#19 Discovering Web 2.0 tools

Hey, I've found something I like. I had a look at the awards. I wasn't interested in anything in particular so I was just going to pick anything at random when I saw something called Guess-The-Google. It's in the Games section. I thought it had something to do with the guy who does the different Google logos for significant dates. It didn't, what you do is look at 20 montages of images that actually appear when doing google searches and you have to guess what word you would use as a Google search term to find those images shown. For example, one montage had wind turbines and other things that appeared to be blowing in the wind so I guessed the search term to be the word wind and it was correct.

It's just a fun little guessing game to have a go at and to try to beat the clock because you are timed on each guess.

Also I think the directory is very good and I liked the fact that when you move your mouse over one of the images in the directory it shows a little summary.

#18 Take a look at some online productivity (word processing, spreadsheet) tools.

Pass, I have no comment on this one.

#17 Add an entry to the Learning 2.0 SandBox wiki.

Been there, done that. I just have to say that if anyone hasn't added their blog yet to the PLCMCLearning Wiki you don't need to put your URL in brackets. As I saw in comments posted by people who were logged on the same time as me in the PLCMCLearning Wiki. Someone who was logged in said they couldn't add their blog as instructed, not until they did as a another wiki participant suggested and ignored the brackets.

#16 Week 7: Wikis

If I was a teacher I would ban the use of Wikipedia.
I did find the Commoncrafts Videos' demonstration of wikis very useful. I enjoyed watching it and it helped me to understand wikis. Maybe it's my learning style but I found it easier to watch the video demonstration to understand the process. I can see it being useful in the context as shown in the video, but as an authoritative tool I'm still not sure.

I have to agree with some of the views presented in the suggested reading and comments attached that say wikis have the potential to be nothing more than a platform for gossip, extreme negative views or derogatory comments/views against particular people or subject matters.

I still need to find even more positive examples of wikis before I'm convinced.

#15 On Library 2.0 & Web 2.0 ...

It's getting to the end of the day and my eyes feel like they're starting to hang out of my head. I have read the other views on Library 2.0. Comment? How can I comment when I'm getting sick of the sight of computers and I want to go home and open a real book and read. You know those things made out of paper, bound together and usually with a lovely decorated dustjacket on it.
I'm starting to relate to those people that suddenly pack in there jobs and 'go bush'. You know live off the land, have no technology to interfere with their lives.

#14 Getting not-so-technical with Technorati

As I said in my previous post I've had a look but I don't think I'll be using this either. It doesn't mean I won't recommend these tools to people who will actually use them and find them useful, I will certainly pass this information on to others.
Whatever floats your boat, but frankly it doesn't float mine!!!

#13 Tagging, folksonomies, etc.

Well I've had a look and I'm getting sick of this sharing with anonymous people in cyberspace.
I've already shared way more information about myself then I ever normally would just to be able to complete this Learning 2.0 training. If I sound like a whingeing stick in the mud then too bad. I can see it's purpose but I'm not using it.