Sunday, October 12, 2008

Task: 23 Feedback

All done!!! Lots of fun!!! Easy, instructions are clear. Had trouble to preview some videos. I will definitely use iGoogle, Flickr and other applications. Good stuff!!!

Task: 22 Skype, Instant messaging & Meebo

I have signed in to Google Talk and invited a few staff members for a chat. When I was adding contacts I made a mistake in the email address and couldn't fix it, to correct mistake I had to create Gmail account, where I could change the email address. I have asked Graham about difference between Instant messaging and chat.
I have added Google Talk widget to my blog. I use Skype quite a lot at home. We have video camera as well, so when I talk to my friends and relatives we can see each other and have conversation.

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Task: 21 Podcast

I found a few podcasts and I have added a Podcast on SyberWorks E-Learning to my blog.

Task: 18 Library 2.0 (Encore & EBSCOhost 2.0 interface)

I use Encore quite a lot. I have included Encore demo in our Catalogue Tutorials.
New EBSCOhost 2.0 interface is more interactive and easy to navigate.

Task: 16 iGoogle

I love it. I have customised my iGoogle home page and have added some gadgets, such as Dictionary, WorldCat Search, Facebook, Google map Search, weather, time, Wikipedia and Google Docs. Using iGoogle I can access all different applications from any computer, it's very convenient. I will definitely use iGoogle.

Monday, October 6, 2008

Task: 17 Delicious

I have signed up for Delicious and became a user of this application. I have searched for "Learning Commons" and found interesting LC at NCSU Library website. I have created a delicious tagroll for my blog.

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Task: 15 Google Book Search & Google Scholar

I have accessed Google Book Search to look for some fiction books in different languages. I've used Advanced Search and limited my search by Language and my search was successful. I have selected the option "Full view only" to retrieve books with full text. Also I have searched Google Scholar to find some recent articles on "Learning Commons". I could open and view electronic theses, e.g. A User-centred Evaluation of the North Carolina State University Libraries Learning Commons/ by Stephen C. Sherman. Both tools are very useful.