Thursday, December 11, 2008

A Summary of my Thoughts


I have accomplished what I set out to do, that is, complete this course and learn a lot on the way. I have to say that I was overwhelmed at times simply because often I sought out further materials to read to make sure I understood what I was doing. I know too that I do learn better when I am shown how to do tasks in a classroom setting, so doing these lessons alone often frustrated me. Nevertheless, with perseverance and patience I accomplished the assignments. I wish I had been more diligent in writing down the passwords I created for new applications as I wasted a lot of time trying to remember slight variations on the password I used the most. I am pleased to have been exposed to all of these applications. I feel that it is imperative that librarians keep up with and embrace new technologies. It is my goal to incorporate much of what I have been exposed to in the project I stated that I would do in one of my postings - I intend to bookmark and tag Evidence- based websites to share with nurse educators and Clinical Nurse Specialists. A big thank you to those who took time to organize this class.

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Podcasts and Videos continued


I took a look at YouTube and wasted a lot of time not because the content wasn't interesting but rather I got carried away. You view something and then there are suggestions to view other videos. I did look at the Mystery of the Bermuda Triangle which I found interesting. There were a number of videos pertaining to this topic. Although I am sure there is lots of information pertaining to almost any topic one would have to be very wary of user generated content. I am glad that I have been made aware of this site but I do not think I will be using it too much. Anyway, being that I love to hear Josh Groban I decided to upload one of his songs which shows at least that I could upload to my blog. I also went to ICYOU and Insider Medicine with the thought that I may find information to aid our educators. I looked at Back Pain but I wasn't sure who the information was geared to - I think more consumer based.

I downloaded iTunes. I didn't realise that there was TV shows, movies, audiobooks and Podcasts as well as music. Armed with a iPod and iPhone I can well see me being a big user of this site - about time my children/grandchildren would say.
I looked at Podcastalley and viewed a tutorial on new features of WordPress 2.7.
I liked Podfeed. The homepage included popular tags and Podcast categories so was easily searched. I also found Podcast Pickle which I liked. You can search by feature or genres. I picked on Arts and Crafts - Button Jewelry but as it was audio it didn't hold my attention. I don't think that I will be listening to podcasts to often. My next task is to add a RSS feed for a podcast to my Google Reader account.

Monday, December 8, 2008

Podcasts & Videos


Web-based applications


http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dhh4sbs4_15d49xgcf2&hl=en

This has been a nightmare. I have spent ages trying to publish to this blog. I got template lines, no picture and no posting to this blog. They had ended up going to my second blog. So I have learnt to change settings. Anyway, I did overcome the problems after much trial and error and a lot of patience.