Finito!!

I can't believe this course has come to an end....
I have enjoyed learning about the new and emerging ways of communicating, and how technology is slowly but surely taking over! Now I can apply some of the knowledge from this course into my workplace, which will ultimately help the students' learning experience, and also make my work even more interesting.

#22 Audiobooks & #23 Downloadable Media

Books can be downloaded from a number of sources and come in many different forms.In our Library, we have a number of audio books for anyone who prefers them to standard novel reading, especially for students with reading difficulties. With technology growing by the minute, we have now found that eBooks becoming very popular and I find myself to be a fan of these.  Of course it is not better than holding a hardcopy book and turning pages yourself , but  I have to admit ebooks are very practical, especially when you're on the go.

With downloadable media you can find and download copyright free video,  images and sounds and you can share all this with the Generator community. I found a great website called Australian Centre for the Moving Image and have a great video gallery, education themes, learn from the makers, production resources and free media library. I'd love to have a look around the ACMI centre in Federation Square after reading up about it!

#21 - YouTube & TeacherTube

Youtube is arguably the best way to share your own videos to the world, which has made it one of the best resources a web user can have. Not only can it help you find information, but it can also help you become an international superstar, just like Justin Bieber. I am amazed by the amount of resources you can find for virtually any topic you search.  They include learning videos, entertainment, comedy, sport highlights and much much more.I can't say I'm the biggest user of YouTube out there, but I quite enjoy looking up the occasional live performance from Fleetwood Mac and Beyonce.

TeacherTube can be described as the safer version of YouTube. Unlike its predecessor, it doesn't allow for uncensored material and exists purely for educative purposes. It serves the purpose of helping 'teachers teach teachers".

# 20 Podcast

Podcasts are very widely used, by all types of people. Personally, i have a number of podcasts on my iTunes, including radio episodes of Hamish & Andy and interviews on ABC Radio. You can store them and access them from almost anywhere, whether it be from your home computer or your iPod.

They come free of charge and are easily disposable, as they don't usually occupy too much of your device's memory. You have to enjoy this resource in moderation however, as it is very easy to become a 'podcastaholic', and download podcasts non-stop!

# 19 Rollyo

The concept of Rollyo as a Web Tool sounds wonderful, especially because it allows users to gather information from a wide range of websites. This way, school students are able to go straight into searching a particular topic in record time;  but i was unaware how hard it was to get it up and running!

Creating a list of web sites to be stored together is the easy part, but trying to incorporate this widget for the students for their own access and use was quite hard .  And I still don't know if the students will have to have their own account to be able to use it.  After talking to my colleagues who already tried to import this widget to their toolbar they discovered that without running Mozilla Firefox it is not possible.

I'd really like to know how i can get it started, its starting to get on my nerves!

# 18 Wikis

There is already a significantly large amount of web users who have jumped on the Wikis bandwagon, which made me want to know more about these web pages. I have confidence in saying that Wiki pages are very useful tools, and are very easy to operate and start up.

However in my field of work, we have been using LibGuides (which fits the characteristics of a Wiki). Its a similar program to a Wiki page in the sense that it is collaborative, and is also quite easy to operate and maintain.

# 17 Delicious

It is good to know  that Delicious (being a Social Bookmarking service) gives you the opportunity to access your sites/ bookmarks from anywhere and everywhere! The search and tagging tools helps us to keep track of our entire bookmark collection, and to find new bookmarks from other people.
Until now I really didn't know about this online service. But from now on, I will have all my favourite sites in one folder.