaint or one of the other free wikis as suggested.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Session 2: Online Photosharing
I am a little familiar already with Flickr having used some of the images from Creative Commons for an online learning resource that I am developing. I especially like Richard Ling's photostream as he has some great photos of marine environments and coral reef communities.
I wasn't aware of the slideshow feature of Flickr so that is one new thing I've learned. The tutorial was helpful too. I didn't know about the ability to type a word in the 'spell' section and have Flickr find creative images of each letter in the word.
This is an image from Creative Commons, by Doug Deep. http://www.flickr.com/photos/douga/225129382/ It's of a nudibranch or shell-less mollusc. Sea hares, nudibranchs and slugs are all shell-less molluscs. Nudibranchs are sometimes referred to as Spanish Dancers. As they move through the water, their outer body sections ripple and curl like veils in a dance.
I wasn't aware of the slideshow feature of Flickr so that is one new thing I've learned. The tutorial was helpful too. I didn't know about the ability to type a word in the 'spell' section and have Flickr find creative images of each letter in the word.
This is an image from Creative Commons, by Doug Deep. http://www.flickr.com/photos/douga/225129382/ It's of a nudibranch or shell-less mollusc. Sea hares, nudibranchs and slugs are all shell-less molluscs. Nudibranchs are sometimes referred to as Spanish Dancers. As they move through the water, their outer body sections ripple and curl like veils in a dance.
Well I've read a few posts and realised that mine is pretty boring. You're probably wondering why I've called myself Mermaid Minx. Answer: no idea! I've been doing a lot of research on coral reef organisms so maybe that influenced me.
I love reading and watching movies. I've discovered another blogger -Manic Movie Fan - so we have something in common.
Obviously this medium is designed for sharing information with people of similar interests and allows all viewers to read the posts sent by everyone else. It seems so much better than e-mail.
I suppose blogging is meant more for academic pursuits and Facebook for social networking. I think I'm getting into the swing of things now!
I love reading and watching movies. I've discovered another blogger -Manic Movie Fan - so we have something in common.
Obviously this medium is designed for sharing information with people of similar interests and allows all viewers to read the posts sent by everyone else. It seems so much better than e-mail.
I suppose blogging is meant more for academic pursuits and Facebook for social networking. I think I'm getting into the swing of things now!
Session 1: Creating a Blog
Well I've done it! Created my first blog, that is. The most time-consuming aspect was getting a name that had not been taken. (There must be a lot of Get Smart fans out there as Cone of Silence and other aspects of the show were taken!)
I'm looking forward to increasing my Web 2 skills and being able to incorporate them into my work. I am a novice at most of the things listed in the survey so I can only improve from here. I will be doing some blogging during National Science Week in August so this is a very useful tool for staff and part of our commitment to life-long learning.
I'm looking forward to increasing my Web 2 skills and being able to incorporate them into my work. I am a novice at most of the things listed in the survey so I can only improve from here. I will be doing some blogging during National Science Week in August so this is a very useful tool for staff and part of our commitment to life-long learning.
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