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.