Week 12 – Wrap up; social networks and catch up

Week 12 – it is here, hip hip horay. The last week of the learning lessons in the Learning 2.0 program has arrived. It has been a wonderful journey and I hope that there will be more to come.

I would like to say a BIG BIG BIG thank-you for the opportunity of learning so much in a small time frame. I has been a hard slog of the whip to find the time to complete, but it is here.

I will be adding more so stay tuned and thankyou again. It's been a pleasure.

I will miss trying to find the spare time for you.

Week 11 – Online applications and tools

The library system I am with has just started to use the on-line application and as to date I have not had an application yet! Being in a small town may have some impact on how many I would get compared to other large regional centres.

The Google Docs was fun as I didn't know that is was avaliable. (Guess that's why I am enjoying this course so much). Our library is starting to set up a staff intranet so all our docs will be avaliable and also up-to-date. I can see how this would be helpful for libraries who don't have this feature.

Mashup

Mashup would be a wonderful asset to the local history groups every-where. Just think how wonderful it would if you are searching your family history and you go to the local library of your ancestors home town and to hear a story from or about your ancestors. It would just bring a chill down your spine. I know how excited I get when I find a long lost grave from late 1800's, or information from the old newspapers.

Google Maps

Just playing with Google Maps and I had found this hard, I think just because of time restrictions and only having dial up Internet takes a lot longer to surf the net and when there is a lot of information on the web page it takes longer.

Looking at the maps of the capital cities is much clearer than looking at the map of my home town of Dunedoo. Maybe one day it will become clearer.

Podcast in the library

This would be a great way of preserving the local history even in a small rural town where funding and time is limited.

Imagine listening to local history about the town.

Lots of other areas it could be usful are;
School projects
Information centres
Training podcasts
Library tours
Story-time
Book clubs

The list is endless.

Week 10 Mashups

I have never left Australia, so my map was easy. I didn't find a map just for Australia, but I will keep looking. Here is a map I created with just Australia in yellow.

Enjoy

Dunny Who?

http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/map.php

Week 9 - Podcasts and audio

Gregory North is Fully Sick Mate!

I hadthe pleasure seeing Gregory North in the flesh at the Dunedoo Bush Poetry Festival in March 2008. He is very funny and his comedy suits every-one.

If you would like to listen to some of his work, go to this site.

http://www.gregorynorth.com.au/Listen.html

I like the Slabs, TABS, Cabs & Kebabs.

Week 8 - Answer boards and social searching

When I signed in to Yahoo!7 Answers id was lost. So much information and where do I start. Do I look for library information, family history, information about Dunedoo, nope, I looked up the Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog. I was a little upset to learn that in other countries like USA, they still dock tails on Cattle Dogs and then called them Stumpies. I am glad that here in Oz we have a law that prevents this happening.
I will have to go back and look for other interesting questions as that was fun.

Week 7 - Tagging, folksonomies, delicious and LibraryThing

Week 6 Activities - You Tube Videos

This is one of the funniest videos that I have seen in a long time.

Please take the time to watch and grab a box of tissues.


Enjoy

Week 5 WIKI's

I had a good look around at all the different things on Wookieepedia. I can see wikis having great opportunities for libraries worldwide.



It is very easy to edit information on this site, the only problem Ican see would be controlling what information is contributed. I have always been told that it is not a trustworthy site, but after reading the stats, maybe it could be useful for certain information.



Looking up information on any new technology could also help.

Week 4 RSS Feeds

When I first I did complete the uploading 5 RSS feeds to the Google reader. It was fun and enjoyable and very easy to do. I don't think I will get to spend a lot of time looking back at all the feeds. There is so much information available and I can see that this would be useful for students studying a certain subject, but I can also see there could also be a case of too much information.
Power House Museum photo of the day:

http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/imageservices/

Enjoy

Week 3 Flicker Fun

What fun it is to look up just about anything and find fantastic photos. I found a photo of my street and it was taken by some-one who doesn't even live in NSW.

Here is the link to have a look for yourself.....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/schoolbookdepository/428080794/

I have even found a long lost cousin who I have not seen in a while. It is great to catch up and see his travelling photos.

I didn't think that this going to have an impact, but I was wrong. I have now posted photos myself and I also have invited others to join up and share theirs too.

Dunny Who?

Dunny Who? You ask.

Well let me tell you that The Doo is a great place to live.

This small town is a convenient stop along the Golden Highway and Castlereagh Highways, after a comfortable drive from Newcastle Sydney, Tamworth, Coonabarabran or Canberra. Dunedoo is ideally located on the crossroads to take you north, south, east or west with easily accessible toilets in the park for travellers, close to the modern children’s playground, BBQ and shops.

This little town has an entrance sign that welcomes travellers to ‘Where the People make the Difference’ and this is exactly how it is in this pretty little town of 830 people in the central west of NSW. This rural community has all the necessary services including a brand new hospital that was opened in 2007, chemist, doctor and a 15 bed aged hostel, and a new supermarket is about to be built, which makes this place, the ideal place to live.