1. Good summary article from BMJ. The most impressive part of this is that such a respected mainstream journal has an editorial on this topic.
2. Stephen's Lighthouse -- interesting, but it feels a bit beyond me.
3. Did you know 4.0 -- fun video. This was also cited recently on Stephen's Lighthouse.
Blog prompts
1. I joined the Explore 8 Things program because I want to be able to use some of these tools more effectively, particuarly Wiki's, podcasts, and RSS. I also heard that the class was fun the first time it was offered.
2. Youtube videos --
a. Most of them are years old
b. How do you decide which ones are worth watching? When I search via Google, I get enough info to choose sites to focus on with a fairly good chance that they'll contain the info I need. Even if they don't, it's much quicker to visit the site, decide yes or no, then return to the search page than it is to go to a video and watch to find out what's contained in it.
c. The "not in words" video was fun.
3. The current HP site is much more attractive. It's also easier to use.
"Extra Challenge" -- How do you access PubMed to do a search? I don't think that is explained until Thing 14.
This assignment took me about 75 minutes, spread over four days and three locations. I have to admit I still like paper -- I printed out the BMJ article to read as a hard copy.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Musings about Web 2.0
I'm looking forward to learning about how to better use the electronic tools that are available. For those of you in the Web 2.0 class that are reading this post, I have a few questions:
1. How do you give your blog entries a title? It seems like many of you have already learned this. I assumed that putting my title in the "Labels for this post" box would work, but it doesn't seem to do so. Do I just put the title at the top of my entry? (I'll try that with this post.) Is there another way to assign a title?
Whoops -- I just hit "Preview" and found a place to put a title. Is that how the rest of you do it?
2. When does our Ning start? I'd like to be able to address my questions directly to my fellow students.
3. I've started a Wiki for one of the committees I lead. Everyone on the group agreed that it was a good idea, but very few people have posted to it. I think it's just part of their day to day workflow -- but I'm not sure how to encourage my colleagues to log in regularly and to contribute. I'd much rather discuss questions by email and save the face to face meetings for those items that require that sort of immediate interaction, but the Wiki won't work if people don't look at it and participate. Any suggestions?
1. How do you give your blog entries a title? It seems like many of you have already learned this. I assumed that putting my title in the "Labels for this post" box would work, but it doesn't seem to do so. Do I just put the title at the top of my entry? (I'll try that with this post.) Is there another way to assign a title?
Whoops -- I just hit "Preview" and found a place to put a title. Is that how the rest of you do it?
2. When does our Ning start? I'd like to be able to address my questions directly to my fellow students.
3. I've started a Wiki for one of the committees I lead. Everyone on the group agreed that it was a good idea, but very few people have posted to it. I think it's just part of their day to day workflow -- but I'm not sure how to encourage my colleagues to log in regularly and to contribute. I'd much rather discuss questions by email and save the face to face meetings for those items that require that sort of immediate interaction, but the Wiki won't work if people don't look at it and participate. Any suggestions?
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