Exercise 23: Yippeee!!!!

My favorite discovery was Zoho. I believe 50% of this summer 2.0 discovery exercises were new to me. I enjoyed all the exercises, although some were more exciting than others. I would chose to participate in this program again but I would do it when I have more time to devote to really discovering the tools/new technologies.

Thanks Bethany for exposing us to this wonderful experience.

Exercise 22: E-books & Audiobooks

I like the idea of e-books and audiobooks because sometimes something outside the traditional sense of learning makes a difference in how much we learn. I have had experience with e-books and personally prefer e-books over the traditional hard copy text book. In the near future, I would love to have the opportunity to use audiobooks in an academic setting.

It was difficult to find recently published books of interest however the sites iTunes and audible.com was very easy to navigate.

Exercise 21: Podcasting

Podcasting is something I was already familiar with, however I still explored podcast.net, procastalley.com and yahoo podcasts. It was very had to single out one podcast which interest me. There were a few library podcasts which seemed interesting based on the “title”, but because of the lengths of the podcast, I didn’t get a chance to listen to everything.

I also visited the links which explained how to create your own podcasts. Although I did not create a podcast of my own, it is always good information to know or to know how to find.

Exercise 20: YouTube

I have always been a fan of youtube.

Please enjoy the music from one of Dominica's most talented musicians.

Exercise 19: Discovering web 2.0 tools

PEERtrainer is my best site from the web 2.0 winners list. It falls under the category of health. The site is well designed; very bright and colorful pictures which tend to encourage you to continue exploring the site. There were many good things about this site, for example, the success stories and the diet and fitness area. I really like the nutrition 101. One of the cons I realized about this site is that there are several links which lead to the same information, but I guess for some this could have its advantages.

Could you see any applications for its use in a library setting?

Huh, well, I’m sure the library staff wants to live a healthy life, and encourage students and faculty to do the same…lol… :)

Exercise 18: Web based applications

ZOHO is an excellent tool with great features. You can do documents over the web which is great for sharing documents with friends or classmates. ZOHO also has a forum, mail (collaboration suite), etc. I hadn’t heard much about this tool until now, and I think it’s great. I will definitely use it in the future.

I also did a test document as recommended, it was very easy to create, save, and make modifications to. It was very much the same as any word processing software.

Excercise 17: Playing around with PBWiki

Other than a little password issue, this PBWiki was really fun and easy. I was also very happy to share with you guys a clip of my favorite movie.

Exercise 16: What's in a wiki?

I have always known that wikipedia was an open source and that anybody could edit their information, but I really had never heard about wiki. I guess we really do learn something new every day. Wiki like anything in life has its pros and cons, and unfortunately might not be for me because I would rather be organized and have control. However I could see this tool used in our academic setting, where faculty and students could have their website developed with wiki (without knowing anything about html), where faculty or students could make input to the site, based on a particular topic. This is a very vague example, but I think if this tool was exposed to our students and faulty that they would find a creative way to make use of it.

Exercise 15: Web 2.0 & Library 2.0

This discovery exercise was very informative. It was interesting to find out the background of web 2.0 and library 2.0, and how technology really evolved over time. It is amazing to see how the web is used to share information between users in today’s world, and I can only imagine it developing even more over the next couple years. Will we be able to catch up? How will this affect our society?