Woo hoo! I thought 2008 would be Hawthorn's year and they did it! They won the grand final against Geelong. I'm a happy little vegemite.
The following has been sung with much pride and gusto since their win.
We're a happy team at Hawthorn
We're the Mighty Fighting Hawks.
We love our Club, and we play to win,
Riding the bumps with a grin (at Hawthorn).
Come what may, you'll find us striving
Team work is the thing that talks,
One for all and all for one
Is the way we play at Hawthorn.
We are the Mighty Fighting Hawks.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Thing # 23 - reflection
This has been a sharp, but fun, learning curve for me. By doing the Learning 2.0 program I have benefited by learning about web applications that are available on the Internet. Some I had never heard of before, others heard of but not interested in finding out further information about them as I thought they would be too difficult to learn.
RSS feeds and newsreaders was something that I thought would be difficult. I'm certainly glad that I learnt how easy it actually is to subscribe to a feed and I now have a whole list of useful feeds that I browze through on a regular basis.
I also really liked Flickr since I like photography. I think this is a great site with so much to offer.
This program has assisted my lifelong learning as it has shown me different tools and applications that I can use in my studies. I also use these things in my personal life now. I have benefited from doing this program by having my knowledge base expanded considerably.
Unexpected outcomes from doing this program, I would have to say I was quite surprised to find out how easy all the tasks were to do and just how useful these web 2.0 tools have proven to be. I am far away from being an expert on these applications but I am surprised with just how much I learnt during this journey.
I like the Learning 2.0 format and concept (combining podcasts with text was great) and I don't think it needs to be changed. It worked well for me, especially getting participants to blog about their experiences while doing the program. A great example of incidental learning.
If another discovery program like this was run again I would consider joining in. My learning journey has after all, just begun.
Thanks Helene Blowers, for designing this program and leaving it online long after PLCMC's staff had finished, as it has helped me to develop new knowledge and skills.
Thanks also to my TAFESA library studies lecturer, who had us research this program and the 8 topics that are the 23 things, for "Use, Evaluate and Extend Own Information Literacy skills." I have certainly extended my skills.
RSS feeds and newsreaders was something that I thought would be difficult. I'm certainly glad that I learnt how easy it actually is to subscribe to a feed and I now have a whole list of useful feeds that I browze through on a regular basis.
I also really liked Flickr since I like photography. I think this is a great site with so much to offer.
This program has assisted my lifelong learning as it has shown me different tools and applications that I can use in my studies. I also use these things in my personal life now. I have benefited from doing this program by having my knowledge base expanded considerably.
Unexpected outcomes from doing this program, I would have to say I was quite surprised to find out how easy all the tasks were to do and just how useful these web 2.0 tools have proven to be. I am far away from being an expert on these applications but I am surprised with just how much I learnt during this journey.
I like the Learning 2.0 format and concept (combining podcasts with text was great) and I don't think it needs to be changed. It worked well for me, especially getting participants to blog about their experiences while doing the program. A great example of incidental learning.
If another discovery program like this was run again I would consider joining in. My learning journey has after all, just begun.
Thanks Helene Blowers, for designing this program and leaving it online long after PLCMC's staff had finished, as it has helped me to develop new knowledge and skills.
Thanks also to my TAFESA library studies lecturer, who had us research this program and the 8 topics that are the 23 things, for "Use, Evaluate and Extend Own Information Literacy skills." I have certainly extended my skills.
Friday, June 6, 2008
Audiobooks
I was not able to create an account for NetLibrary since I am not a staff member nor do I have a library card for PLCMC. I did have a look at the list of audiobooks supplied by the link "downloadable eAudiobooks" and found a James Patterson book first up (one of my favourite authors).
NetLibrary provides a wonderful service for those requiring audiobooks. However, I must say they are not something I would require for personal use. I would much rather read a book than listen to one. That being said, I know there are a lot of people, including people with vision impairments, who really like audiobooks. So NetLibrary offers a service that would be quite popular.
NetLibrary provides a wonderful service for those requiring audiobooks. However, I must say they are not something I would require for personal use. I would much rather read a book than listen to one. That being said, I know there are a lot of people, including people with vision impairments, who really like audiobooks. So NetLibrary offers a service that would be quite popular.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Podcasts
I had a look at a few podcast directories that were listed for this site. Found an interesting podcast put out by justonemorebook.com. This was an interesting site that does podcasts about a children's books, interviews with authors, play reviews and promotes books that users may not have heard of previously. These book review podcasts are done by Nancy Pearl. I thought the one she did on "Throw like a girl" short stories by Jean Thompson was excellent and I am going to see if this book is available in my local library. I added an RSS feed for Nancy Pearl's podcasts to my bloglines account.
By using Podscope, I found a podcast by Bill Thompson on The Bookcast, in which he was talking about the ALA Conference. He interviewed people promoting their products at the conference and discussed how digital America's libraries are becoming and how technology has added new services that libraries can offer. Google was also represented at this conference and he talked about how Google makes a good partner for libraries. Interesting stuff.
My computer is not the best at the moment so I am not even going to attemp to make my own podcast.
By using Podscope, I found a podcast by Bill Thompson on The Bookcast, in which he was talking about the ALA Conference. He interviewed people promoting their products at the conference and discussed how digital America's libraries are becoming and how technology has added new services that libraries can offer. Google was also represented at this conference and he talked about how Google makes a good partner for libraries. Interesting stuff.
My computer is not the best at the moment so I am not even going to attemp to make my own podcast.
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Youtube
I have been aware of Youtube for some time but never spent a great deal of time on it. Just when my children have said, "Watch this." Therefore I was surprised by the number of things that can be found on this site.
I did a search for a number of things, including galahs and was surprised at the amount of clips I found for each search.
Can see that video clips would be useful for libraries for many things, including employee orientations, letting users know what services the library offers, promoting Library and Information Week, which led me to this little gem.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwCUtpbUWgk
Created for Library Week 2007 - the L Team - what a great clip and a great way to promote their services.
Have still not figured out how to hyperlink URL's but this clip is worth sharing.
There is quite a lot on Youtube that is not worth even looking at let alone sharing so the only downside I could see is that with so much crap you have to search for awhile to find the treasures.
I did a search for a number of things, including galahs and was surprised at the amount of clips I found for each search.
Can see that video clips would be useful for libraries for many things, including employee orientations, letting users know what services the library offers, promoting Library and Information Week, which led me to this little gem.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwCUtpbUWgk
Created for Library Week 2007 - the L Team - what a great clip and a great way to promote their services.
Have still not figured out how to hyperlink URL's but this clip is worth sharing.
There is quite a lot on Youtube that is not worth even looking at let alone sharing so the only downside I could see is that with so much crap you have to search for awhile to find the treasures.
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Discovering Web 2.0 tools
I like these online web tools. Can see they will be around forever. I had a play around with Widgets on http://www.yourminis.com/ I love this site as there a lot of cool widgets to look at and play with. Being a fan of riddles I chose a riddle widget and found it quite easy to send to my blog, even without signing up. How neat is that.
Widgets would be useful for library sites to add calendars, etc. Would save having to reinvent the wheel and create one yourself - especially for time pressed library staff. Could also link directly to music and video sites from the users web page by using these widgets.
There are just so many to choose from. What a great application.
Widgets would be useful for library sites to add calendars, etc. Would save having to reinvent the wheel and create one yourself - especially for time pressed library staff. Could also link directly to music and video sites from the users web page by using these widgets.
There are just so many to choose from. What a great application.
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