Week 11 ONLINE APPLICATIONS AND TOOLS

I am running late with my Learning 2.0 program, that will teach me to take holidays in a place where I could not access a PC (yes such places do still exist).



Have been looking at Zamar and converted an existing file to PDF which again was relatively easy. I have to admit that looking at Slideshare I am amazed at the number and variety of web applications that exist to make life easier. From a work perspective the ones that appeal to me most are Doodle to arrange meetings (I think this is what Ellen & Mylee used to co-ordinate the time for our last meeting to assess Learning 2.0 ?) what a good way of getting people to RSVP to a meeting and to nominate the times most suitable for them, in a large organisation and across departments this would save a lot of phoning and emailing to co-ordinate meeting times.



I also like Jott which allows for someone to send a voice message via cell phone and then have it transcribed to text or email & sent to a nominated recipient. I think anyone who travels for work would find this a godsend and just for fun I like the idea of Picnik a web based photo editing site.





I started a document last week in Googledocs which I hope I can retrieve and finalise send on to slnsw2.0@gmail.com

WEEK 9 MASHUPS

Not really sure if this picture is a mashup or not. I used
big huge labs to turn a Christmas photo into a jigsaw which was relatively easy and fun to do.

Being as technically inept as I am I chose a simple exercise but I imagine mashups are something that you could play around with quite a bit. Perhaps as I develop a little more expertise and confidence with the technology I may become a little more adventurous.

WEEK 10 PODCASTS

This is one of the few components in learning 2.0 that I had actually heard of previously even thought I had never accessed a podcast (but I have now been converted).





I listened and watched a number of the British Library pod casts which I found really interesting. What a way of opening up your collections to a much larger audience and possibly a world audience. I particularly liked Michelle Browns a former BL curator walking us through the pages (literally and figuratively) of the Holkhem Bible. I thought this could be a really good way of getting people who are experts in their field to speak about and explain particular items held in our collections. We can all appreciate the rare and unique items held but we probably only appreciate them from an aesthetic point of view however having someone provide an explanation or a journey through the item and provide a historical context would be so much more valuable. By combining an audio journey (pod cast) with a visual image provides a unique aspect on any given item in our collection.





In many ways access to the library is limited to the people of Sydney or people visiting Sydney, pod casts of talks on particular items held in the collections, pod casts of talks & events held in the library where appropriate) would once again open the library to a much wider audience both in New South Wales and beyond.