LEARNING 2.0

A few comments…….
Completing the activities was challenging at times but the support was incredible. It was always reassuring when an email was sent from team leader Alex with encouraging comments for the completed tasks. Weekly assignments with the easy to follow guidelines provided a strong foundation for the program. Including links, to articles and example sites, was expecially helpful. The drop-in [...]

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ARBORETUM AT THE RBG

For a happy adventure this Victoria Day weekend, visit the Arboretum at the Royal Botanical Gardens to enjoy the first blooms of the fragrant lilac dell and vibrant rhododendron garden. The McMaster lilac and colourful Tintoretto rhododendron are two of my most treasured discoveries.

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BROWSER TOOLS

Firefox has been installed along with add-on Stumpleupon. There were lot’s of great categories for the Stumpleupon and three were selected - gardening, books, interior design.  
Bookmarklets was easy to install on both Internet Explorer [favorites] and Firefox [bookmark]. “Doctors Without Borders” was searched in subject keyword as well as keywords anywhere. Both IE and FF found one [...]

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GAMING AND VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS

After a weekend of walking the Cootes Paradise footpaths and sharing the delights of the world of nature with local hikers, birders and cyclists – it’s time to explore the virtual world! Second Life now has a new avatar – Karenina Mills. Hopefully, shopping for a wardrobe will be easier than finding a name. Karenina has already [...]

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A PERFECT SPRING DAY

 
The Laking Garden RBG
 
Sparkling Waters           One Desire            Harbour Blue
Welcome to the Royal Botanical Gardens www.rbg.ca Iris Collection. There’s a wonderful surprise for visitors to the Laking Garden this year – a new design!  instead of rows, as pictured, there is a circular planting style. In early June, when the garden is in full bloom, I plan to search for my three favourite tall [...]

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ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKS

As a recent member of Facebook with a photo, thanks to Debbie, I’m discovering the joys of social networking. My sons, Eric and Ryan are both members and it was fun to find the correct spelling for some of their friends names. I’ve been cautioned to only accept names of people I know. Alas, there was a definite note [...]

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ONLINE APPLICATIONS AND TOOLS

Google Docs & Spreadsheets will be especially appreciated from home computer.  Time was spent creating a word document. Check spelling is a great feature - a click on the yellow highlighted misspelled word(s) – and alternative spellings appear!
Profile was setup on LibraryThing: got books. Since springtime has arrived, a list of books on gardening seemed like a good [...]

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TAGGING, SOCIAL BOOKMARKING AND FOLKSONOMIES

A search of del.icio.us for miniature shoes provided 13 links with a few not on topic. As a phase search there were 6 links, all on topic miniature_shoes! My favourite site – “Just the Right Shoe” was found on both searches. Google phrase search yielded 13,700 hits and results page 1 listed “Just the Right [...]

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WIKIS

WikiMatrix comparison chart was really helpful, except for the more technical features. Comparison Wiki information - PBwiki (Jan 07) and Wetpaint (Dec 06) was recent. Also, more than two could be requested for the compare.
BOOK CONNECTION  was easily added to the PB (peanut butter!) wiki ”my favourite books” and it was fun to receive other members book lists via [...]

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BLOGLINES -after meeting with Alex!

The feeds are now organized and there’s even a folder for Learning 2.0. Wired news already has 200 postings.

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