It is amazing how many of these applications have been around but many I have not been fully aware of. It is only through doing this course, my awareness has increased and I now notice RSS is available in many aspects of my work. I have been accessioning books with SCIS and have only just noticed the RSS link at the bottom of the page. This application would be beneficial in that it would save you time as the information is being streamed directly to you.
Monday, 23 May 2011
Sunday, 8 May 2011
# 13 and # 14 MySpace and Facebook
There is no escaping these social networking sites and they don't seem to be going anywhere soon. Most television channels, news programs etc have there own facebook pages. My sister-in-law has a travel company and seeing the need to keep up with progress, got her teenage son to set up a facebook page for her company. She said that business is booming through this avenue.
Three of my own children are on facebook and many of my friends, but so far I have resisted the temptation. I am a time poor person as it is and love the opportunity to catch up with friends face to face or on the phone. I am very conscious of the privacy issues concerning facebook and have been surprised (and horrified) to learn that photos of me have been posted on to someone elses page without my knowledge or permission. I am constantly reminding my teenage children that their prospective employers could be viewing their pages and to be sensible in what they post. On a positive note, my children are able to keep in touch with their interstate and international cousins and keep us all connected with family news.
Myspace and facebook have necessitated the introduction of cyber bullying lessons and making students aware of the pros and cons of these applications.
Three of my own children are on facebook and many of my friends, but so far I have resisted the temptation. I am a time poor person as it is and love the opportunity to catch up with friends face to face or on the phone. I am very conscious of the privacy issues concerning facebook and have been surprised (and horrified) to learn that photos of me have been posted on to someone elses page without my knowledge or permission. I am constantly reminding my teenage children that their prospective employers could be viewing their pages and to be sensible in what they post. On a positive note, my children are able to keep in touch with their interstate and international cousins and keep us all connected with family news.
Myspace and facebook have necessitated the introduction of cyber bullying lessons and making students aware of the pros and cons of these applications.
#12 Flickr
I now have yet another new set of passwords and log ins! I had some fun with Flickr and can see it as a great way to organise my electronic resources. It would be a fabulous resource for children to use in class, downloading photos and adding relevant captions. It seems there is the option to make a "safe" group to share photos with.
Tuesday, 26 April 2011
#11 Library Thing
I have found my favourite application. I LOVE books and belong to a bookclub. We have a list of all of the books we have read as a group and we are always swapping books.This will be fantastic for our organisation and really interesting for us to see if any groups are reading similar books and what they think of them. The only problem now is to find the time to record books we have previously read!
I can see this being a wonderful resource for children where they can build their own libraries and share with like-minded students.
I can see this being a wonderful resource for children where they can build their own libraries and share with like-minded students.
#9 Virtual Reality
I have had a look at some of these Virtual Worlds and I have to say I'm personally not a fan. Throughout his primary years and early secondary, my now 19 year old son spent many hours playing "Runescape" then "Age of Empires". We had many real battles over the time he dedicated to these and I always felt they had an addictive quality. Now the craze is to play "Call of Duty" on the Internet and battle people you know or not! When I was completing my Librarianship by correspondence we had a virtual world where we could meet and we also had an online chat (MOOing).This was about four years ago and I have not had use for those again however if we were to do a virtual tour of an art gallery or a museum with our classes then I could definitely see that gaining their attention.
#8 iGoogle
I have created my own homepage for home on iGoogle and I can see it working for a classroom as well. We currently use a school Intranet comprising of class pages which have been customised to suit the class taught and the units taught but if this wasn't available a customised iGoogle page would be perfect. On my page I have added the weather, book of the day, Google tip of the day, Inspirational quotes, facebook. Google Map, Google Docs and some others. I was amused to see that my children have also been adding things because on closer inspection on the Countdown application I could see that there are only 158days, 13 hours,32 minutes and 34 seconds until my youngest son's birthday!
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