I looked at this awhile ago but I think I posted my comments on the learning 2.0 blog rather than here. I think they can be very informative and some are quite colouful as long as people know that the information is coming from the public and that you should always check more than one site to see whether the information you are getting is reliable and consistent. I think it could be very useful for a group of people who wish to compile and share information on the topics of their choice when they can’t get together in person.
Blog Readability test
I did this and got a rating of High School but I can’t seem to put it here in my blog. I was able to copy it but it won’t paste properly for me so I’m likely putting it in the wrong place. Can anyone help?
Week 5 – Sketchcast
Well that was interesting! I have some artistic talent so I thought I’d be able to draw something that looks like something but I will need to develop my control. This is a great outlet for the abstract artist though. It is like drawing with markers and you can change the widths and colours. I had a little trouble getting the knack of switching back and forth between the colours. When you publish and play it it goes all through the process – so the spots where I was having trouble don’t show much action. It will really improve your hand eye co-ordination if you persevere. I’d like to put one in here but am too tired to fiddle with that right now.
Week 2 – First time in print
This is the first time I have tried to make my own blog. Let’s hope it all goes well.
Week 5 – Trading Cards
Well I used a picture of a relative and made a trading card out of it but I saved it as an image file and can’t seem to put it in here. I’ve tried to read the help instructions and transfer it over but I am hopeless. I think I will try again using a picture that is already on the internet rather than my personal files. I was able to choose a background for the card and add seven symbols to it, as well as a caption and and title. My youngest son would have loved this when he was in public school as they had to design, make and play workable games and I would have been buying paper and ink rather than Magic game cards!
April 28-08
I tried this again and finally succeeded.
Week 3 – RSS feeds
I’m a little behind but I wanted to explore these feeds a little more before posting. I subscribed to several feeds including the New York Times Book Review, National Geographic News and Scientific American. The Book review site is a little dry in appearance, a truly bland appearance. You can get a short blurb on an item or a full review on all types of works. On the other hand the National Geographic News site is bold and colourful and encourages you to explore the various topics in print, photos and videos. You can view scenes from the Lunar Eclipse if you missed it last week or watch a video on the worrisome warming trend in the Swiss Alps. Scientific American was at first rather disappointing as all I saw were old news feeds from last fall which had already expired. However, when I clicked on the Scientific American title it took me to the current news stories on a wide range of topics. Soooo, who really needs the magazines now?
It was quite simple to save these feeds to my blog. I used Bloglines to search for the feeds and found them through the link for the 200 most popular feeds, then you just click on subscribe, answer a few format questions and there it is!
