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...
Monday 29 March 2010
Del.icio.us on iGoogle page
Well I finally saw that to change the settings on the Gadget you click on the "my delicious" button.
So success. The more you have in one place the less you have to log in.
So success. The more you have in one place the less you have to log in.
Flickr photostream on my blog
Afternoon..
Well I followed the steps to add my Flickr stream but it didn't work (despite a promising beginning). Comments on Google showed quite a few disgruntled users. Recently I have been encouraged to put I.T. problems in to Google. Sure enough I was given a step-by-step list of how to get around this problem (Jane can ignore my request for help!)
http://bal00sblog.blogspot.com/2008/08/adding-flickr-gadget-to-blogger.html
I still have a few spacing issues but some of the photos are there!
The Google news headlines worked more smoothly.
Well I followed the steps to add my Flickr stream but it didn't work (despite a promising beginning). Comments on Google showed quite a few disgruntled users. Recently I have been encouraged to put I.T. problems in to Google. Sure enough I was given a step-by-step list of how to get around this problem (Jane can ignore my request for help!)
http://bal00sblog.blogspot.com/2008/08/adding-flickr-gadget-to-blogger.html
I still have a few spacing issues but some of the photos are there!
The Google news headlines worked more smoothly.
Wednesday 24 March 2010
ThinkFree Office
Once again I had to let Google access something..(forget what now). Pity. Come back privacy all is forgiven...
The drawback with this was the slowness. At a rather quick glance it is hard to see how this is better than word - except the whole storage and sharing thing of course.
I did see that you can create HTML formatted documents, handy for web pages. When I tried to save my document in ThinkFree Office as opposed to my PC it wouldn't let me. Perhpas as I signed in with Google documents?
Hmmm..jury out.. but I think I preferred Google docs. Two things to go, plus a summary.
The drawback with this was the slowness. At a rather quick glance it is hard to see how this is better than word - except the whole storage and sharing thing of course.
I did see that you can create HTML formatted documents, handy for web pages. When I tried to save my document in ThinkFree Office as opposed to my PC it wouldn't let me. Perhpas as I signed in with Google documents?
Hmmm..jury out.. but I think I preferred Google docs. Two things to go, plus a summary.
Google Document
Wish you were here, and me too (Ireland's Aran islands) ...But to Google documents...I created, fairly easily, one document, three forms (a little more help on re-accessing saved forms to send out would be helpful) and one slide show. For some reason the slide show started uploading photos from my PC quite easily and then stopped. Could be my settings (will look when I have more time).
Photos currently on my PC (slide show)
me to 1 collaborator
7:43 amme
Music venues in Oxford (form)
Not shared
7:26 amme
The meaning of life (form) - I can send this out if you have the answer...
me to 1 collaborator
4:47 amme
Staff conference (form)
Not shared
4:35 amme
Expensive Law books under consideration (doc)
me to 2 collaborators
4:28 amme
I shared the document with a colleague and that worked fine, as did the form. It is good to know there is this neat (free) way of sending out a survey. The results are in spreadsheet form initially. Also clear to review the results (we just wouldn't be able to filter results maybe as we do with Survey Monkey). So high marks for this. Like you write in your introduction you just have to think about the security of storing documents remotely like this.
Tuesday 23 March 2010
Wikipedia
Having heard a lot about this, including the fact that it is banned at my husband's University, I was intrigued to look more closely.
You do wonder on what authority people are writing (maybe very little sometimes), which does not breed confidence. I understand some malicious things can be put on the personality pages. The hardest bit to this task was finding a unique user name. I edited and added a bit on our College - it is important to know how many ghosts are said to float its floors.
I also looked at folk festivals. Clearly people do stretch what should go in an encyclopedia, to cover what they want to promote.
All that said, I can see it working well for a specific group, like librarians interested in Web 2.0. I don't think this will win out as our Web 2.0 tool of choice though.
You do wonder on what authority people are writing (maybe very little sometimes), which does not breed confidence. I understand some malicious things can be put on the personality pages. The hardest bit to this task was finding a unique user name. I edited and added a bit on our College - it is important to know how many ghosts are said to float its floors.
I also looked at folk festivals. Clearly people do stretch what should go in an encyclopedia, to cover what they want to promote.
All that said, I can see it working well for a specific group, like librarians interested in Web 2.0. I don't think this will win out as our Web 2.0 tool of choice though.
Explore and contribute to a Wiki
Good week 9!
I have looked at the Oxford Web 2.0 Wiki before. It is useful for pulling all the information on Web 2.0 in Oxford (and current thinking) together. The link to the directory of all Web 2.0 things in Oxford is good too.
I have seen a list of the pitfalls of using Web 2.0 and I think there are OULS guidelines on Web 2.0 use. Is that on the Wiki? If so it could be highlighted more.
I can't add to the directory just now, as we will be introducing something in our library at the end of this programme.
Thanks to those who have pioneered Web 2.0 use and encouraged the rest of us!
I have looked at the Oxford Web 2.0 Wiki before. It is useful for pulling all the information on Web 2.0 in Oxford (and current thinking) together. The link to the directory of all Web 2.0 things in Oxford is good too.
I have seen a list of the pitfalls of using Web 2.0 and I think there are OULS guidelines on Web 2.0 use. Is that on the Wiki? If so it could be highlighted more.
I can't add to the directory just now, as we will be introducing something in our library at the end of this programme.
Thanks to those who have pioneered Web 2.0 use and encouraged the rest of us!
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