Health, Wellness & Technology

A lot of really good information. The Wii Workout looks like it would really be a blast. The Nutrition website will be very useful. I have signed up for that. I like the recipe analyzer. They had a lot of really good blog topics.

Sept. 2, 2008

My name is Pam and I like to read. That is a reallu good thing, especially if you work in a library and are surrounded by books. I will post my favorites. I also like cats and have been showing them for the past 20 years. Currently, my cat Libris Boo Radley is ranked 11th in the Southern United States.

Week 10

I plan on downloading podcasts from my favorite radio station. I also will be downloading music,
oldies from the 50's and 60's.

Week 9

All that copyright information sure is alot of information overload. However, it is there to protect the artists and the authors. I played around with Liveplasma and thought this would be a usefull tool for our customers. It is like Novelist or What Do I Read Next - only instead of being for books it lets you know what is out there in the field of music.

Week 8

This week we looked at Flickr. This site posts pictures. Of course, I just had to look at the cat pictures and browsed cat show judges where I was able to identify 23 judges I know from the cat fancy. I also looked at OCLS, it is really amazing what is out there on the web. Some people have set copyrights on their photos with what can and cannot be used so they may protect themselves and the rights to their works.

I am really enjoying Online Learning. I have been working with another person whom I am able to get help from. I find it beneficial to be able to talk with others and get their ideas on what we are doing.

With some help, I downloaded pictures to Flickr. We did five.

Week 7

Today we got to play and boy was it alot of fun. I made accounts on Catster and Puzzle Player.
On Catster, I posted a picture of my award winning cat - Libris Boo Radley - and made a profile for him. On Puzzle Player, I played a trivia game. Did not do very well. Oh well, next time. I also decided to try a cross word puzzle on this site. How cool is that, doing a crossword puzzle without a pen or pencil ( it makes correcting your mistakes a breeze). On the adventure I did not have to go far as my hobby is breeding and showing cats - Catster.

Week 6

Week 6 was very interesting. The lesson dealt with Social Networking and Mash-Ups.
Social Networking is where a user creates a profiles and shares it with others. For example: Shelari - I have created an account and a profile at that site, which others may read. This site deals with books and lets others know what other books are out there. The other element we looked at this week was: Mash-Ups. Mash-Ups are sites that blend together two elements. For example if you were looking to buy a car, you could go to MotorMap USA. The two elements on this site are the map and the information on the automobile. You type in the car info. vehicle make, model, the distance you want to go to find it and the zip code. It then shows you on the map where your vehicle is located. Two sites this week that I found to be fascinating were ELF and GuruLib. ELF - will keep tabs on the library material you check out from your local library. However, your library must be on this site to use it. OCLS is on there. The other site was Gurulib - this site will help people catalog their libraries at home. it will do books, dvds, music, cds, games and software. This sure beats the old fashioned way of going to a book and cataloging what you have at home.