Monday, October 15, 2007
# 23. The Finish Line
Sunday, October 14, 2007
# 22. Sharing the knowledge
I thought about which of the tools I would like to share with someone else and decided on Bloglines. I have a friend who is always reading the online editions of local newspapers so I thought that Bloglines would be a useful tool for her to use. I helped her set up her account and then to subscribe to the local editions of the newspapers, create new folder and add an article to the clippings. Now the only website she has to visit is Bloglines.
Friday, October 12, 2007
# 21 Podcast
A podcast is like a radio show that you can listen to on your PC, MP3 player or with a web browser. A good example of a library using podcast is the Sunnyvale Public Library. Check out the Infopeople podcast by clicking on the Yahoo! podcasts icon below
Thursday, October 11, 2007
# 18 Exploring Google Docs
Google Documents are a great way to collaborate on projects without having to e-mail the documents. Some teachers at the local high schools have their students use the service to work on team projects where each student creates/uploads their part of the project and they can all look at it and revised it online.
I have used the service to work on a project with another librarian, first we had to create a Google account and then we invited others to collaborate. When you login to Gmail, the documents link is in the left hand corner. Click on it and then you will see all the documents available to download or edit and save.