Ok, so I got sucked down the time waster vortex there for a while. It is so easy to do! I was able to find a connection to my alma matter on both you tube and meta cafe ( it was the same clip) , blip.tv just plain scared me, it looked so racy and viddler didn't impress me at first glance ( I didn't stay long because I was feeling guilty from spending so much work time on You tube.)
It was fun and easy to find things on you tube. As far as library use goes, I know we have used it for showcasing some of the YAAB activities.
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Easy access through bloglines! I like it! I hadn't realized how easy it was to access Bill Moyers wit and wisdom. Now, when I check my bloglines account (which may be the part of this whole training that I liked best) I can update my knowledge on what Bill Moyers has had to say recently. What a deal!
Records aren't dead, so why would cd's die (they well just become more collectable!)
what a world of stuff available. I really like the archive with it's way back machine. It was fun to look up fvrl.org and see how it has morphed over the years. The stacks of books really were cool! I miss them! The Sound effects archive was fun and could really be useful for flashing up a blog. I didn' t bother to add any sounds to my blog though. On a slightly different note, Culture Grams (on our homework help page) has made the National anthem of most countries available, so we really do need a way for our patrons to plug in a headphone and also transfer to another medium, so they can use that effect in their reports.
Your last question, are CD's dying. Records have never died, there is still no better way to get a chipmunk sound than playing a 33 1/3 at the 45 or better 75 speed! CD's will only die because marketers want us to buy new and different (not neccesarily better) things, thus making CD's collectable to nostalgics.
Your last question, are CD's dying. Records have never died, there is still no better way to get a chipmunk sound than playing a 33 1/3 at the 45 or better 75 speed! CD's will only die because marketers want us to buy new and different (not neccesarily better) things, thus making CD's collectable to nostalgics.
Saturday, May 10, 2008
This GoogleDocs application has a lot of potential. I can see a variety of uses for my job as it is and also for entertainment. If one is reasonably comfortable with Word, then it is easy enough to use. I did have a little difficulty getting my first document to post over to the blog. Hopefully this one will post easier.
Inspired on the London Subway
The child, her eyes cry out to me
and the stories that they tell,
Show wisdom that aught not be
in the eyes of a child.
Fear and hate are rolled in one
and stored behind those eyes,
covered neatly with a blanket of
bravery and lies.
Her father had too much to drink
and her tiny world is wrought
with fear of what his anger might bring
in the cold and the dark.
So, we stand and hear the tale
of children everywhere,
then turn our backs and walk away
and leave them standing there.
A child is a gift of God
A light from above
to be nurtured with tenderness
and love.
The child, her eyes cry out to me
and the stories that they tell,
Show wisdom that aught not be
in the eyes of a child.
Fear and hate are rolled in one
and stored behind those eyes,
covered neatly with a blanket of
bravery and lies.
Her father had too much to drink
and her tiny world is wrought
with fear of what his anger might bring
in the cold and the dark.
So, we stand and hear the tale
of children everywhere,
then turn our backs and walk away
and leave them standing there.
A child is a gift of God
A light from above
to be nurtured with tenderness
and love.
Saturday, May 3, 2008
Fun stuff, just for fun
I liked the Rss Bloglines best out of all the techniques we have overviewed. The least impressive was the myspace and facebook. There is currently an article in Teen Ink about not using facebook. I haven't read the article, but I do feel that these to sites and many other things on the web make a person too visable to people they may not want to be seen by. Enough said there.
In the other for fun things, the blog readability test was fun, but I think it may not be accurate. Afterall, it said my blog was college level reading. I can't believe it is that high, or perhaps standards have plummeted since I was in school.
The sketchcast looked interesting, but not enough so to join up.
I really liked the yahoo answers. It was easy to search by topics and find some information that I had not ran into in other searches. I suppose one might want to take some of the answers with a grain of salt.
In the other for fun things, the blog readability test was fun, but I think it may not be accurate. Afterall, it said my blog was college level reading. I can't believe it is that high, or perhaps standards have plummeted since I was in school.
The sketchcast looked interesting, but not enough so to join up.
I really liked the yahoo answers. It was easy to search by topics and find some information that I had not ran into in other searches. I suppose one might want to take some of the answers with a grain of salt.
The Wiki connection
Allrighty, so Wiki in this instance is not the fuzzy tawny puppy that my mom's friends owned in the 70's. These Wikis are so very much more. Some were fairly fun to look over and some were a snore. Wikihow has a lot of really great stuff and a lot of trash, too. It could be a big time saver or a big time waster. The book wiki (I've already forgotten it's name) was a snore.
Our own YA Wiki has some great information. I will want to bookmark that, so I can access it for real work.
This was my first look at the wiki world. I can't forsee myself ever creating a wiki, but I can forsee using the YA wiki at least in my current work arena.
Our own YA Wiki has some great information. I will want to bookmark that, so I can access it for real work.
This was my first look at the wiki world. I can't forsee myself ever creating a wiki, but I can forsee using the YA wiki at least in my current work arena.
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