course 2.0 reflections

As a library media specialist and information literacy coach, I think that creative commons is a wonderful solution to the copyright dilemma. In the past, I have tried to get permissions for articles, graphs and pictures with little success. The ease in “borrowing” a copyrighted work has made it difficult (as Spike lee says) to do “the Right Thing”.

I actually learned about creative commons from a student (9th grader) when I was asking her some technical questions of trying to get a song from media player. She said she never tried because she only uses songs from creative commons. Alas, it is day like that one that keeps me teaching!

I applaud artists for sharing their work and whenever possible encouraging purchasing their materials to my clients. Open source is certainly enriched by their generosity.

I look forward to spreading the word about creative commons as my teachers and students start their various productions next year.

Picture Credits:

Landscape– http://www.flickr.com/photos/bratan/2035480527/

split rail fence– http://www.flickr.com/photos/nerboo/2537689836/

Church sepia tone— http://www.flickr.com/photos/gatorhank/685872310/

Yellow wood — http://www.flickr.com/photos/dew_drop/278840551/

Finally got Google reader to stop freezing. It is certainly fun to peruse so many topics and ideas and to know I can star them for later reference. My scanning reading skills are getting better and I am now really starting to see the “beauty” of this tool.

I’ve started to reflect on how many sites I visited daily through ‘point & click’ method and I am using my FAVORITES list to guide me in assembling my feeds. Yes, it is saving time and increasing overall knowledge.

I particularly love my “Kindle Feed” since it is an emerging technology of e-books that I believe will take off! Here is a link to my kindle blog. http://www.ebookdaily.com/?redirect .

Thank goodness it is summertime and I can create my new reading habits without losing sleep!

Google Reader and RSS feeds.  This a a great tool.  As a member of 4 book clubs, I love having the most up-to-date reviews on the newest titles.  Also having the daily qoute for the library electronic board is a plus.

Presently, I am having difficulty opening /loading the Googl e Reader.  Perhaps I fed it too much?  I will try some more resources and help menus and then put out a “help” to the powers to be.  To be continued….

I loved setting up this blog site and was very successful in creating an avatar and homepage graphic.   Now I just need to remember to post to it in a timely and fashion and to interact with other blogs from our class.

After reviewing Blogs #9, #10, #1, #7 and #8… I am feeling a bit fragmented. 

What I agree most with was CONTENT.  There has to be a well established reason to join and participate in a blog. 

The genre of blog writing seems more “stream of consciousness” similar to a  discussion but without time constraints.   I enjoy not having a time constraint since I always get my most inspiring thoughts after the meeting is over!  I believe this may be true of many of our students also.

Blogging literacy needs to be taught or modeled so our students do not fall into  text messaging model.  Web ethics also need to be reinforced for less mature students.

The collaboration and consensus toward a goal or creation of new thought are two of the most powerful attributes that Blogs can offer the learning environment.

Reading blogs just out of curiosity  was fun but took a lot of time.  I think I will find it hard to limit which areas “tags” I need to pursue on any given week of my life.  Presently, my librarian’s listserve  serve the same purpose of blogging.

I’m looking forward to see what blogs my interests connect with in the larger web world.

David Warlick’s article reflections:

I do agree that change is happening.  Daily,  new technologies are appearing.  Some are fascinationg, some are dangerous and some are just plain fun!  The amount of information circulating the globe at any given time is amazing.  Sifting and sorting is a full time job.  Web 2.0 tools are invaluable  in helping to weed out junk and zero in on specific needs.  This information is current, not always accurate but non-the-less with a few evaluation criteria can be useful.   I need to learn how to successfully execute these 2.0 tools to achive preset goal.  Feel free to comment.

Clare

Multi-purposing with technology.   A new skill I have to learn.

More on this later.  Adios,

Clare

This is very cool. I’m a bit hesitant to publish. The course so far has been informative and quite interesting. Still a little preplexed about how I’ll integrate this 2.0 stuff into my career and life. But, I will push on like an explorer!