Last Discovery Activity

Hi,

I really appreciated this educational opportunity - it was fun and allowed a glimpse of Web 2.0. I was worried that I was getting so far behind with technology, etc and now at least I understand that Rollyo is not something to do with cigarettes! I am tempted to check out the 43 things and continue on my learning journey. My husband is a Year 7 teacher and would like to use these activities with his students. Do you have to ask permission from or pay something to the developer?

I'll miss doing these activities - I really liked being able to work away at my own speed. So much of what we do at ACL is group oriented and I really don't learn well that way. Thanks for thinking about those of us who like individualized discovery!

Rollyo query from Elgar answered

Hi,

My rollyo is on my blog as a link. Sorry, I didn't write a narrative about it because I linked to it. I did "My retirement" as my Rollyo theme and have links to 3 well-known retirement sites from the US (aarp), Canada (CARP) and 50plus as well as the entire web. Try "where to retire" in the search box - most results are about US cities, but not exclusively. The link is the first one to your right.

Podcast Discovery Week cont'd

Hi,

You asked where my podcast was - see where it says Lachie (below)? Just click on the arrow in front of the name and you can view the podcast.

NetLibrary Discovery Week

Hi,

I'm impressed with the collection of ebooks subscribed to by ACL. I'd like to learn Photoshop so I've put some of the basic Photoshop titles in my list of favourites. I used to be a Technical Writer for an oil company before I went back to get my MLIS. I'd like to do some freelance writing so I've put "Awaken the Writer within" in my list of favourites too. There are also some interesting looking health titles and lots of study guides for students. I still prefer reading a printed book and magazine but I am moving towards using technology to download books. If I complete this and get an MP3 player, I plan to download books using Overdrive - my commute is a long one (1-1 1/2 hours each way!)

Podcast Discovery Week

Hi,

I've uploaded a YouTube podcast to my blog (see below) and added the RSS feed for Podcast.net to my Bloglines account. I found the podcasts relatively easy to find but then so many of them, either were no longer available or they required some special downloadable software in order to see them. Not a very satisfactory exercise - very frustrating! This applied to all three directories, although Yahoo didn't require as many special downloads.

YouTube Discovery Week

HI,

My husband works with a former librarian and she told me about a new sitcom about librarians, which is/will air in Australia. She told me that the promo was on YouTube so I did a search and here it is. It looks like it might be funny. I love comedy and miss the comedy shows that I used to watch in Canada. My nephew is getting married in London, Canada in December and I'd like to see a video of it. I must ask my sister to take a video and upload it on YouTube so I don't miss anything.

Zohowriter

HI,

It worked but Zohowriter kept freezing up - I finally got it to publish on my blog after 7 tries!
I chose Farecast as my Web 2.0 application to discover because my husband and I are hoping to fly to Japan at some point and I want to see how to find the best deals on tickets. This is like other travel sites, you plug in the flight dates, times etc and the software comes up with the cheapest flights. It also shows comparisons for prices against Expedia, CheapAir, CheapTickets, Hotwire, BookingBuddy and others. It had the cheapest fares and it supported searches for flights out of Auckland (which some of the other travel software did not). Highly recommended!