Online Apps and Tools PLUS Recap of Learning 2.2

As mentioned on Sharepoint, I visited Google Docs to find my documents from 2 1/2 years ago still there! I then played with ZohoWriter and did not see much of a difference. I do think that these online tools are in our futures (it would be nice to say goodbye to Microsoft Office, etc.). On the Mashable.com winners, Dustin Diaz is the most excellent Flickr photographer. Also, New York Times website (winner of best online newspaper) is filled, just like the print, with more things than I would ever have time to read. However, I did subscribe to an RSS feed of Dick Cavett's online column!

In regards to Learning 2.2, I felt I had a good review and enjoy GoodReads (my daughters have signed up too), started a delicious account, and found a great new place to get podcasts. Now I just need the time to use these great resources more!

Delicious!

Last time I did the Learning 2.0, I vaguely remember exploring Delicious. This time, I created an account and played around with the bookmarks and some tagging. I like this as a tool for getting at your bookmarks wherever you are. I have only scratched the surface of the research possibilities of the tagging, but I can see from the tutorial that such possibilities would be endless...

Podcasting Revisited

I explored LearnOutLoud.com which was amazing to find so many podcasts on so many different subjects. I greatly enjoyed Rick Steves' podcasts about travel in France and liked that you could download them and play them on your mp3 player as you travel or listen to them in streaming audio. I wasn't more adventurous with my own podcast as my girls somehow broke my 20+ year old Radio Shack model (I think it disintegrated after all these years). My kids may have a future in podcasting as they like to record themselves on the computer. My 6-year-old loves to recite funny poems she learned in Kindergarten! Maybe I'll attached one on to a future blog post!

Good Reads

Good Reads seemed easier for me to navigate than Library Thing but that might be because they automatically let you write a review and rate it. It pops right up on the screen which I don't remember with Library Thing. I did check my Library Thing account from 2 years ago and saw my books from that exercise, but it is sad to know they would be charging!

Learning 2.2 (again!)--RSS Feeds, etc.

As a late learner in this round of Learning 2.2, Bloglines is no more but I read through others' comments on RSS feeds. During this exercise, I stumbled upon Google Reader and tried to find anything with RSS feeds. Luckily, both ASU's Library Channel and Sheryl Crow still have them. I then added a NASA Watch (with a cool picture from the Space Station) RSS feed and the RSS feed from Livingston-Park County Library from Livingston, Montana (which my daughters and I frequented from 2001-2007 when we lived there).

I feel that RSS feeds don't seem as easy to find as in 2008 and perhaps with the growth of Twitter and Facebook it is not needed as a stand-alone resource.