Week 10-the End?

I have thoroughly enjoyed the Montana 2.0 Challenge. What a great way to learn a lot of the modern technology. I would say that Flickr was one of my favorite exercises. I love YouTube and all the fun and "different" shows that can be found on this site.
I would definitely participate in another program like this. I tried many new things that I would not have ever bothered with simply because I thought that they would be too time consuming or too hard. To be honest, some were a little difficult to get started with, but they turned out to be easier than what I expected.

Wiki

I think that Wikis can be really good tools for everyone! I especially liked Wyoming Wiki, called, Wyoming Wiki Authors, which is a list of authors. These are the authors that either live in Wyoming or have written about Wyoming. The state of Montana would definitely benefit if there was an author site like the one Wyoming has. I also liked the wiki that Ohio University has based on business. This is aimed at people that are members of the Ohio University community to aid in special projects or topics.
I have a problem with the Wikipedia site. Since it is maintained by anyone and everyone, I honestly believe that the information is only as good as the person who is inputting the information. Also, since anyone can add, delete, or change what is already written, who is to say that the information contained in Wikipedia is correct.

Tagging

What I liked the most about tagging, is that you can be anywhere in the world and check your account to stay up to date. I can also see how this would be very helpful to people with the same interests. And also on any genre. Everything from plants, to animals, to hobbies.

Library Thing

Here is a link to a couple of my favorite books.
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/dstacy

Flickr, Part B

My creation
Originally uploaded by dzugd

I found the jigsaw puzzle program to be very fun, so I did one of my favorite pets.

Youtube

I found Youtube to be fairly easy to navigate just by typing in key words of what you wish to view.

The amount of videos would make it a sure thing that anyone could find what they are looking for.

BaratsandBereta is my favorite comedy team on Youtube. Luke Barats is from a small town in Idaho and Joe Bereta is from Columbia Falls, Montana. They met while going to school at Gonzaga University in Spokane. This is a classic example of small town boys making good, espeically considering they were hired by a New York television station, NBC, to help write comedy shows. The video is from a contest they entered and took first place in out of 21 teams and had 48 hours to complete.

Learning About Podcasts and Vodcasts.

Podcasts and vodcasts are very helpful and informative. You can listen to music, view television shows, documentaries. This would be very useful for students, teachers, and anyone wishing to learn.

Below is a link to a vodcast I really enjoyed watching about otter babies.

http://podcast.nationalgeographic.com/~r/wild-chronicles/~5/232980809/pc83_Otter_Babies.mp4

sketch generator

I looked at the sketch generator and decided to tryout my picture of Mimi, Drew and Diesel. This is what I came up with. Here is the link to that site. http://sporkforge.com/imaging/sketch.php

Flickr, Part A

Sky Show
Originally uploaded by MAKSTER

I found this picture while doing the flickr tour. I thought it was very beautiful. I also watched Nancy doing her flickr assignment, and learned all kinds of, "What not to do tricks"!

RSS

Wow! In some ways it was a lot easier than what I thought it would be, in other ways, it was confusing, but still do-able!

Easiest and Hardest of 7 1/2

I think that the easiest part of 7 1/2 for me will be creating my learning toolbox. I own my own laptop and camera, so I believe that is 90% of the battle.
The hardest part will be disciplining myself to continue every week and complete each project.

January 7, 2008

Day one of "The Blog".
Stumbled a bit at first. I kept having an argument about my e-mail! I think I lost because I had to submit a different one!