Learning 2.0

Alot of people have not had enough time to spend on this. I found it less time consuming as a lot of it I'd attempted before and was just revising my knowledge. I am now going to start up new blogs for my subject areas now and get the links to them loaded on subject pages and hope they are accessed more than last time I tried it. They can be made very bright and attractive looking - especially in the environmental area.

Library Podcasts

I have listened to podcasts from several libraries and I feel that if sitting in front of a PC to listen they need to be 3 minutes or less in duration. After about 3 minutes my attention wanders to the extent that I am following the time-line instead of listening to the content. For one that is intended to be heard on an ipod whilst walking around the library (like a tour) could be a little longer - up to 5 minutes. I like the bright, eye-catching link to podcasts on the Curtin University Library home page.
Short video clips seem to me the way to go if accessing at a desktop computer as you then have something to look at as well as to listen.

Podcasting, Videos etc

I checked out YouTube and found it quite confusing at first. Even after I found some that interested me it was a bit too easy to become distracted and not be able to find my way back to the starting point. This makes me think that if you especially want your friends to see your videos you would need to give them a direct link rather than just tell them to look for it on YouTube.

Technoratatouille

Since I last used tags it has become easier to do. Still not too sure that students will want to read a blog if it only talks about boring stuff like new books in the library. Can only try and if it is easily accessable but still not visited then it will be because it is boring. It would be just too easy to make it all about new books/serials with pictures of the covers (see right)for brightness but if it isn't looked at you are time-wasting.

4 angles & virtual worlds

Watched "You only live twice" and thought it wasn't for me. Also looked at the 4 corners website - still not me and I can't see that it has any applications for libraries.

But a new virtual reality game called Reach Out Central attempts to address the problem of teenage depression and suicide. It was developed by the Inspire Foundation in consultation with psychologists, young people and computer gaming experts, with funding provided by the Sony Foundation and Beyondblue. It is available at the following URL - http://www.reachoutcentral.com.au/

So maybe it could be a tool for library instruction so long as young people and computer gaming experts were involved in the development of a program.

Found

I found an RSS feed in Blackwell Synergy, so did a search on the topic of Information Literacy then set up the feed for that topic. It will be interesting to see what newly published articles are picked up by this feed in the next month.

camtasia

At last, I don't have anything more pressing to do and can sit and play with this programme. I am writing scripts for the clips I plan to make as I found last time it was impossible to 'wing it' without having long silences. They then had to be edited out and that is extremely tedious and tiring for my hand.

RSS

I have learned that RSS stands for 'Really Simple Syndication' or alternatively 'Rich Site Summary'. Both describe the function of RSS - it is a simple way of syndicating or disseminating information and it provides an instant summary of new content appearing in a web site or blog.

I set up a Bloglines aggregator but didn't like it much compared to Onfolio which I had trialled two years ago (too costly to keep) so when I found Sage - a Mozilla extension - I started to use that and it is better.
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Creative Commons

Creative Commons provides free tools that let creators easily mark their creative work with the freedoms they want it to carry. You are free to to copy, distribute and transmit the work and to adapt the work.
You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor. You may not use this work for commercial purposes. If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one.
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Recycling

Using your library to borrow books is one of the oldest forms of recycling. It used to be called sharing. New millenium new name.

Another good way to recycle books is to buy secondhand books then re-sell when you have finished with them.

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