Activity #8 iGoogle is FABULOUSLY FUN

This is amazingly fun! Idon't just like it, I think this is fabulously FUN! I LOVE IT!

Map searching - easy and quick and as it remembers where you have gone you can just link to it!
Book search - great gadget to quickly find a book, even better if it is out of print or publication as it will be there for you to read and refer to! TOO GOOD!
Facebook - I can't believe this - I jsut logged in and even though this is another email account it links and shows my feeds - and I can post there too! TOO EASY!
Google Docs and Spreadsheets - are there too. As are hamsters, turtles and loads of other virtual pets you can care for! heheeh There are optical illusions, quotes of the day, my shares, headlines and even RECIPE OF THE DAY!
Improvements would have to be the addition of a virtual cat to look after!
Now about working at Googleplex! Well I am curious, creative, innovative, friendly, know i can help them work on what's important, driven, talented and motivated! Knowing that they receive a resume every 25sec is a bit daunting - but knowing that you are making a difference in the world as we know it is enormous! WORKING FOR FUN MAKES IT FUN TO WORK! I LOVE MY JOB!

Activity #7 Google Books

This has to be the best thing yet! I love being a signed in google member to start with so this just gets better and better. A book I found confusing as a 17 year old was "Tirra Lirra by the River" by Jessica Anderson. I had to read it for my HSC! Yet, I have kept all my notes and essays and the book itself to this day!

Not only was this book on Google Books but there were review too. I feel so assured that the reviews found this book to be a heavy read even though it is a short story. I am adding to my lsit of read books, favorite books and know that this will be something I will come back to and use more regularly. I will use it at home and found a book that i have been meaning to buy for some time! The uses for Google Books in the Discovery Centre are limitless.

Infact more and more I see that iPads and e-readers aer PLD's and therefore you could eb walking around with your own "library" with ease! We should be using ebooks more! We are on the way to eLearning every day, with growing technology use and availability, a more connected community, communication skills being so easy online that the future of learning will soon be m-Learning - MOBILE LEARNING!

Movie Maker Experience 2

I have found a way of saving the movie to a smaller file by saving as an email.
Hope you enjoy!

Digital World

Thanks Amalie! You have inspired me! We as adults seem to fear the coming of new technologies while our students are eager and ready to try, retry but how do we get someone to keep on trying - that is our job - we are the guides who are there to motivate and encourage!

Look at Amalie's clip:how-2-of-web-20.html#comments

Rethinking the Library!

This article is very interesting to me! What are your ideas on the subject of new information technologies and the way they are to be used in the library?

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Movie Maker Experience

This has to be the best thing about my day! I was inspired to make a movie about the Discovery Centre in which I work. The kids were so excited to be a part of it and I can not believe how easy it was to create! I just opened Windows Movie Maker, pasted the photos in and played with the settings. The only thing I didn't do was add music! It wasn't needed for my presentation (the real reason I was making it!) but the kids came back to the Discovery Centre today to watch it - all saying can we do another one. They even started suggesting ideas - a moive about what you can do in the DC, another movie about what books are good and yet another suggesting a tour of the DC! Options are endless! Why was I only ever playing with the MAC!!!

The creating of our own Book Trailers is now a reality. Pity I don't actually teach in the DC space. This will all be done in breaks over the day and this will work really well as it will involve the students who are essentially "switched on" and keen to be a part of this new project. Yes - A NEW PROJECT! Hope my team are ready for me!

Activity #6 Goolge Maps

Well, this is something that I use regularly! Infact I used it today to travel to the St Mathew's Autumn Fair in Olinda. What a beautiful day, sunny, a slight breeze and a really quaint place to be on this lovely Autumn day. I know Google Maps works but now as a signed in user it will save this map for the future! Just as well as I will be visiting that church again I am sure - even a night there would be bliss! Funny I could have even selected to travel there by foot! Didn't do that today! Even the car found one turn hard to find!