The End

Now that I have come to the end I would like to thank all of the organisers for the opportunity to do this course again. It has been great coming back to it from a position of confidence and i have really enjoyed learning some new tricks. I am keeping up with Facebook most days and have loved catching up with old friends. I am sure that I will be able to use some of these web 2.0 applications when I move into a librarians role in the future.

Week 10 YouTube

You will be very excited to know that I do use YouTube which proves that I do not live in the dark ages completely. I have found it really useful for my daughter and I to listen to recordings of the piano music she is learning. For instance she is starting to learn the Maple Leaf Rag by Scott Joplin and we have found the most amazing pianist who plays ragtime called Chocotiger. We have listened to a number of his performances as Stephanie learnt The Entertainer this year for her grade 3 piano exam. Have a listen he is amazing!!



I have also been using YouTube to listen to and watch the video of Australian Idol winner Stan Walker, as I really loved the song when he sang it on tv.

Week 10 - Podcasting

Well this is my last post for Web 2.0, and I must say it was a good one to finish off with. As you can probably guess I do not listen to Podcasts on a regular basis. I have only listened to them when I have been directed to do so through this course or during my study with CSU. I found them really easy to access through Podcast Alley and I liked the idea of running it through Bloglines which provides a continuous update on the feeds. I accessed a podcast on Doctor Who which went for a couple of hours so I only listened to a little bit. I then subscribed to a Buffy one although the link took me to a blank page (not sure what happened there). I then went a bit more academic and subscribed to Science Times a weekly podcast of science news from the New York Times, quite good if that is your thing. I can't imagine myself sitting at the computer listening to podcasts but it would be really good if you downloaded them to your ipod (of course I don't have one) and then you could listen while walking the dogs etc.