What is digital curation? In a nutshell, it’s the process of collecting, storing, preserving and archiving digital data or assets. Many of us like to keep physical and digital collections of items such as documents and photographs that are important to us. Digital curation can be confined to local storage (such as your computer hard …
Category: 23 Things Syndicated
Thing 6: Accessibility
As a person who creates online content, more in the form of blog posts and articles I am interested in this subject quite a bit. But at the end of the day, I think I score fail. As I am … Continue reading →
Thing 5: Diversity
I have never been big on the use of emojis. It is probably a generation thing for me. I have always considered them an informal part of the communication, used to impart humour or affection with family and friends The … Continue reading →
Thing 4
Thing 4 : Digital SecurityAnother good overview on Digital Security, this time related to mobile phones. I hadn’t gone into my apps to check the permissions that I’d given, so now this is something I’m more aware of and will review regularly. It’s also…
Thing 3 …
Thing 3: Digital Footprint – a good overview of how to create and maintain an appropriate Digital Footprint, especially from a Professional perspective. I did Google myself, first using my full name “Stephen Grasso” – a reference to me came up on…
A Sign of the Times
So…. As this course covers issues such as copyright, video, and a bunch of other topics that seem super relevant for my library work right now – I thought I would try my hand at a video outside of my usual work tasks to share books I feel strongly about. (Also to use Youtube for […]
The Facebook- Thing 8
I have been using Facebook for quite awhile rather passively but more recently due to I have been making greater use of the groups. Summer and Winter Baseball Clubs and a local gamers club I had joined. The local buy swap sells and more recently during the isolation the Bin Isolation Outing Group where participantsContinue reading “The Facebook- Thing 8”
Diversity – Thing 5
Wow, what a read !! The articles were interesting as I didn’t realise that diverse emoji’s existed. I have never been exposed to them before.
Modern Treasure Hunting
I have heard of Geocaching before, but have never really done it. I am usually on the organiser side rather than the paticipant side. I used to be an interactive character in themed city-wide treasure hunts run by various companies, but obviously they were timed events, as you can’t have a person accessible 24/7/365 for […]
Thing 14: Audio
Gentle reader, how are you doing? I hope you and yours are all healthy and safe. When I began this challenge in February 2019 I had no idea how much change lay ahead and how important digital means of learning and interacting would become. While lockdowns are shifting and changing around the world, it looks… Read more Thing 14: Audio
Thing 4: Digital Security (Bonus Thing A)
In resurrecting this blog leading up to the 23 Things course, I did review the About Me section but after reading the advice given, I have put a bit more work into it and am pleased with the result. About … Continue reading →
Thing 4: Digital Literacy
I feel I had a good understanding on this subject before undertaking the reading. I had a look at my phone and deleted three apps I no longer have use for including the airline Emirates. I deleted another two that … Continue reading →