My furry friends on a blog

Ah... my hamsters at play...... in their home....
Uploaded on blip tv..

Exploring Blip TV

This is similar to Youtube. You can upload videos and post links to the video on a blog, or embedd the video directly into the blog.

Here's one uploaded for a trial -

http://blip.tv/file/3387305

Podbean player embedded

Powered by Podbean.com

To do this, go to http://lleng.podbean.com, click on embeddable player and cut and paste code to this blog.

A podcast on my learning environment in the 21st century

This podcast is hosted by podbean and the URL created for the MP3 file has been put in as a link to the title of this post.

My learning environment in the 21st century

My learning environment in the 21st century
Originally uploaded by dopey_home

How to load a podcast hosted elsewhere on blogger

Watch this video to find out how blogger can host a podcast

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jg2zTRRXry4

First podcast made with Audacity and hosted on Podbean

Was an eventful day today. Downloaded Audacity and tried to make a podcast. Unfortunately, blogger could not upload audio files saved using Audacity, and I had to download yet something else... Lame encoder which enabled one to export the audio file to MP3 format.....

Next, I had to upload my podcast onto a free podcasting hosting site - podbean in order for it to be played on the web...

Well,here's my podbean web address ....

Quite a few steps even after the initial recording, but it works well now...

test run on voicethread

Here's a short video clip created - something on hamsters.. voice comments and text comments added..

http://voicethread.com/share/987165/

Voice thread

Another new Web 2.0 tool discovered .... Voicethread..

Here's a video showing how easy it is to make a short video with voice incorporated. The ability to incorporate voice into the slides or videos makes it a much richer medium for communication.

http://voicethread.com/share/8381/

I like the feature of having the option to decide if I want my comment to the video clip captured using voice, text, or even as a video response. These options encourage user interaction with the content. But then again.... users may prefer to be lurkers, if they are concerned about privacy issues.

People can have their comments recorded using the phone too... but this is available only in the US.

Blogs for teaching and sharing.....reasons to do so

Here's what a friend shared about what she thinks for the potential of blogs and how she intends to use blogs....

http://www.slideshare.net/TBryson1/mid-course-assignment-for-iets2010

Here's another presentation on blogs... done on Voicethread..

http://voicethread.com/share/954363/

ONE password....

OpenID allows one to sign in to websites with just ONE click. Makes remembering passwords and usernames a thing of the past, and it allows for registration forms to be pre-populated :) OpenID allows one to use a personal identity across the web..

Here's the URL:

http://openid.net/get-an-openid/individuals/

Something on Podcasts

Here's a podcast created and embedded in a blog ..... extolling the virtues of podcasts and possible uses...

http://wilthenarwhal.podbean.com/
Podbean is free and user-friendly.

Here's some stuff that a friend's students did. Fantastic stuff..

Discover Pulp Fiction
http://sgnewwave.com/main/2009/10/discover-pulp-fiction/
Let's talk about Fight Club
http://sgnewwave.com/main/2009/05/lets-talk-about-fight-club/

Voting on Second Life

This is what a colleague shared about what he found interesting on Second Life....
at the MIT SL website..

http://slurl.com/secondlife/MIT/51/35/23/?title=Massachusetts%20Institute%20of%20Technology

"Saw this interest outdoor classroom.

It's about a new concept of trying to design information space within the VW. Interesting because it's about relating the virtual world to the real world, such that making decisions, voting, etc can take place within the VW.

I like the idea of having this football court whereby one side stands for AGREE and the other DISAGREE. Say you have to vote, you have to decide where to stand. The further you stand, the more extreme you are. The nearer to the middle line, the more likely you'll waver. Also, there is trail following your movement, which can be used to analyse you thoughts through your movement. There's a even "dwelling" object that tracks how long you stand stationary at one place, probably to analyse the time you spend pondering. Amazing! "

See url: http://web.media.mit.edu/~dharry/infospaces/

Why Diigo?

Some people like Delicious because it's quite easy to use, and it does not have too many features which might trip up new users... people who are new to the idea of social bookmarking.

But, many who have tried Delicious first, have moved on to Diigo for its added functionalities.... So why do some people find Diigo better ?

Here's Diigo's pitch:

http://www.diigo.com/help/why_diigo

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/7-reasons-diigo-tastes-better-than-delicious