Week 8

This weeks e lab saw us creating our own Flickr accounts. Flickr enables its users to post their favorite photos online, and organise them into named albums. The account making process itself was relatively easy. I instantly loved Flickr and ever since that e lab I've been using it constantly. 

We distinguished the difference between tags and sets. Tags allow you to easily search for photos in the photo-stream while sets allow you to create collections of photos.

Week 6

This week we were doing another online e lab. It was related to screencasting this week. We learned that "screencasting enables you to capture information on your computer screen and           combine this material with audio to create a video. For instance, you might use    screencasting to provide how-to instructions to complete a given task".

I found screencasting to be a more than sufficient way of presenting information. It is especially beneficial for our group project as we had planned to use one as a means of marketing the mashup.

http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/myscreencasts

Week 5

This week, we were exploring the possibilities of prezi, a very effective and easy presenting tool.

Luckily, for one of my previous modules I had been asked to make a prezi so I was already aware of the endless advantages that come with it. 

Here is the finished article..

http://prezi.com/pqrmerpjw2z3/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share

Ironically, the prezi that I created was about blogging. But evidently I enjoyed and am still enjoying my blogging experience.

Week 4

This week we were introduced to the concept of social bookmarking and it was demonstrated to us so we could use it in the future. As part of our e lab, we were required to set up our own Pinterest and Diigo accounts.

Pinterest is a is a social bookmarking website that allows users to create and manage theme-based image collections, such as events, interests and hobbies. In this case, we were asked to set up our own 'board', and then add a pin to that board. I also followed another Pinterest page and liked and repinned one of their photos. Along with our e lab, there was a tutorial video, helping newcomers to set up Pinterest, and displaying the various features.

We were also introduced to Diigo. I had never heard of this site before and I was curious to see how it worked. Diigo is a free social bookmarking, research, and knowledge sharing tool createdto mimic the ease of taking notes while providing a network for sharing and discoveringinformation. Diigo boasts many features including

1. Highlighting
2. Taking notes
3. Screen shots
4. Searching
5. Collaborating
6. Bibliographies
7. Sharing 

I genuinely thought that these two social bookmarjing sites stood to me, and I have used Pinterest especially, since setting up my account.