CCL Learn finito

Oh no, what are we going to do now the CCL Learn is finished? No more whiling away the hours in the workroom cruising the internet for gems for our modules. How are we going to continue this in our small offdesk hours?

Suggestions people?

To my fellow CCL Learn classmates: Web 2.0

Woah, this is a dry subject. I had to have a coffee break and choose items for my storyline borrower in the middle to stop me snoozing. I will say though that i think it is great that government departments are looking at and creating ways to interact with the public and provide accessible platforms for feedback and imput. Our local government website has only a feedback form but it does have an RSS feed for news.
Businesses are much more comfortable with using social networking etc to boost their customer interaction. Eg Air NZ has a facebook profile and sends info and fun stuff to customers who have 'become fans'. Some of the posts are informative, asking for opinions or just for fun.
Matapihi most definately needs an RSS feed to enable those who are interested, to keep updated on new additions to the website. NZ museums has twitter and facebook profiles to enable interested parties to follow activity on the site.
It's the way forward.

To my fellow CCL Learn classmates:

Well, I enjoyed the Discovery module much more than some of the others. I must admit I'm a huge fan of aimlessly wandering the net and am now really pleased it's been validated as a learning experience!
The DIY search engines are a good idea. Not something that I want to add to my ever-growing list of stuff clogging up my computer though. I'm terrible at having too many webpages and programmes open at the same time which slows down my computer terribly.
I LOVE Stumbleupon . I was introduced to it about a year ago now, and am totally hooked. I often work near my computer at home and find stumble is perfect to keep me amused while doing mundane things.
I didn't find WebQuest that great. I'm not even sure what it is. It didn't seem very user friendly and it kept coming up with 'no search results' for my topics. The link to the Antarctica webquest that south library's learning centre uses didn't lead anywhere either. Oh well, maybe i'll have another look later. How did you guys go?

To my fellow CCL Learn classmates:

Right Easter is over, a tonne of customers are lining up at our front desks but you know what? Us luckly few are noseying our way through the internet all thanks to CCL Learn. It's a hard life. I've been playing with google docs and google calendar etc. I'm finding it nice and easy to use but wondering if i'll ever use it myself. I guess it's of an advantage if you're using more than one computer (eg. your home one) for wordprocessing and communicating those documents with others. In the near future i can't see myself needing it, but it's great to know about it to show our customers what's out there and to help them with any problems they face. I do like the idea of free software such as Open Office and Google docs being available. Would google docs be limiting when sending documents to those who are not signed up to gmail or yahoo? Your thoughts....

Wrestling with Easter

I had all these plans to paint rooms in my house over Easter, but do ya know what? I couldn't be bothered. So I slothed around on Friday after a nice big sleep in. Walked down to the park with my son and munched on not-so hot cross buns, then later had the ol' 70's fondue with friends followed by dipping stuff in melted chocolate. Strawberries were the best.
Saturday was equally lazy although I did 3 hours work at the library to keep the guilts at bay. A lovely sunny afternoon rewarded me for my efforts and my son and I watched Midsomer Murders that night. The crime capital of the UK.
A big sleep in Sunday followed my making my way through a dark chocolate easter bunny and spending up large at the garden city. Oh yes, I must remember to plant those vegie seedlings before they die..... Feed chips to huge baby big seagulls from the car window at Sumner while they peered their beady eyes (and huge beaks) at me from my car roof. It was kinda creepy actually but my son thought it was a hoot. I wonder if he will be so pleased when he has to clean the s*** off the roof. Tee hee.
Everything was fabulous this weekend, especially the avoiding any work around the house bit, until my cat decided to go to the toilet on the floor in my toilet room! I chased her outside angrily and threw water at her, cursing all the way back inside thinking of what i'll have to clean up. But no, my dog fixed the problem. Eeewwww!!!!!!
Well, I did feel kind of guilty for not having done any painting, so at 10pm last night I wrestled my ancient rangehood (that has more rust than metal and therefore haven't been brave enough to turn it on) free from the wall, and moved it's supporting beams to accomodate the new rangehood. My hands are sore and I finally feel like I've acheived something. Still, I should consider resting an acheivement!

Cute has reached a new level

I couldn't resist sharing this photo and this link to the cutest young foxes I have seen.