Reflections.......

I really enjoyed this exercise and learned a lot from it. I think it expanded my ability to learn to find things on the Internet. Some of the activities were things that I wasn't even aware of.

My favorite by far was the how-to videos on You Tube. I didn't know that they had things like that on their website. I was under the impression that it was just funny, frivolous stuff.

I learned a lot about basic computer functions such as linking websites, finding addresses to copy and paste, and importing photos and videos onto blogs. I have to admit that until 2.0 started I was totally biased against blogs. I'm afraid that I just didn't understand them, but now I think I could find them very useful.

I think this exercise helped me in interacting with my co-workers. We had to ask each other for help during activities we didn't understand and we all learned from each other's trials and errors.

Having the dedicated time to just pursue this learning was a very nice thing. It was a lot of fun to actually learn new stuff. I'm pretty sure that I'll use some of this in my personal time on the computer at home.

Well, those are my thoughts on Discover 2.0. I'm very happy that we had the opportunity and I hope we have more chances for this sort of thing in the future.

Twitter....

I didn't enjoy this activity very much... I think some people would use them, but once again, it involves spending way too much time with your nose stuck up against a computer screen. If everyone you knew did this, I guess twitter would be a valuable communication tool. I check my computer so seldom, I would always be behind the times. I didn't understand the tumblr.com situation so that was a total waste of my time. I'm sure someone out there likes it, just not me!

Aurora Australis

I enjoyed looking at the videos on some of the sites, especially the how to videos. There are a lot of them. I was amazed at the different way each site will search differently, even with the exact same wording. I chose this video to post to my blog because I have always wanted to see the Northern Lights and thought this was a very pretty

Podcasts?

I looked at some podcasts and, WOW, are there a lot of them!! I located some which were library related but they weren't all that interesting. My thought was, if they're doing all this podcasting whose's filing all the books.....anyway, back on task. I did find about a million podcasts that interested me and that I would love to watch. I don't think I've ever stumbled onto these when I'm on my computer at home because we still have dial-up, yes I said dial-up. They just won't load from my house so I'm glad I got to see how interesting and informative they can be while working on this project. There seems to be something out there for everyone.

Wiki's Made My Head Spin....

I've roamed around the wiki websites and I have to say I'm very overloaded and confused. Perhaps it's because I wasn't looking for a topic that really interested me and therefore I tend to not get to excited about them. I think they could be very useful for a group of people who were all computer literate enough to make them work. I liked the little camping example in the video but it all seems like too much trouble to me. I'm the one who would like to just pick up the phone and speak to someone. I think if this was your communication method of choice then you would be much more comfortable with it.

Music on my blog!!

I wanted to put some music on my blog, but didn't think it was possible...I did some research through the blogger help section and I actually figured it out!! Don't know how long it will stay there or if it was done the proper way but I'm feeling very techno-savvy for the moment!!
After all the times this lesson has stomped me into the dust, I think I'll just sit here and enjoy this feeling for a minute or two!

Audio/Video.....

I checked out the audio/video sites and they were quite interesting.. I particularly liked the music site. I enjoy music from the internet but I usually live vicariously through my teenage daughter's music downloads and purchases. I can't say that I would spend a great deal of time looking at music on my computer.
The Mango Languages site was very interesting. I could see how this could be very useful to people. If you were actually paying for the service I would think you would be more motivated to make use of the lessons. They were very easy to use and understand which would appeal to many.
Audio books are not my thing, in the library or on the internet, so I wasn't really impressed with that site.
Once again, there are so many things out there that I never would have discovered on my own.