Monday, June 30, 2008
Friday, June 27, 2008
Week 3
All very exciting - I like the potential for keeping images that might otherwise be lost, or not taken; the fact that it has private and public potential; the fact that people can comment on images, adding extra information about contents in some cases; the fact that it adds an extra type/shade of 'information' through revealing the many different ways (because of the range of people contributing) we can look at particular things; and its potential as a source of raw material for researchers, artists etc.
My only concern is that it is dependant on the quality of tagging.
Finally - Although there are help guides to making a link to a photograph, and I managed to do it a few weeks ago somehow, I have not be able to get to a page with the little picture icon on it so I can download the image I have selected. I've spent about an hour on it now, plus the very excellent lesson, but am now leaving it because it is time to go home!
Feeling a bit frustrated as to the clarity or user friendliness of guides/instructions here.
My only concern is that it is dependant on the quality of tagging.
Finally - Although there are help guides to making a link to a photograph, and I managed to do it a few weeks ago somehow, I have not be able to get to a page with the little picture icon on it so I can download the image I have selected. I've spent about an hour on it now, plus the very excellent lesson, but am now leaving it because it is time to go home!
Feeling a bit frustrated as to the clarity or user friendliness of guides/instructions here.
Friday, June 20, 2008
Response to questions about program
What do you write about?
Try something on the theme of Learning 2.0.
What do you hope to learn from the program? - range of possibilities inherent in social networking, see wide range of well selected examples of what already done, see how they can be manipulated, how to use them effectively.
What do you think about Lifelong Learning? - I think we continue learning throughout our lives whether we aim to or not, the power we have is over what it is we learn
What other blogs have you discovered? What do you like about them? - the ones I have seen are the examples provided. I like the two way flow of information, I like the way information can be shaped as the 'document' (?) is created, that it is an ongoing, evolving process - I find that exciting - I find it empowering as a reader that I have access to the skills and knowledge of the readers as the content increases. This doesn't mean I think the focus, single author nature of a book is less, just that it is different and that it does something a book doesn't.
Can you see a use for blogs inside the Library? - Yes - for feedback - both ways, advertising library resources and services as needs arise (eg. needs during semester are different to break times and this could be reflected in content and input), keeping users up to date, mainly for the chance for two way construction of content.
How about blogging for a client audience? - I'm not sure what the question is here - blogging for an audience seems obvious?
Try something on the theme of Learning 2.0.
What do you hope to learn from the program? - range of possibilities inherent in social networking, see wide range of well selected examples of what already done, see how they can be manipulated, how to use them effectively.
What do you think about Lifelong Learning? - I think we continue learning throughout our lives whether we aim to or not, the power we have is over what it is we learn
What other blogs have you discovered? What do you like about them? - the ones I have seen are the examples provided. I like the two way flow of information, I like the way information can be shaped as the 'document' (?) is created, that it is an ongoing, evolving process - I find that exciting - I find it empowering as a reader that I have access to the skills and knowledge of the readers as the content increases. This doesn't mean I think the focus, single author nature of a book is less, just that it is different and that it does something a book doesn't.
Can you see a use for blogs inside the Library? - Yes - for feedback - both ways, advertising library resources and services as needs arise (eg. needs during semester are different to break times and this could be reflected in content and input), keeping users up to date, mainly for the chance for two way construction of content.
How about blogging for a client audience? - I'm not sure what the question is here - blogging for an audience seems obvious?
week2
I have gone round in circles a bit but I think this is now happening, and I may have succeeded in adding a picture of a frog - i will be able to tell when I work out how to close, and look at it.
I find this quite exciting - the blog examples really give an idea of the high level of information flow that is available. The war diary, the comments from library users to the ACT Libraries website on books they have read, the interaction of historical information in the first example - wonderful.
I find this quite exciting - the blog examples really give an idea of the high level of information flow that is available. The war diary, the comments from library users to the ACT Libraries website on books they have read, the interaction of historical information in the first example - wonderful.
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