videos for week seven

I guess I forgot to post my blogg for week 7 on the tracking form for class. SORRY. When you scroll below, you will see two You Tube videos that I uploaded. One is from Judith Sweet, a nice tutorial but the resolution of the video is not good and some of her other videos vary in quality of audio (ie. loudness). The other video is by Common Craft. I think Common Craft has the best Web 2.0 technology videos out there. I think having the ability to make or use other tutorial videos for library users is a wonderful capability and service.

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Privacy in librarian bloggs

As I perused Annoyed Librarian, Shifted Librarian and librarian.net, among others, I noticed that they are all at one year old or older. Some of them seem to have some interesting links, but most appear to be people on soap boxes venting. That is why I keep a journal. I guess that is why they blogg. Most of those particular privacy bloggs that I reviewed did not have too many other people blogging back. It almost seemed as though maybe these bloggers were doing an assignment just like I am doing now. Who cares except the reviewer or teacher of the class I am taking?! Jessamyn West of librarian.net had the most informative blogg with lots of great links to news items and feeds, but it was so dated.

Week 8: Mashups & API

This morning, over coffee, I explored MusicMesh, a Mashup of entertainment. It was like watching a music video on MTV except I got to pick which song I wanted to hear from Green Day ("Holiday") when I wanted to hear it. I also could read reviews and order the cd if I wanted to. It was fun. I also perused the fitness category and started to view a mashup about walking routes and could have chosen any area in the world to formulate my own walking route, a very nice Google Map feature if I were on vacation and wanted to plan to explore new terrain and keep my fitness routine going.

Week Seven:Podcasting & Online Hosted Video 4/21-4/27

The more I play, the more I learn. What seems complicated and difficult becomes easy. I am exploring the world of podcasting and videos on the web, something I never dreamed of doing. I bought a home computer to do work related things and update my resume, but I never thought I would create a wiki, blogg, download RSS feeds, videos and podcasts. There are wide varieties of podcasts and videos out there on the web,as you can see from the two I downloaded to my blogg. Audio and resolution of video will vary, as will the content. When one goes onto YouTube, one must be very choosy as to which video one wants view & download or share. The potentials are enormous. There are amazing lecture series and tutorials out there. Common Craft, LLC has the best tutorials for Web 2.0 technology. Many universities have great videos which inspire me to copy some of the classes I teach onto video. When I am sick and can't teach, I can substitute my video or just keep it on the library web site for anyone to use at any time. People will be using the library from any location at any time. Librarians can post videos for doctors on how to use databases, how to perform surgical procedures, to hearing/seeing the lecture they missed while in surgery. I am truly inspired. This class has made me push myself to learn about technology I never could have learned about by simply reading about it in a book. I am a visual and auditory learner and Web 2.0 technologies help me learn in a way that I wish was available to me when I was younger, but it is never to late to learn and share what I learn.

Video: Podcasting in Plain English by Common Craft, LLC

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