Week 6 : #13 Tagging

I got a much better idea of what tagging was all about via "Social bookmarking in plain English" from the You tube link than I did from the learning 2.0 Podcast on the topic. I wasn't all that excited or interested in the "Hotlist of what people are bookmarking. The visual dictionary was of some interest to me.
Even though 242 people checked out the "Foodpairing " site I didn't get what itwas trying to do. I must be missing something! can 242 people be wrong?

Week 5 #12 Rollyo

With a little bit of help from my friends I was able to attain a small degree of success and satisfaction out of this and the prececeeding 2 tasks. I don't think that my Rollyo search roll actually works but what the heck it's time to move on.

Week 5 #11 Library thing

Browsed the site but couldn't undertake the required task as a message about "not being able to set cookies properly beacuse my computers system clock was wrong" kept appearing. Got totally frustrated and wasted heaps of time.

Week 5#10 Online image generators

I looked at lots of generators but couldn't figure them out. I made a "smiley", a chocolate block and tried to design a motivational poster but it was taking ages and I couldn't follow how it was supposed to happen. Do you have to pay for some of these things? What was all the advertising about?

As you can see I eventually

got some very basic and embarrassing images onto this blog.

Week 4: #9 Newsfeeds

Didn't enjoy this at all. Browsed Feedster, Technorati etc etc for things of intesest and couldn't get the gist of things. Spent too much time and got really frustrated trying to organize an RSS feed from our libraries Ebsco database. Looking forward to moving on to the next topic

Week 4: #8 RSS feeds and Newsreaders

As always I was relieved that I was able to follow the instructions and complete the week's task, although in this instance I did not feel terribly thrilled about what I'd actually done or achieved. I think that the concept of making information more manageable for the individual is of course a good idea for particular persons who need to be up to speed in their areas of expertise but I am quite happy to "browse" and add commonly used URLS to my favourites list.

Week 3: #7 Blog about technology

Computers have a way of making me feel old. Having had no personal exposure to computers during my primary and secondary education and minimal contact with them during my tertiary studies I feel that I have not "grown up " with computers and probably always will have difficulty in feeling confident, comfortable or overly excited by them. When I have free time in my day, sitting in front of a computer is not something I have a great urge to do. I see my children using the home computer much more as recreational tool rather than the educational tool we thought it was going to be. They can't live without their daily fix of Myspace and iTunes and we constantly try to limit their usage. My recently acquired interest in genelogical research now means that I now have to compete with them for computer time - much to their displeasure. I wonder whether my children will feel technologically challenged when they reach my age.