Technology Is My Friend: 10/15/09

On my home computer my slide with youtube video appears on my blog but at work it doesn't. Is this about permissions? I'm curious.

The Methods to My Madness

A Dozen Ways to Two-Step Listed below are 12 ways, or methods, that comprise this Web 2.0 Two-Step — 12 methods that explore and expand your knowledge of the Internet and Web 2.0. Complete all twelve methods in numeric order and become a Two-Stepping expert! Method 1: An Introduction to Web 2.0 and Library 2.0 Read this blog post to learn about Web 2.0 and Library 2.0 Method 2: Blogs Learn about blogs – set up your own blog and add your first posts. Method 3: Cloud Computing Explore the topic of cloud computing and play with some popular online productivity/cloud computing tools such as GoogleDocs and Zoho writer. Method 4: RSS & Newsreaders Learn about RSS feeds, set up your own newsreader account, and locate a few useful library related blogs and/or news feeds. Method 5: Photos & Images Explore popular image hosting sites like Flickr and Picasa; post an image on your blog. Method 6 : Videos Have fun exploring video sharing sites like YouTube, TeacherTube and Google Video, then embed a video in one of your blog posts. Method 7: Tagging and Social Bookmarking Learn about tagging and social bookmarking and discover popular related sites such as Delicious. Method 8: Social Networking Meet social networking royalty such as Facebook and Twitter; read about issues of online identity and privacy. Method 9: Chat / IM Play around with chat and instant messaging. Method 10: Wikis Learn about wikis, discover some innovative ways that libraries are using them, and add some information to TSLAC’s Dozen Ways to Two-Step Wiki. Method 11: Podcasts Discover the wide world of podcasting and vidcasting. Method 12: Reflection and Evaluation Reflect on the things you have learned and complete the course evaluation.

Technology Is My Friend

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Where Is the Slide?