Wednesday, October 31, 2007

#14 Technorati

Search Term "Learning 2.0"

Blog Posts 495 Results
Tags 105 Results
Blog Directory 333 Results

As you can see the search results varied depending on how narrowly I searched – as I expected when only searching Tags there were fewer hits. I didn't find any great surprises.

I decided not to tag my posts as I am not the type of person to get out there and broadcast my thoughts – I am a much more private person and would only really post and tag something if I had conducted a thorough Research Project at an advanced level – so that it would actually contribute some knowledge. I don’t generally talk just to hear the sound of my own voice or thoughts.

# 13 Tagging & Del.icio.us

Tagging & Del.icio.us

http://del.icio.us/

I had a good play around with Del.icio.us it was lots of fun. The way the tagging is used is very useful, it is really handy to be able to enter different search terms and to have the information be returned in the results. The drawbacks are that it is easy to become inundated with relevant or not so relevant links!!

As is always the case I am not too sure about the validity of all of the entries!! Not sure how much this is to be trusted when doing research??

None-the-less it is a great tool for social interaction especially for those who may have a particular hobby or interest

Sunday, October 21, 2007

Rollyo

Well it is Monday Morning - I feel a bit fresher after the weekend. I have had a bit of a play around with Rollyo and have added a couple to my Blog. I must say it looks quite impressive for the amount of work needed to set it up.

Thursday, October 18, 2007

LibraryThing

I played around with this for while, chose a range of books ranging from non fiction adult to Children's fiction

Here is the link to the LibraryThing site http://www.librarything.com/addbooks

I will now move on to the Rollyo .... wish me luck...

Generator - Rubik's Cube Generator

Here are the results of the Rubik's Cube Generator -- I have added my photo to the generator to get a nice blend of the two.

The Rubik's cube was fun to play around with -- it was a bit of a blast from the past.

Here is a link to the Rubik's Cube Generator http://www.dumpr.net/rubik.php

Generators

It has been fun playing around with the Generator -- it took a bit of nutting out but I got the hang of it and was able to post my results.

This one came from the Famous Star Generator -- here is the link in case anyone else wants to have a play around with the site http://www.famousstar.de/

Tuesday, October 2, 2007

RSS Update

Well no need to save it for another day ... I managed to grab an extra couple of minutes to add the links to 2 colleagues blogs ... as far as I know I am now up to date with the Learning 2.0 Activities --- yeah!!!

RSS & News Feeds

http://www.bloglines.com/public/VAustralialearning

RSS & News Feeds will be useful as they will save time. I will no longer have to visit various sites to keep abreast of what is happening in the world. It will be great having various information sources and web pages available in one spot.

At first there appeared to be loads of instructions on how to add the news feeds but once I got going it wasn’t as daunting as first thought, particularly as I had some help from my colleagues…

This is a Work in progress – I still need to add links to some of my colleagues Blogs – but I will save that task for another day…

Flickr Project

http://www.flickr.com/photos/minette_layne/1429864199/
I have always liked frogs. I like their long gangly legs and how they can jump about so effortlessly. The vibrant green colour is very eye catching – it contrasts very well with the red background.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nishri/1323034099/
This photo appeals to me as it is quite unusual for cats to go near water & swimming pools. This little kitten is taking advantage of having the pool to himself whilst the kids are away.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mutenostrilsyndrome/421283902/
This photo makes me want to go on a holiday and chill out on a nice topical island somewhere … the water looks very inviting. I would be quite happy to head off to the huts shown in the distance and curl up with a good book.

I enjoyed using Flickr – I loved looking at the photos – I have a background in photography so I enjoy going through other peoples happy snaps. I do however feel a little guilty about taking other peoples work and putting it up on my Blog. Adding the entry to my Blog seemed to be fairly straight forward and not too taxing.