Week 7, thing 11 & 12
The Wikis and Wikipedia
I found that Wikis are a big subject to read about and I really didn't get into it because I had no real reason to apply it to anything. I have never had an opportunity to use it but I probably will in the future when it comes to LLPD homework. At least I'll have had a slight introduction to it.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Monday, March 21, 2011
Week 6, Thing 10 - Podcasts
I managed to add two Podcasts to my "subscriptions" in Google Reader and the same two to my RSS feeds in igoogle. I found some pods very interesting and I found some very monotonous and boring. I found one I wanted to add but accidently lost it and found it impossible to find again.
With help, I managed to add an RSS feed to my blog. Notes for myself on how I did this: From the menu at the top choose DESIGN, click on ADD A GADGET, slide down the lists until you come across the orange RSS "FEED" icon. Click on the +[PLUS sign] and paste the URL in. Click on CONTINUE, then SAVE. It now appears on the right side of the homepage.
With help, I managed to add an RSS feed to my blog. Notes for myself on how I did this: From the menu at the top choose DESIGN, click on ADD A GADGET, slide down the lists until you come across the orange RSS "FEED" icon. Click on the +[PLUS sign] and paste the URL in. Click on CONTINUE, then SAVE. It now appears on the right side of the homepage.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Week 6, Thing 9 - YouTube-placing a video inside your blog
This blog is for Week 6, Thing 9
Notes for me on how I did this:
From the YouTube site, once you have a video, look for "Embed" click on it and then copy the url. Now go to the the Blogger's site, (here) click on the Edit HTML tab and paste the url into the blog's text area. When you go to publish it magically turns into a video looking window.
Notes for me on how I did this:
From the YouTube site, once you have a video, look for "Embed" click on it and then copy the url. Now go to the the Blogger's site, (here) click on the Edit HTML tab and paste the url into the blog's text area. When you go to publish it magically turns into a video looking window.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Prezi Account
This blog covers Week 5, Thing 8 - Prezi, an alternative to using Power Point.
It is quite fun to use but would need much repetitious use in order to be any good at it as is with most computer programs right? I have not figured out how to edit within my text (drop a word, add a coma or something) I can only delete the whole piece of text and start again. [okay, thanks to Kate I now know you can
just double click-see her post below].
My next task is to link my blog to my prezi so y'all (shades of Ellen DeGeneris)can see it. Good luck to me as I have no immediate recollection on how to do that. Okay, note to me on how to link, go to Link button located right here in the blog's toolbar and click, how easy is that! follow instructions. I was also shown another way, go into your Prezi site.click on 'embed" copy stuff in there, then come here. then it gets a little fuzzy, something about clicking on EDIT HTML, and pasting it in. I need another demo on that one.
My Prezi presentation-click here
It is quite fun to use but would need much repetitious use in order to be any good at it as is with most computer programs right? I have not figured out how to edit within my text (drop a word, add a coma or something) I can only delete the whole piece of text and start again. [okay, thanks to Kate I now know you can
just double click-see her post below].
My next task is to link my blog to my prezi so y'all (shades of Ellen DeGeneris)can see it. Good luck to me as I have no immediate recollection on how to do that. Okay, note to me on how to link, go to Link button located right here in the blog's toolbar and click, how easy is that! follow instructions. I was also shown another way, go into your Prezi site.click on 'embed" copy stuff in there, then come here. then it gets a little fuzzy, something about clicking on EDIT HTML, and pasting it in. I need another demo on that one.
My Prezi presentation-click here
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