Friday, May 7, 2010

You Tube Videos

What happened to all of my You Tube videos?

Social Networking

I am amazed by all of the different social networking sites there are out there. I am familiar with facebook and myspace but that was about it. I found the RN2RN interesting with definitely. Ning offers many social networking sites that are tailored to your personal interests and professional interests. I always considered social networking to be a network to keep in touch with friend. By signing up for Ning and participating in this Thing, I have learned that social networking is also a way to streamline resources for people and bring people together with similar interests and professional goals. Very useful

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Collaborative Tools

I can see the potential of ease with transmission of a document for others input and ability to revise and make changes. I can see this as a very useful tool. However, what I found upon uploading a Word document to Google Docs, the format of the document changed. How do you maintain the format from Word to the Google Docs? When I save from Google Docs to a Word format the format from Google Docs is consistent with the saved document. Why does it not work from Word uploaded to Google Docs? If the format remained the same, this would be an extremely useful tool for the development of curriculms and policies, etc. Any advice to make this work? Is Google Docs compatible with certain Microsoft versions?

My boy in the May Circus Juventas Show

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Social Bookmarking

Social Bookmarking could be very useful for sharing resources regarding simulation education and resources for the development of scenarios. I like that others could have access to the same material if so needed. However, my attempt to add the Delicious Bookmark was completely unsuccessful. I followed the directions and it never appeared on my toolbar. I do not know if it is because I was using my work computer and therefore it was denied, but I see the benefits in the work area not my in my personal life. This is primarily because when at home, I prefer not to be on the computer.

Any input would be helpful.

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Podcast

I found that the podcast of interest could not be downloaded to my google reader. However, the link could be. I am finding this very useful. I like having all of my interested links in one spot. I am training for a marathon so I am utilizing these tools to keep updated on information regarding marathon training. The podcasts I added to my google reader are podcasts from the Running World website. I do think this will be beneficial. I have also thought that I am going to use the blog as my journal for training for a marathon.

Thursday, April 1, 2010