Podcasts are a little ubiquitous now, with casts of SLV Digital Forums available for over a year now. Listening to AM Radio Nat and ABC, also FM RRR, podcasts feeds of interviews, program segments and naturally music.
Searching Yahoo podcast directory, there are 287 on the subject of web 2.0!
At this point in the program, I don't think I could venture there, so try a random selection of themes and topics.
Search options include episodes, series and search the web. Suggestions for alternative searches are given.
Nothing on dry stone walls, but I could listen to a Rolling Stone interview with John Lennon and 'walls' leads me to China and everything from travel casts to reports on political protests over Tibet.
The educational potential of podcasts and use in libraries I believe is wide.
An accompaniment to our exhibitions, as a learning tool for Lifelong Learning courses and bringing new life to perhaps our digitized collections.
The value of the use of podcasts in this program is questionable, as other bloggers discussed in our evaluation meeting this week.
I have only listened to the first podcast for this program and found it disappointingly patronising, so I have ignored the remainder, primarily to save time.
Friday, September 7, 2007
Thursday, August 30, 2007
#20YouTube
@ the Writers' Festival, Graeme Blundell spoke frankly and warmly of the comic genius of Graham Kennedy, his recent biographical subject.
My 1970s based knowledge of Blankety Blanks was fleshed out with stories about his IMT days, but I had seen little footage.
Enter YouTube.
Tear myself away from the caricatures of our Prime Minister and the comments re his first YouTube foray encouraging young Austns to spend a gap year in the defence force and then the climate change announcement,(his media minders, perhaps not fully versing themselves as to the actual web 2.0 communicative, collaborative nature of YouTube before allowing their boss to appear).
Interesting the use of YouTube by jockeying candidates in the current pre US elections and now here.
Disappointed with the basic search functions but find two short pieces of early Graham Kennedy, plus BBlanks and Coast to Coast.
A fellow blogger has shown us the educational alternatives to YouTube with Science Hack and Teacher Tube. The latter is a sibling of YouTube containing educational videos from YouTube. The former is a independent site with all videos vetted and approved by scientists.
My 1970s based knowledge of Blankety Blanks was fleshed out with stories about his IMT days, but I had seen little footage.
Enter YouTube.
Tear myself away from the caricatures of our Prime Minister and the comments re his first YouTube foray encouraging young Austns to spend a gap year in the defence force and then the climate change announcement,(his media minders, perhaps not fully versing themselves as to the actual web 2.0 communicative, collaborative nature of YouTube before allowing their boss to appear).
Interesting the use of YouTube by jockeying candidates in the current pre US elections and now here.
Disappointed with the basic search functions but find two short pieces of early Graham Kennedy, plus BBlanks and Coast to Coast.
A fellow blogger has shown us the educational alternatives to YouTube with Science Hack and Teacher Tube. The latter is a sibling of YouTube containing educational videos from YouTube. The former is a independent site with all videos vetted and approved by scientists.
#19 Web 2.0 awards
The Broth the beauty of web 2.0 to enable sharing and collaboration to create art with others from around the world.
Wonderfully idealistic as your creation can be altered by others.
Amusing to look for awhile, but found I yearned for something more accomplished to view.
Once again I can see uses of this in an academic setting or public library environment, but less so for our environment.
Pipes ( by Yahoo) allows mashups of various online data ie code your RSS feeds into an interactive map. I was disheartened by the account creation to try at this time.
I smile that my favourite web 2.0 aspect LibraryThing won an award. Delicious irony is that I wouldn't ordinarily care to share my lists and the application democratically allows you this choice.
Relishing the Writer's Festival and amused to see some burgeoning web 2.0 marketing on publisher, bookseller and websites. From reader reviews, dialogues on blogs to 'Second Life' type individual websites and existences for characters.
Wonderfully idealistic as your creation can be altered by others.
Amusing to look for awhile, but found I yearned for something more accomplished to view.
Once again I can see uses of this in an academic setting or public library environment, but less so for our environment.
Pipes ( by Yahoo) allows mashups of various online data ie code your RSS feeds into an interactive map. I was disheartened by the account creation to try at this time.
I smile that my favourite web 2.0 aspect LibraryThing won an award. Delicious irony is that I wouldn't ordinarily care to share my lists and the application democratically allows you this choice.
Relishing the Writer's Festival and amused to see some burgeoning web 2.0 marketing on publisher, bookseller and websites. From reader reviews, dialogues on blogs to 'Second Life' type individual websites and existences for characters.
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
#18 Online prod tools
My initiation to Zoho was a pleasant one, as fellow blogger Elmo had already experimented with Zoho, creating training pages for us on a wiki. We tested it in two 'live' training sessions to great success.
It proved robust in both IE and the fox browsers (we have both kinds at the SLV).
Office applications are not available at our library, much to the disbelief of unassuming students and at times the chagrin of staff, who must convey the news.
Have played with Google docs before and found it difficult to save or export a doc to email.
The Zoho account took a 3 attempts to be accepted.
However, the range of formats and functions is impressive and will suffice for our patrons.
Created a table as a test, with the only shortcomings being the column spacing would alter inconsistently when hitting the enter key and I can't alter background color.
Tried to export to my SLV Training Yoga Booking Table to the blog, but despite assiduously following instructions, the following error appears. Computer says no. Might try again later.
Unable to connect your blog. Username or password may be incorrect
It proved robust in both IE and the fox browsers (we have both kinds at the SLV).
Office applications are not available at our library, much to the disbelief of unassuming students and at times the chagrin of staff, who must convey the news.
Have played with Google docs before and found it difficult to save or export a doc to email.
The Zoho account took a 3 attempts to be accepted.
However, the range of formats and functions is impressive and will suffice for our patrons.
Created a table as a test, with the only shortcomings being the column spacing would alter inconsistently when hitting the enter key and I can't alter background color.
Tried to export to my SLV Training Yoga Booking Table to the blog, but despite assiduously following instructions, the following error appears. Computer says no. Might try again later.
Unable to connect your blog. Username or password may be incorrect
#17 Wikis bucket and spade
Interesting to see how a wiki's versatility has been plumbed and tested with the sandbox.
Some subjects jell, others don't for me. Academic subject, leisure and personal interest fared better. The PLCMC 'Core Competency' wiki for instance seemed out of place in the style.
The value of the wiki subject, similarly with a blog will be tested with time - the participants' veracity in continuing to contribute to keep it alive and current.
Some subjects jell, others don't for me. Academic subject, leisure and personal interest fared better. The PLCMC 'Core Competency' wiki for instance seemed out of place in the style.
The value of the wiki subject, similarly with a blog will be tested with time - the participants' veracity in continuing to contribute to keep it alive and current.
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
#16 Wikis
We are living in a blogsphere and a wiki world.
I like the form and see use beyond the grand wiki of them all, Wikipedia.
Bizwiki at Ohio State University was the first educational wiki I saw and it opened me toward the possibilities. While content is authorised by the administrator, other staff and students can make comments, ask questions and yes, provide content. Sum of many parts is greater in not merely volume but value.
The aforementioned Procedures blog of Library information for desk staff would be ideal in a wiki format.
The Book Lover's wiki is both clever and lovely and I can visualise something akin to this as a valuable tool to continue to engage participants in the SLV's Lifelong Learning Book Review classes or Experimedia book events. Unsure where an SLV Book Lover's wiki could naturally live within our web presence or whether we would need to let it fly separately.
I like the form and see use beyond the grand wiki of them all, Wikipedia.
Bizwiki at Ohio State University was the first educational wiki I saw and it opened me toward the possibilities. While content is authorised by the administrator, other staff and students can make comments, ask questions and yes, provide content. Sum of many parts is greater in not merely volume but value.
The aforementioned Procedures blog of Library information for desk staff would be ideal in a wiki format.
The Book Lover's wiki is both clever and lovely and I can visualise something akin to this as a valuable tool to continue to engage participants in the SLV's Lifelong Learning Book Review classes or Experimedia book events. Unsure where an SLV Book Lover's wiki could naturally live within our web presence or whether we would need to let it fly separately.
#15 #23 3/4 Library 2.0 Web 2.0
I think this should be #23 or #23 3/4 to ponder and savour for the finale,
although I could cheat and point readers to musings on web 17.8 in #7 technology.
There is difficulty with a label and the hype web 2.0 appears to have generated, to not be cynical and so then dismiss the accompanying library 2.0. I fear some policy influenced by web 2.0 could result in initiatives centred on one type of user, based around fads and the technology to facilitate it that may ultimately be superseded. The Digital Native/Digital Immigrant debate swirling amidst some web 2.0 literature, had underlying threads of exclusion for those bracketed as the former.
I liked the fact Michael Stephen's discussed Library 2.0 as "helping users find information, gather knowledge" as well as "create content", although for mine the latter with qualification. All are significant principles of Library 0-1.99999 and what I believe in, as governments should be about developing infrastructure and providing services (not amassing surpluses).
Wonderfully positive if the technology we adopt paves greater opportunities for all types of users to do all three. I hope we have always assisted patrons thus, although perhaps not providing them with the forum to display their creations. User participation, collaboration and sharing aspect of web 2.0 and how libraries negotiate it to enhance and not diminish their integrity is crucial.
I want users to come to our library in person or virtually and feel it is their sanctuary. For a healthy future of libraries, may a thoughtful application of web 2.0 diminish barriers and increase usage from all facits of our community.
although I could cheat and point readers to musings on web 17.8 in #7 technology.
There is difficulty with a label and the hype web 2.0 appears to have generated, to not be cynical and so then dismiss the accompanying library 2.0. I fear some policy influenced by web 2.0 could result in initiatives centred on one type of user, based around fads and the technology to facilitate it that may ultimately be superseded. The Digital Native/Digital Immigrant debate swirling amidst some web 2.0 literature, had underlying threads of exclusion for those bracketed as the former.
I liked the fact Michael Stephen's discussed Library 2.0 as "helping users find information, gather knowledge" as well as "create content", although for mine the latter with qualification. All are significant principles of Library 0-1.99999 and what I believe in, as governments should be about developing infrastructure and providing services (not amassing surpluses).
Wonderfully positive if the technology we adopt paves greater opportunities for all types of users to do all three. I hope we have always assisted patrons thus, although perhaps not providing them with the forum to display their creations. User participation, collaboration and sharing aspect of web 2.0 and how libraries negotiate it to enhance and not diminish their integrity is crucial.
I want users to come to our library in person or virtually and feel it is their sanctuary. For a healthy future of libraries, may a thoughtful application of web 2.0 diminish barriers and increase usage from all facits of our community.
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