And one for the road...

I had to do one more, for the road! :)

Thing 23 (Yeah!)

I have enjoyed the Learning 2.0 process. I was frustrated with some of the Things due to software issues or confusion. But it didn't seem like enough frustration to turn me entirely away from the project.

I would enjoy doing something similar again. I did learn alot. I just hope my memory remembers all that we have done!

Cool Slideshow Thing

I wanted to try this slideshow thing that is like on the Learning 2.0 blog. I thought it was cool! I used pics I had made from pervious 2.0 activities. Hope it works!

Cool Slideshows

Thing 22

I had a really hard time with this. First, I couldn't find my favorite author when I did a search. I then found another author to download, but then there wasn't enough disk space on my f: drive to save it. Then I saved the file on my hard drive, which it did do, but then I got an error message that the player encountered problems. Grrr!

Perhaps if everything worked well, having digital books is great! But only if all steps downloading them go smoothly.

Thing 21

I tried all the podcast sites. I had trouble with one because my computer didn't have the right software. But I got on http://podcasts.yahoo.com/. I got to hear an interesting NPR story about how astronauts try to sleep in space. They have to tie pillows to their heads and use velcro strips to tie their legs to their bodies if they want to sleep in a fetal position. All very interesting stuff.

I can see podcasts being useful. Just like radio and TV.

Thing 20

I have heard a lot about YouTube in the news. But I never looked at it, especially since my home computer supposedly didn't have the "right" sotfware, download, etc.

At first I clicked on whatever was on the homepage, which included the "Toilet Paper Folder and Dispenser" video.

Then I did a search for "funny" and came across this funny video of cats. LOL!

Thing 19

I went through the list and came across www.lulu.com. It basically allows you to literally self-publish your novel, which instrigued me. You can choose font type, cover color, binding type, etc. For a writer who just wants to see his or her writing in published form this site might work. It doesn't provide marketing services or anything beyond the printing of your written work. But for some, seeing your work in book form is enough.