Web 2.0 Tools

I found some really good sites among the award nominees. The one I was most attracted to was the Hosted Wikis - Wetpaint. Wetpaint was a winner in the Hosted Wiki category and it shows the most exquisite quilts. This same category also links to events, stitching tips and tools. It also leads you to music, games, entertainment and the arts.
The winner in the Events category is Upcoming which gives a calendar of events happening in Victoria for November and December. Interesting.
Here again though, I'm due back on desk and just don't have the time to explore further. Oh well, I have had fun exploring.

Zoho Writer

This seems to be a very quick way of having everything you need at your fingertips to create any word doccument or spread sheet all at one site. Could be a very useful tool to create pages for work (meeting minutes) or budgeting pages for your finance records at home.

Technorati

Well, just in case you didn't happen to know, I really love quilting and Technorati has shown me others who are smitten with the same passion. This is a really quick way of finding out what others are doing in their quilting and it also gives links to the YouTube videos on quilting that I was so thrilled with.

This picture really says it all. Aside from the podcast fiasco, I have enjoyed this experience and will use what I have learned both at home and at work. I feel the time stated for each exercise needs to be extended though. Very often it took me longer than 45 minutes a week and due to the lack of off desk time at work I had to do a fair bit of Learning 2 at home.
Thank you for the opportunity to be included in the program, the format was excellent and I have learned much and gained more confidence in using the Internet

Downloadable audio books

I was amazed at the sheer number of audio books that are accessible, what a good idea. You just need to have access to a computer. It would be invaluable for our disabled patrons. Good readers too, which for me is a must and makes the experience most enjoyable.

Podcasts

This was not the best experience of the Learning programme. I had the worst time trying to register, it took me round and round in circles and since I only get one hour off desk a day, I just didn't have the time to keep trying. I listened to some of the podcasts and found that you have to go through so many to find exactly what you want. You really do need a lot of time for this and it is just something I don't have enough of.