Saturday, October 27, 2007
Task 23 - The Finish Line
A working knowledge of Library Thing will definitely come in handy as Kingston Libraries is using it in conjunction with our Library Catalogue. It will be a another resource for readers advising. The best thing about it was that it was so easy to use and I think it will become popular with the general library public.
Youtube and video downloads was just plain fun. It was great to be able to locate videos that had been sent to me via email; and also its great that videos exist of some of the old favourites (like Charlie Brown).
Thanks for a great time -
Barb
Task 22 - eAudiobooks
Also, when looking that the suggested websites, the emphasis is on U.S. literature and awards and much of the eAudiobooks are "Classics". I feel that these sites fail to cater to the specific group of youth who like reading non-fiction for pleasure -there are no dinosaur, shark or insect titles; and the Children Books Awards Highlighted are the Caldecott and Newberry Awards (U.S.) There were no titles by A. Griffiths or D. Pilkey listed.
This having been said - I do see the advantage of eAudiobooks for the Adult population. I listen to a large volume of Audio Books and I could see myself downloading eAudiobooks for my own personal use. With the availability of eAudiobooks, comes the responsibility of educating the aging population in the use of the "new technology". We still have some patrons that have been unable to make the jump from Audio Books in tape format to Audio Books in Cd format.
Just One More Book
The website does podcasts of author interviews, books and has a list of authors on the right hand side of the page, and is a tremendous resource for reading advisory for children. In addition to this, I found a link to Robert's Snow: for Cancer's Cure (see below). How great would it be to have a Christmas ornament illustrated by Graeme Base!
"It’s not too late to start saving up for your very own Robert’s Snow Snowflake.
Perhaps you’ll choose A Bundle of Love by Graeme Base. Bidding on Graeme Base’s snowflake, “A Bundle of Love”, takes place November 26-30, 2007.
Robert’s Snow: for Cancer’s Cure is a unique fundraiser for cancer research. Between November 19th and December 7th, 2007, you have the chance to bid on 200 wooden snowflakes, hand painted by prominent children’s illustrators, through a series of three online auctions.
Robert’s Snow: for Cancer’s Cure is a unique fundraiser for cancer research. Between November 19th and December 7th, 2007, you have the chance to bid on 200 wooden snowflakes, hand painted by prominent children’s illustrators, through a series of three online auctions."
Monday, October 22, 2007
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Task 18 - Zoho Writer; Task 19 - Discovering Web 2.0 Tools
Web 2.0 tools - I had good fun with this - I updated my Library Thing with tags and had a play - felt this was a good site to become comfortable with as our library is using it with our catalogue. I also has a go at downloading Flickr pictures.
I video sites and found YouTube to be the easiest to find specific types of videos; and the music sites have their limits due to copyright restrictions.
Friday, October 19, 2007
Gingerbread Dough - Zoho Writer
Creating Recipe |
Name of the Dish: Gingerbread House Dough
Type: Dessert
Serves: UnlimitedIngredients
1 cup Melted solid Crisco (copha)
1 cup Granulated sugar
1 cup Light Karo Syrup
2 Large eggs, room temp.
1 tsp Salt
1 tsp Baking soda
1 tsp Ginger
2 tsp Cinnamon
1 tsp Cloves
1 tsp Nutmeg
5 1/2 cup to 5 3/4 cup Flour or-more to very stiff
Directions
Method : To Mix GB Dough: Pour
melted Crisco into mixer bowl. Let
cool slightly; add sugar and Karo,
blending well. Add eggs, mising
all until smooth and creamy. Add
salt, baking soda and spices into
mixture and begin to add flour, just
a little at a time. Knead the flour in
when dough becomes too stiff for mixer.
Don't hurry this step! Continue adding
as much flour as the dough will absorb.
To Roll Out Dough: Refrigerate dough
before using.Cut pieces of the dough
to roll out. Roll between two pieces of
waxed paper. The dough should be a
pproximately 1/4 inch thick. Cut the
gingerbread house pieces out and place
on foil. Leave about 1 inch between pieces.
Slide the foil onto cardboard and put in oven.
Remove the cardboard before shutting the
oven door.Bake house pieces at 375 degrees F
(180 degrees C) for 5-8 minutes, or until the
edges are light brown. Silde the cardboard under
the foil to remove the pieces from the oven.
Cool on a flat surface and remove from
foil once cooled.
Discovery Tasks 16/17 - Wikis
I hope we can use this technology on our Library webpage at some later date.
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Saturday, October 6, 2007
Task 14 - Technorati Widget
View technorati.com
Technorati Top Tags
Technorati Top Tags
Technorati Top Searches
Technorati Top Searches
Task 13 - Tagging, Folksonomies and Social Bookmarking
http://del.icio.us/puppets222
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Discovery Task 9
When I looked at my favourite site (Amazon.com) I was unable to see a RSS feed on the site. I then looked at Kathy Reichs site and found that she subscribes to a RSS called Newsgator - a free service. My question is, must I subscribe to Newsgator to receive the RSS feeds, or may I use Bloglines?
I also found the ALIA has a RSS feed to it's website!
Barb
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Bloglines - Discovery Task 8
http://www.bloglines.com/public/puppets222
I hope this is right, as my browser view for Bloglines is different from the screen dump in the lesson plan. (the share feature and public bloglines)
Barb
Monday, September 24, 2007
Discovery Exercise #7
Discovery Exercise #6
A fun, multi-player photo guessing game. Quick wits and fast fingers are the keys to this game. Some of the pictures are easy, but boy, some of them are difficult. You can play against yourself or play against other players.
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Friday, September 14, 2007
Welcome
This is my first try at blogging. It's not too difficult - but I hope to be more creative in the future after I (get my wings).