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This tool is great for librarians!
I used Rollyo to create a customised search engine for Turf Management (big news at Kurri Kurri campus). The websites to be searched are drawn from the TAFE Studylinks Turf Management page.
After viewing the extensive list of sites that won awards, I’ve given in to my obsession with listmaking and created an account at 43 Things http://www.43things.com/. This site enables you to list your goals and write entries about each goal. Others viewing the site can cheer you on, and you can encourage them with their goals also.
Using an online list might stop me losing all my postit notes. The challenge for me now is to actually do the things on my list, not just keep making more lists! On a less positive note, it is so quick to write a list on paper and you don’t need a password!!
A number of the award winning sites looked like fun, but I didn’t see many that would be useful for work purposes. (I’ll play with some at home though!) Some that did appear useful, such as Google documents, were blocked by DET. The use of others, such as online survey generators, might also be breaching workplace policy. Maybe I’m wrong, but I’d be a bit nervous about just launching in and using some of the tools I saw listed… Do we have any guidelines or policies for using Web 2.0 tools?
Lunchtime lion, originally uploaded by ksqvideo.
This took a bit of time, mainly due to technical hiccups with the uploading tool on Flickr. (It worked on the 5th attempt. )The captioner tool is easy to use and a lot of fun! http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/captioner.php
It would be useful for the Library blog. I just need some willing victims to pose for photographs…
I would like to try a comic strip, but DET denies access to this tool. I’ll try it at home sometime.
