Friday, August 15, 2008
Teaching Scholars
This morning, I am showing the CCOM Teaching Scholars Web 2.0 technology, which has led me to dust off this aging blog of mine.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Week 8
Mash-ups - it's amazing what technology can do. The list at Mashup Awards was really cool. The one I liked best (I think) is called BillShrink. It lets you input your cell phone usage, normal monthly bill and zip codes to determine which plans would save you the most money. It also provides graphic (use Google maps) information about signal strength. Pretty cool.
I didn't know about Rollyo either. It's pretty interesting getting these "custom search engines." This is probably the first idea that I'm come across during this course I really need to think about a little bit more. Hmmm...
I didn't know about Rollyo either. It's pretty interesting getting these "custom search engines." This is probably the first idea that I'm come across during this course I really need to think about a little bit more. Hmmm...
Week 7
Well, we're coming to the end of this (and just in the nick of time). Today the topic is another one I'm familiar with: podcasts and hosted videos.
Odeo wasn't a product I was familiar with - I'm an iTunes user. It was pretty cool for desktop listening, though some of the podcasts I found weren't up to date and no one was listening to them.
I'm skeptical about the utility of many podcasts. You really need an eager audience for them to be successful. So, either your local audience needs to tech savvy and enthusiastic, or your content needs to be widely applicable. In sum, I think you should build it because you have a need, not just because you can.
YouTube on the other hand has a huge audience looking at all kinds of things. I've used it to look for video tutorials and amusing library-related videos. The one I've chosen today however is medically-oriented. Crazy medical students in Alberta do some great spoof videos. This one is about EKGs.
Odeo wasn't a product I was familiar with - I'm an iTunes user. It was pretty cool for desktop listening, though some of the podcasts I found weren't up to date and no one was listening to them.
I'm skeptical about the utility of many podcasts. You really need an eager audience for them to be successful. So, either your local audience needs to tech savvy and enthusiastic, or your content needs to be widely applicable. In sum, I think you should build it because you have a need, not just because you can.
YouTube on the other hand has a huge audience looking at all kinds of things. I've used it to look for video tutorials and amusing library-related videos. The one I've chosen today however is medically-oriented. Crazy medical students in Alberta do some great spoof videos. This one is about EKGs.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Week 6 Thoughts
They were right, this is an easy week. I've set up a Picasa account recently (http://picasaweb.google.com/kathryn.skhal) because my little sister got married and I wanted to share the pictures I had taken. I love it - my pictures are more organized, they are being viewed and appreciated. It was also very easy to link them to my Facebook account.
Yay!
Yay!
Week 5 Thoughts
OK, I'm done with Google Docs etc. now. What do I think? I think that in certain situations, it's fantastic. When you are collaborating with others and your goal is an Office-style document, it's better than a wiki. I totally understand the advantages over email attachments and I like not relying on Microsoft. On the other hand however, it's just slower there working on your desktop and it can be frustrating (for my system anyway). For things I'm the only one using and for the fact that virtual desktop gives my automatic access to Office and my shared directories off-campus, I don't see myself using it regularly. Not yet anyway.
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