Well it's been a challenge that has opened my eyes to the extent of what is going on with "Web 2.0".
The Internet is so vast and "random" that I do feel reassured by a lot of these tools. We are creatures who, on the whole, are trying to organise our world. We are also largely time poor so the RSS feeds help to bring information to us.
I particularly enjoyed learning about podcasts (especially for the radio), the Igoogle page and Delicious bookmarks won't be deleted.
The biggest disappointment was Twitter - I will be amazed if Flutter - the shorter version takes off so to speak (pardon the pun).
I should think we will introduce one of these tools to engage with students in an alternative way. The old methods will have to remain for those that are not receptive to this though.
I did not always find the tools intuitive, but part of the problem was having to do this in very little time. Thanks to the Web 2.0 team though - their instructions were very clear.
Live long and prosper...
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Congratulations on finishing! Glad you've enjoyed the course, and I look forward to seeing what you bring in at your library.
ReplyDeleteOne thing, can you add the labels gadget to your blog? Just so that it's easier for whoever is checking it at the end to see that you have done everything. You can do so in exactly the same way as you added your Flickr photos - just choose the 'labels' gadget.
Jane
ReplyDeleteSorry can you be more specific about what you mean and want me to do (step by step). This is verging on 24 things!! Did I do something wrong?
Cathy
Not at all, it's just something that will help us when we check the blogs at the end.
ReplyDeleteIn the blogger dashboad, click on 'layout' and then 'add a gadget' on the right hand side. From the list that appears, click on the 'labels' one. It will then add a list of all your labels (Thing 1, Thing 2 etc) to the sidebar of your blog.
Apologies for being so slow to reply to your comment too - I was on leave for a few days before Easter and still catching up!