With social media and a myriad of devices on which to post and view, we may have the impression that many of us are digitally literate. As an academic librarian, I can see first hand how fast developments in information publishing and accessing a…
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Digital Literacy
With social media and a myriad of devices on which to post and view, we may have the impression that many of us are digitally literate. As an academic librarian, I can see first hand how fast developments in information publishing and accessing a…
23 Things – Thing 9 Google Hangouts
I wasn’t aware of Google Hangouts until I came across it through reading about it for Thing 9 of 23 Things. My initial reaction on using it was…..WHY?? On the messaging side of things it reminds me of nothing so much as Facebook Messenger; the functionality and look being very similar. I tried setting up a group … Continue reading →
Thing 11: Copyright
I have been involved with copyright for various types of media since I worked for a TV production company in the early 1990s, so I’m aware that you can’t just pick a picture, piece of music or a video from a page and use it to your heart’s content. We had to abide by the […]
23 Things: 11 copyright
The weeks are flying by. I was hoping to backtrack on a few things this week but Week Six. Copyright, OERs and Creative Commons – 23 Things popped into my inbox and thing 11 is quite timely. Here and there I’ve blogged here about copyright quite a bit, but it is a constantly interesting subject. […]
Redux: How to open a Google Sheet at a specific row for editing
Many years ago I posted a way you could open a Google Sheet at a specific row for editing. This let you do some url wrangling where you could direct […]
Working our way along
I took a hit from the first real taste of autumn last week, but now the heating is on, everything is gloriously warm, there is soup and tea and duvets and so I’m back on track. Before we jump into Things 7 & 8, I had another thought on Accessibility from last time around, which […]
Thing 7: Twitter
I have had a twitter account for just over 2 years now. I was against twitter for quite a while. Something about it annoyed me, with people saying words like ‘tweet’ (ugh!) and the platform didn’t make much sense to me. So I put off getting an account until I attended my first conference in … Continue reading Thing 7: Twitter
Week 4 of 23 Things – Thing 10: Wikimedia
I can’t imagine life before Wikipedia, well 2001. It was a cyberspace Odyssey! It’s become the way most adults of a certain age find facts whilst watching a TV show. It’s also become the way most children complete their homework (I know my Year 7s used to copy and paste what I’d asked them from […]
Week 4 of 23 Things – Thing 9: Google Hangouts / Collaborate Ultra
I experimented using Google Hangouts this week briefly and have used it in previous years for attending webinars, meeting of the Association for Learning Technology and even presenting at a conference in Ireland a few years ago. This technology has really come on in terms of usability and simplicity in set up and with Google […]
Thing 11 – Copyright
I’ve read the material about copyright and creative commons. I found this material very interesting. An initial search was conducted on http://search.creativecommons.org for ‘Finance’ as this relates to my field of work. Everyday Choices (Treatment) by four stones came up. http://ccmixter.org/files/victor/3224. It looks like it has a CC (BY) attached to it. There were no … Continue reading Thing 11 – Copyright
Thing 10 – Wikimedia
I’ve read the material about Wikimedia. There are a lot of projects that they want to accomplish. It’s great you can sign up to get involved.