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.

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.

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.

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.

Task: 14 Google Docs

I have created a power point presentation on BONUS promotion in Google Docs and shared this document with another staff member. I have saved this document in my Google account and tried to print it using different options such as pdf, txt.
This is an excellent way to work on the presentation as a group, so everyone can contribute to the presentation.

Task: 20 YouTube

I have accessed YouTube and I found a video on Learning Commons grand opening (North Carolina State University)

Task: 19 Put a photo of your pet on the wiki

I used MS Picture Manager to resize the photo of my cat and I added the image to the VU Wikibrary. Also I left a comment on other images.

Task: 13 Google maps

I used Google Maps to find direction from VU, Footscray Nicholson to VU St. Albans, it shows time, distance and all directions from one point to another. I have found my house and my daughter's boyfriend car parked outside, I could even see a "P" plate on the window of his car.

Task: 12 My Space and Facebook

I have created an account at Facebook. I have added two friends, uploaded a photo album , that can be viewed by my friends only. Also I have added JSTOR into my FaceBook.

Task: 6 More Flickr

I have created a slide show.

Task: 11 Subscribe to some blogs

Using Google Blog Search I have subscribed to some blogs related to the library and created a Link List of Library Blogs on my blog. Some blogs are interesting, e.g. Librarians Matter and USF Libraries Business Blog.

Task: 10 Add some subscriptions

I have subscribed digg.com through Google Reader. This is a tool where users can vote on the most popular news and also to contribute to the content.
I have added a few more subscriptions, such as State Library of Victoria News:
and VU Library News Service. All my subscriptions can be found from the the following link:
http://www.google.com/reader/view/#overview-page

Task 8: LibraryThing

I have created LibraryThing account, access to my LibraryThing catalog is available from the following link:
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/OlaAVT
Also I have added the LibraryThing widget to the side of my blog.

Task: 9 Set up a feed reader

I have set up Google Reader and subscribed "The Age News Headlines". This tool can be used in the library, e.g. subscribe RSS feed "Library News", "Library New Resources".

Task 7: Image Generator

I have searched the words "image generator" in Google and found some free images.

Also I have used ImageChef to send a "flower message" to everyone.

Task: 5 Flickr

I have uploaded a picture and added it to the VU Library set. The picture title is "FTN Campus Library". Follow the link below:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27998021@N06/